I’m sitting here in a small internet cafe drinking a Pils and watching the freezing rain. Doesn’t look good for a White Christmas, but if y’all wanna take a look at ol’ Quas’, I will be standing in front of the Christmas tree at 3:30 Eastern Time waving at you. (The Rothenburg webcam is focused on our town square.) I need you to watch at least 4 minutes because the camera refreshes only after two minutes, and you might not get to see me the first time.
Tonight, I have been invited to play Sheepshead, and I expect to lose some money in this very funky card game.
On the way to the Christmas market where I will let myself soak up some German Christmas Spirit.
So long for now, and Happy Holidays.
BTW, if there are any single females my age who would like a tourguide for a trip to Germany next year, lets talk. I love to come home, but I don’t always like to travel alone.
Tag Quasi! Frohe Weihnachten von Dallas, GA. Kommen Sie aus Deutschland?
My dad was from there (Ludwigshafen - in the southwestern part of the country). I read Rothenburg is near Frankfurt? I can’t find it on a map though; it must be a little burg like Dallas, GA!
Have some bratwurst and potato pancakes for me. And a big beer!
We can see the tree and Christmas lights in the web cam, but the people aren’t showing up too well (it’s too dark). If I’m here at 3:30 I’ll look for ya anyway.
Sorry, I missed your other question (above). There are several Rothenburgs. Mine is about a two hour drive from Frankfurt, but is considered in Bavaria. If you will do a search on Rothenburg ob der Tauber, it should take you to a site that will give you a better geographical description.
We’ve gone past my recollection of two years of high school German. Herr Schneider would be so ashamed of me!:smack:
I think you said you tried to email me but <something>? Babelfish is no help; it says: “Property tries e-to mailen you however it did not fold”. I’m pretty sure ‘Habe’ is the first-person conjugation for ‘haben’ - to have. I think it’s safe to say I have no chance at being a language specialist when Star Trek becomes a reality.
If you got a hotmail address from my properties, that may be the problem. I recently updated my properties here to a new address; the hotmail account is closed now.
‘Klappen’-- it probably means in this context ‘to work’ or ‘to function correctly’. I’m not the best person to ask about German colloquialismsesess, tho’, so I may be wrong. And don’t feel bad–I expect Monsieur Psathas will kill me in a few years if I run into him and remember only il a servi la septième section à la perfection :).
Quasi: ‘Rothenburg ob der Tauber’? Y’sure, cause my frontal lobe keeps converting it to ‘Rothenburg if the Tauber’. If the Tauber…what… floods its banks? Leaps out and scares passers-by? Is that some wacky Bavarian word for an? Sowieso, ich hoffe der Regen und Wind geht zur Dauer von deinem Trip spazieren und der Schnee große Haufen macht, zu deiner Freude. Kein solcher Glück hier in Kalifornien, leider…
Lodrain, I had to grin when I read the last part of your post. The word “ob” in this instance means “over”. In other words Rothenburg is located over the Tauber River.
Fredge, e-mail me if you’d like to have lunch sometime.
A word about German keyboards:GRRRRRR!
Lodrain, thanks for your good wishes, but I don’t think we’ll see any snow before I leave.
The Rothenburg where you are… is it the walled one? I lived in Ansbach for three years and Heidelberg for eight… I’ve been to a Rothenburg, but I’m not sure if it’s the one where you are.
I am so jealous that I can’t even stand it.
Have some Gluehwein for me?
Glückliches neues Jahr, du sehr große Schmerz im Kolben!
(I used Altavista to translate the English - hope it worked. My Deutsch is incredibly rusty.)
I don’t know what the first word is supposed to be in your title, by my browser renders the letter after the Gr as a little woman, like what you’d see on a washroom door. I just thought it was pretty cool!
I miss Germany. I lived in Lahr on the Canadian base for 3 years, and I can’t wait for the chance to go back. Have a great holiday!
I have been drinking Gluehwein for everyone that has asked me, and I am getting quite a bad headache! How about a “Schneeball” (snowball-pastry) instead?
Coming back on the 26th. It’s been a wonderful vacation, even though we had cold rain, but no snow.
It is supposed to be “Gruess”. As in “Greetings”. For some reason the keyboard didn’t accept the umlaut in the title. It’s the German keyboard thing, I think. When I do umlauts at home, I use the character map, and they appear as they should, but here, there looks to be a blank…
I highly recommend Rothenburg ob der Tauber as a place to visit if one decides to vacation in Germany. It is considered by many to be the starting point of “The Romantic Road”, ending in Füssen which is where Neuschwanstein (the Fairytale castle) is located.
Some caveats:
The German economy is in as bad a shape as ours, and many merchants will require a minimum purchase if you are paying by credit card. Don’t hold it against them, okay? If I understand it correctly (if not, I hope my German doper friends will correct me) the merchant has to pay a fee on each credit card purchase, and sometimes the fee is greater than the amount purchased.
Secondly, if you go into a pub, and you are one of a group and don’t drink alcohol, order something even if it’s just a glass of mineral water. The “Wirt” (bar tender) will love you, because, after all, that is how he makes his money, and for a person to just sit there and not order anything is considered “unhöflich” (impolite). Yes, I know that here in the States we have the right to enter a bar and grill with a group of people and not order a drink, but come on, not ordering anything at all? (This actually happened while I was there, and the Wirt is a friend of mine)
For those of you who missed me standing in the Market Square in view of the Rothenburg webcam, I held up 2 signs: one with the letter B for my “buddy” here on SDMB and one with the letter P for a very special nurse whom I work with. I might have forgotten to tell y’all to watch at 3:30 AM, but that’s okay, it was a great experience: first of all making the signs, and then standing there holding them up while all the Rothenburgers walked by shaking their heads at the crazy American.
My nurse friend said I looked like a bum hoping for a handout!
Many places (usually small businesses) here in the US have the same policy. It does cost them money to process your credit/debit card. One of my favorite little coffee places won’t take a credit/debit unless your order is $5 or more. I don’t blame them.
I think your other post only said “3:30” I looked at 3:30 PM but of course it was dark on the webcam. Thanks just the same. I appreciate the sentiment.
