Travel Logs
The Hidden Fountain
Fountain is a water source which supplies fresh water to people in the old times. Most fountains in Europe still exist as decorative objects in the old towns, town squares or public parks. Some still provide drinkable water with a modernized water pipe system. A rare fountain providing drinkable water is the Fontaine des Innocents, built around 1547- 1550:
Emperor's Fountain
The sovereign ruler of an empire is called "Emperor" and the fountain can be used for decorative purposes or a symbol instead of a function of a water supply to the city because the modern water pipe system has been equipped and installed in all household units in Europe. If you visit a border city called Constance or "Konstanz", you will find the Emperor's fountain in the city center, originally built in 1897:
Till death us do part
Some say marriage is a lifetime adventure and any liquid made by a magician, witch, fairy or dragon is called "potion". A magical soup that could make love everlasting would be a love potion:
The Pie of Fire
Tarte flambée in French or Flammkuchen in German = flame or fire cake which it is not a cake in the sense of sweetness, so we would call it "The Pie of Fire":
The Devil's Claws
A monolithic stone stands upright in the green field from a far distance while driving through a little town. The mysterious object on earth raised our curiousity. Let us go and investigate this megalith:
The long menhir called "Wotanstein" is located somewhere near the village of Maden in Hesse, Germany: