Okay, I misled you yesterday when I told you I'd write today about the Big Wedding we attended in Germany. I changed my mind, because that post will need a lot more time for me to pick out and prepare the right pictures and write the text. So today I'll talk about another part of the trip, and we'll do the Big Wedding on Sunday (since we'll pick up Cartoon Saturday again tomorrow). It'll confuse Mike, but he'll get over it.
Okay?
So, then, today let's talk about our visits to the Narrowest Street in the World and the Most Expensive Bridge in the World.
You will recall from yesterday's post that Agnes's cousin Anna enjoys taking us on visits to interesting places in the vicinity of the city of Reutlingen. One day we were walking in the city and she asked if we'd ever seen the Narrowest Street in the World. We hadn't, and so we took a small detour and visited Spreuerhofstrasse, which is indeed recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as the narrowest street in the world. Here's the sign that's posted at each end of the street ...
and here is Yours Truly squeezing his way through. Don't try this after a big lunch ...
If you're going to visit Reutlingen to see the Spreuerhofstrasse, you should probably do it soon ... while looking for some background information I discovered this story from July of last year, which reports that water seepage is causing the walls lining the street to bow inward, which could eventually squeeze the poor Spreuerhofstrasse out of existence.
The Scheffelbruecke was built in 1923, during the period of raging inflation that crippled Germany during the years following the First World War. Here is what it looks like today ...
And we'll round things out with another little tidbit about Singen. In this picture taken by our friends Marcel and Vreni, we're on a footbridge over the Aach River as it runs through the city garden ...
and here's one section of the bridge rail with all the locks on display ...
I commented on my Facebook page that I figured some enterprising entrepreneur in Singen was probably making a fortune selling bolt cutters to couples when things didn't quite work out, but was accused by some of my friends of being a cynic****.
So there you have three interesting (at least in my opinion) things I learned on our trip. Tomorrow, we'll have the return of Cartoon Saturday, and on Sunday we'll go back and look at the Big Wedding. Be here!
Have a good day. More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
* About 4 km from Agnes's hometown of Rielasingen.
** Well, no ... probably not.
*** Or lust, you never know.
**** I prefer "realist," myself.
That's a lot of locks :)
ReplyDeleteThat street is a tight fit!
ReplyDeleteAt the time of that bridge being built, they had real hyperinflation!
The padlocks -- What a nice custom!
ReplyDeleteThat street? is a tight fit.
ReplyDeleteI like the symbolism of the padlock custom.
TheRepublicans will surely drive us into an inflationary spiral. They need to give up on Obamacare.
ReplyDeleteThe narrow street was difficult to even look at - made me claustrophobic. I could never do what you did. Even without lunch!!
ReplyDeleteWhy am I going to be confused? What the hell is going on?!
ReplyDeleteThey must have needed a wheelbarrow or more to carry the payment in.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely interesting!
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