Dwarf statue

Far less impressive than the dwarf garden in Mirabell Palace in Salzburg...

Germany 2022 part V

July 10th 2022
Reutlingen and Kassel We have in more than one of the previous blog entries from this summer in Germany mentioned that we deliberately tried to avoid visiting castles and palaces. Still we have already published a bunch of pictures of castles and palaces, so you might argue that we have failed here. In this blog entry we have to admit that we have more than failed in this regard. ... read more

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more

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We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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16th February 2023

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Ren & Andrew

Garden gnomes
This statue made we wonder if this region/culture is where the common garden gnome statues originated from?! I've never considered the cultural roots of the garden gnome before, but your blogs with two gardens with such statues has made me think... :)

16th February 2023

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

On garden gnomes
Garden gnomes were not a big thing where I grew up. I had hardly heard that they even existed until I was in my 20-ies. That might be the reason I never made the connection between the garden gnomes in gardens of historical buildings and modern day garden gnomes. But now that you point it out you I can totally see that they might be two manifestations of the the same thing. /Ake

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