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Showing posts with label Munich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Munich. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Lederhosen Pug—Max Planck

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One year ago on Round and Square (30 May 2012)—The Accidental Ethnographer: The Isle of Patmos (2)
Two years ago on Round and Square (30 May 2011)—Le Tour de la France: Mère Etienne

[a] Lederpug RF
                         What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?
                                                                             —Bavarian Proverb

No worries, though—my name is Lederhosen Pug, and I know the way (知道).

And today that way weaves its way through theoretical physics. You see, a little wunderkind was born in Holstein, and moved to Munich as a lad.

[b] Everywhere RF
And now it is hard to turn a corner anywhere in Germany without finding a Max Planck Straße (oder Platz). If you know anything about the history of physics, you know his name, and know well that he and a certain professor named Albert Einstein were colleagues and friends.

Max Planck

Max Planck lived through two world wars, and all of the problems (in all sorts of ways) they brought. He changed twentieth century physics, and he now has changed the signage from Berlin to Munich.
[c] Lightspeed RF
[Originally posted on July 30, 2014]

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Lederhosen Pug—Bavaria Big

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One year ago on Round and Square (30 Apirl 2012)—La Pensée Cyclique: Mulan Granet (c)
Two years ago on Round and Square (30 April 2011)—Endings: Allan Bloom and the Closing...

[a] Lederpug RF
                         What is the use of running when you are on the wrong road?
                                                                             —Bavarian Proverb

No worries, though—my name is Lederhosen Pug, and I know the way.

Gold, silver, bronze. Bavaria is first, second, and third in some of the most categories in national life. 
[c] Big-varia RF

First, we're big. We have the biggest territory among all German states. I mean, we have twenty percent of the total landmass in the country.  I would like you to think about that. What would a twenty-percent landmass look like in the United States? 

Heck, it would be bigger than Texas. Yes, even Texas.

We're big (and we sometimes wear funny hats, too).

We also have the second highest population among German states, and the third most populace city (Munich).

No one can ignore Bavaria. Let's just get that straight.
[c] Back on the right path Pug RF
[Originally posted on July 2, 2014]