O, the excessive Romantic Germanness of Germans! They are truly Romantics at heart..(and I'm not talking about hearts and roses, but rather about the Romantic period in art history) Caspar David Friedrich is a great example of a German Romantic artist. The art focuses on nature and its awe-inspiring-ness...Ever heard of Goethe? Yup. He's a classic Romantic author. Ever heard of "Sturm und Drang"? Pretty sure that was invented in the Romantic period..or at least embodied by it :) Love it. F and I both do.
But yes, back to the Germans. Essentially they love their trees and need to have their green spaces, have access to nature. Even in the biggest of German cities, you will find a good sprinkling of parks and lovely green walkways.
They even go so far as to bring flowers into the mall at the central train station in Kiel. "Flowers?" you may say. "No big deal." But just wait till you see the flowers. Because they are real flowers--not silk or plastic. And the flowers don't come in pots, but legit with a little patch of nature. Grass, dirt, logs and all. It's all there. And it's amazing :D (Have you ever seen real logs in a building in the U.S.? Or Canada? I highly doubt it...and if so, then it was a rare sight.)
And we're coming up on Easter which means that our lovely Germans are going to start hanging eggs on their trees. Now, the eggs are usually plastic, but still. Eggs. Hanging from trees. Yeah....it's great. And don't forget the door hangings...they will invariable involve a branch and various happy spring things being hung from the branch by ribbons. And this hang-things-from-a-branch motif is not restricted to springtime.
In fact, for the average German, every season is a good season to hang something from a branch. This example happens to be from Easter as well, but oh--it's just so German. And do you see that cool branch? Many such branches feature in their branch decorations. They're just so snazzy and curly!
And just to share my own nature appreciation, here are some pictures of my little daffodils that I planted outside our apartment last year. I wasn't sure if they would make it, but they did!
And here, because I couldn't see the display, it looks like the flower is photo-bombing...as opposed to the picture trying to be of the flower..
And here is a little pointed hat that I saw in the ivy. In German that's called a 'Zipfelmütze' (tsip-fel-muet-tsuh). Their garden gnomes often wear them. Oh yes, Germans have garden gnomes--in their gardens. Don't you just love Germans?
But yes, back to the Germans. Essentially they love their trees and need to have their green spaces, have access to nature. Even in the biggest of German cities, you will find a good sprinkling of parks and lovely green walkways.
They even go so far as to bring flowers into the mall at the central train station in Kiel. "Flowers?" you may say. "No big deal." But just wait till you see the flowers. Because they are real flowers--not silk or plastic. And the flowers don't come in pots, but legit with a little patch of nature. Grass, dirt, logs and all. It's all there. And it's amazing :D (Have you ever seen real logs in a building in the U.S.? Or Canada? I highly doubt it...and if so, then it was a rare sight.)
In fact, for the average German, every season is a good season to hang something from a branch. This example happens to be from Easter as well, but oh--it's just so German. And do you see that cool branch? Many such branches feature in their branch decorations. They're just so snazzy and curly!
And just to share my own nature appreciation, here are some pictures of my little daffodils that I planted outside our apartment last year. I wasn't sure if they would make it, but they did!
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