Oberursel has a new Fountain Queen. Janine I. was crowned last Saturday during the mobilitiy exhibition in front of Oberursel’s town hall.
Janine I. is the new Fountain Queen
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Where have all the Muttertag cards gone?
Muttertag, or Mother’s Day, is on the second Sunday of May in Germany.
Since this means that it will always be later in the year than the UK equivalent, for years I have been resigned to the fact that I cannot purchase a card in Germany for the UK date, and faced with the option of buying a card and keeping it for 10 months or sending one for the German date, I have always opted for the latter.
Unfortunately, such cards do not become readily available until a few weeks before the event, and unlike some other countries, Germany does not seem to go in for a wide variety of them.
However this year the search for a Muttertagskarte has been worse than usual. [Read more…]
Filed Under: Traditions Tagged With: Cards, Mother's Day, Mother's Day Cards, Mothering Sunday, Muttertag, Muttertagskarte