Let me Introduce you: Frankfurt! #3

Hello Guys,

I hope you are doing fine.
I am, as I am still re-discovering some Pictures that I finally sorted.

Therefore I am cheating a Little, to make an Evolution of my category called "let me introduce", which will be some discoveries in Germany.

As the Title says you will discover a bit of Frankfurt. I have to give precisions, it is Frankfurt Am Main, not the other Frankfurt called ugly city Frankfurt An der Oder. They are more the 600 km apart !
Here is a Little mapp to situate both cties.

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I hope it makes you want to visit!

Have fun with comments, take care, and see you soon!


Lots of love,
AF.

Let me introduce you: Franconia!

Hi everyone!

The term of Franconia (Franken) is today commonly used to refer to the eastern part of the old Duchy of Franconia in Germany. The region is nowadays mainly represented by the administrative districts of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken, capital city Würzburg), Middle Franconia (Mittelfranken, capital city Ansbach), and Upper Franconia (Oberfranken, capital city Bayreuth) in Bavaria. Due to the respective local East Franconian German dialects, the adjacent northeastern region of Baden-Württemberg called Tauberfranken and parts of southern Thuringia are also considered as Franconian regions.
The two largest cities of Franconia are Nuremberg and Würzburg. The metropolitan area of Nuremberg is often qualified as the economic and cultural center of Franconia, and that’s where I live since the 12th of September 2010.

Why my title?
Because Franconians are deeply anchored in their regional traditions. Do not mix them with Bavarians, even if Franconia belongs to Bavaria.
An example is that on old buildings in all Bavaria window shutters are in “Weiß und Blau” (white and blue), but here in Nuremberg, Franconia, they are in “Weiß und Rot” (white and red).
Here are the Flags:

Here are some nice pics I made at the end of fall in Franconia.

Have fun guys with comments, and see you soon!!!

Flashy is narrating... Flashy raconte... #2

Hi everyboy!

Long time, no post :-)

Well it's been a while since I really wrote on the blog, and also even since I posted an article.
I decided that I will keep on writing about my choice in life related to german and Germany.

Last time I was explaining I chose as first language to learn at school... So I started to learn german, and the first two years I had a very nice, interesting, particular teacher: Herr Reuter (Mister Reuter). To explain a bit more how special he was, is important. His specialty was to throw or even eat pieces of shalk. Ok that's not nice to just mention those points, he had other particularities, he brought us (the whole class) a lot of lost traditions (I mean by lost, some we did not know). The tradition I remember the most of what he brought us, was and is the Advent, with the crown of pine trees and candles. This nice teacher was offering at every classes a „mandarine“ to each and everyone students of the class during the December before Christmas.
He was a very nice teacher, but unfortunately, not one of the best german teacher. I could not say that I had made so much improvement in german.

The 3rd and 4th year I learned german, I had a very great teacher. Thanks to Frau Pillion (Ms. Pillion) my german got really better, I was able to speak... just a bit … The most important event of those two years, is my first visit of Germany. It was a student exchange program of my city in France with the Partner city in Germany: Salzgitter, around Hannover and Braunschweig. Except the fact that the girl I was exchanging with, did not like and we could not ge along, I really had a great time there, her family was cool, sweet and cheerful. They were always kind to me, taking care of me. This event had I think a great impact on my future life.

Then I haven't so much to say about my relationship with Germany. The years passed without any amazing points, which need to be noticed.
During high school, I was more into english, that's why I went twice to UK, once in the area of Brighton, and the second time in the beautiful region of Cornwall in Falmouth to be precised.
That is how I got to improve my english speaking, in nice families. And I went once in Ireland in Galway, where the family was a bit weird but nice. But what amazed me the most in Ireland are the landscapes, and how Irish people are cheerful.

Now back to german and Germany...

... To be continued...