An American in Germany: Day Five (Saarbrucken)

An American in Germany: Day Five (Saarbrucken)

The first thing we did was visit the local garden shop (Hanns Gartnerie), where I finally bought my very own German gnome. I christened him Gordie.  Gordie the German Garden Gnome. He’s colorless at the moment, but not only is he a bonafied German gnome, he’ll be a...
An American in Germany: Day Two (The Mecca to Aldi)

An American in Germany: Day Two (The Mecca to Aldi)

We are at the end of Day Two, and Germany continues to impress. Today, I visited my first German castle (it was closed but looked very old and sturdy from the outside). We did eat at the little café beside the castle: I had the schnitzel with cream sauce. And it was...
The Yard Art Phenomenon

The Yard Art Phenomenon

A Garden Gnome. An epidemic has swept the South, one of epic proportions that threatens the very underpinnings of good taste.  We’ve all seen it and we’ve all commented on it, it’s the phenomenon of yard art and it’s a plague that seems to have...