From the sky

So if you wanted to see what the north korean nuclear weapons facility looks like, or Abu Ghureib site in Iraq, look here, for the eye in the sky sees (almost) all.

Geek and think

What is a geek. Why would a geek not think? What is thinkgeek? Toys for boys (and curls for gurls?)? Pun intended, offence not.

View from my living room. Der Odenwald. The forest reputed to have hidden Siegfried. 

It appears to be still a matter of debate whether the name Odenwald stems from Odins Wald (the forest of Odin) (Ref. http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odenwald).

Odin, as many of you mythology freaks are aware is the most powerful of Germanic tribal Gods. Something like Indra for Hindu iconography. A fascinating entry on wikipedia (here) indicates that his identity as king of gods is ambiguous, being sometimes also associated with war, poetry or the liks. But then you dont want to particularly know about Viking poetry!

But coming back to the Odenwald,

The Semperoper Dresden (http://www.semperoper.de) by night. 

Dresden Dollop

Since my travels to the city otherwise referred to the Florence on the Elbe (http://dancingcobra.blogspot.com) I have been scheming more of the German experience. Wagners city - Bayreuth, the Baltic Sea spas and maybe even the valley of the Neanderthals. Yes, it exists. There will be much to say AFTER I have been there, and I can see myself rising in rhetorical excitement at it.