What if Germany had won the First World War?

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TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY!

All shall be revealed in the new year!

Steve

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Wishing everybody a Merry Christmas and New Year.   I think the snowman in the Heino medley to be a little sinister which brings me to my fondest memories of Christmas when a child. It was a tradition in our household on Boxing Day, to tell a ghost story. My sister,  Cassie and I would gather in the darkened dining  room,  the only illumination being the red glow of the fire,  its logs crackling and hissing,  which we would huddle before while father,  seated in a high backed old leather chair,  read to us a ghost story. More often than not it was by the master of the craft MR James. Many of the stories involved Oxford Dons, Anglo Saxon legends and archaeologists so Mr MR James has a lot to answer for!   Needless to say, we were transfixed by father's tales and wonderfully scared throughout. We were both  so frightened that we looked forward to it every year!

I've set this post on a timer so it ought to reach you at the witching hour and on Christmas day!

Here is a documentary on the man who collaborated with father to frighten us delightfully.  Thank you for taking the time to read my posts this year.

Lyds



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MERRY CHRISTMAS

What better way to celebrate than with Heino and company singing lots of traditional German Christmas Songs?   MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

Steve




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VIENNA: CITY OF A LOST EMPIRE BUT OF A CONTINUING GLORY

Exitus acta probat

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OCTOBER 2012 ON A DIG IN THE MED

Reminiscing over the last eighteen months.  The equivalent of taking the waters and recuperating last year -  a short sojourn to an excavation in the Greek Islands. A wholly enjoyable and energising five days.   Thanks to Lyds and all involved for arranging and obtaining the requisite permissions.  

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VIENNA

With one foot in the past,  Vienna is the real epicentre of Mittel-Europe.   One could spend a month here and never tire of its charms and surprises.   Cultured and grand, haughty bordering on arrogant but possessing an old-world charm which is alluring. Cosmopolitan yet parochial,  this city is built on contradiction and this is one of its many charms.

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BUDAPEST

Elegant and sophisticated and perhaps the junior partner in its relationship with Vienna. However, more forward thinking and innovative than its Austrian counterpart. If my photograph reminds you of the British Houses of Parliament, you would be right, as the Hungarian design was inspired by the former.

Two down, one to go...

PRAGUE AT DUSK

One of the three great cities of the Austrian Hungarian Empire. Evoking the former glories of the past, of martial prowess, court intrigue and illicit love. One down, two to go.

CHI RHO

Was complimented today for marking work as good by using the Chi Rho. The person clearly knew his classics.

This symbol predates Christianity and was used by Greek scribes to indicate a particularly good passage. My old History Master used to mark our efforts in this manner and the habit has stuck.

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IN THE GREAT SWAY OF HISTORY, WHO COULD ARGUE WITH THIS?