The other day I took a little detour through Camp King and decided to take some photos showing the old Camp King buildings adjacent to the new German buildings.
The row of red townhouses at Camp King Oberursel (foreground) lead right up to the fence separating its well-heeled residents from the old neighboring settlement of the Rosengärtchen. This high-rise area was built in 1972.
One of my Japanese friends, after having seen quite a few photos of beer-drinking friends on my balcony, suggested calling it Maria’s Beer Pub. Well, I am not a pub and I do not charge. As a matter of fact, most friends stop by for a free Bed & Breakfast and get a beer as…
On this drizzly Christmas Day, we took a little walk around the neighborhood while disposing of all the paper trash, mostly gift wrap from last night’s Christmas celebration. In Germany, we celebrate and do the gift exchange on 24 December. If I remember correctly, most of the apartments at the Mountain Lodge have been sold…
Yesterday afternoon, we visited the Oberursel Christmas market, and it marked the first time we came with our children. The older one is attending college in the U.K. and the younger one went to the Christmas market in Strasbourg/France… Needless to say, we were able to pass the Crepes stand and many others without stopping….
Over the past two years, I have become a regular customer at Seoul Restaurant in Oberursel. Being a creature of habit and dedicated kimchi lover, I usually order the same food: Kimsambok, made of kimchi, slices of pork belly, and chunks of tofu, fried together. The waitress does not have to hand us the menu…
This is the first one in a new series of exploring street names around Oberursel. Some of our streets are named after distinguished individuals, in commemoration of that person who lived or worked in Oberursel. The first one is Doctor Alfred Lechler. The Alfred-Lechler-Straße is located behind the campus of Frankfurt International School (FIS) and…
The snow has finally arrived. Yes, I’ve been waiting for it. As a child of the 1960s, I remember snow and going sledding as early as late November. Going out in the snow was so much fun, but coming home to the wood stove in the kitchen was very pleasant too. We had to rub…
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