soaring crane Posted December 23, 2013 Kulmbach in winter: The town is over 1,000 years old (well, it's been burnt to the ground and rebuilt a couple times, but the history is 1,000 years old) I just really love it here and wanted to share 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted December 23, 2013 'Our' castle is called the Plassenburg. Here's a nearby castle with religious significance: That's the Wartburg, in Eisenach, where Martin Luther translated the New Testament into German, triggering a 30-year war and a lot of other stuff... 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted December 23, 2013 I want to go on a visit all the TTBs world tour! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 24, 2013 One good share deserves another. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Dorrigo&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=RAO5UqzvI8PxoASCk4KgBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=983&bih=401#q=Dorrigo+plateau&tbm=isch&imgdii=_No Euro history like yours though … only been here 150 years (but non-Euro history over 40,000 years) !Dorrigo is ‘famous’ for ; highest daily rainfall of 809.2 millimetres (31.86 in) highest in state ; On 31 October 2005, sixty-eight dairy cows, all in full milk, died on a farm near Dorrigo after being struck by lightning ; home to the Dorrigo Steam Railway and Museum which houses the largest collection of railway vehicles and memorabilia from the various Government and private railways of New South Wales (but its defunct and shut down ) and the local newspaper, the Don Dorrigo Gazette, first published in 1910. It is believed to be the last newspaper in Australia printed using hot metal typesetting. Headlines : Lions club meats this weekend, Cow crosses road in main street!!! Mrs Jenkins cat finally found . 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted December 24, 2013 Oh alright... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 24, 2013 Is that a cycle way ... could I blast a Triumph along it? ... Looks too nice to disturb it. Nice place, thanks for sharing .... more. Cute little houses ... lets hope the neighbours don't realise that there is a doorway to hell in one of them ? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BaguaKicksAss Posted December 24, 2013 Is that a cycle way ... could I blast a Triumph along it? ... Looks too nice to disturb it. Nice place, thanks for sharing .... more. Cute little houses ... lets hope the neighbours don't realise that there is a doorway to hell in one of them ? Bicycle, rollerblade, running, walking, whatever. None of those effing motorized things . My neighbors all think I'm evil because I'm white, they haven't even looked at further possibilities... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 24, 2013 hang on YOU ARE White ? Oh well then ..... What colour are they ... here whites HAVE been evil (I forgot ... I run windows 7 Internet explorer and it used to work here fine) 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted December 25, 2013 One good share deserves another. https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Dorrigo&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=RAO5UqzvI8PxoASCk4KgBg&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=983&bih=401#q=Dorrigo+plateau&tbm=isch&imgdii=_ No Euro history like yours though … only been here 150 years (but non-Euro history over 40,000 years) ! finally got a chance to look at this - BOAH! I wanna go there, I wanna run through those hills and yawp like a crazy man. Wow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted December 25, 2013 oh, i remembered this photo. Taken this past spring (I think). This is the road to our village. There are always rainbows in the afternoon when the sun is at the proper angle, but this one was special. The photo doesn't do the reality justice, of course: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soaring crane Posted December 25, 2013 (edited) haha, and these are the neighbors. Probably nothing new to to Nungali: Edited December 26, 2013 by soaring crane 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted December 27, 2013 Well … come on down.I am moving back to our land by the river tomorrow. We have a family of these guys living there;http://pl.atyp.us/platypix/large/Mm_21-39.jpgThese are cute , platypups ;http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u314/madelf57/Platypus.jpg?t=1194122818 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites