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On a very cold November morning, with temperatures at -7C, in downtown Chemnitz
German Times Online: "You can’t miss downtown Chemnitz if only because of its domination by a gigantic bust of Karl Marx. Weighing over 40 tons and topping seven meters, the monumental sculpture from the East German era is still the city’s landmark. And that makes sense because the former industrial center still feels like a model socialist-planned urban landscape.
Karl Marx is still the star attraction of this post-socialist city. After all, from 1953 until 1990, the city was called Karl Marx City. Today, tourists can buy Karl Marx statuettes, key chains, or even smoking men – a reference to the wooden handicrafts from the nearby Erz Mountains – as souvenirs."
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Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.Text by Steve Smith.
