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David Nicholson

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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #15 on: May 06, 2008, 08:57:55 PM »
Maggi, HELP see reply 12 please :-[
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2008, 07:30:48 AM »
Quote from: Hans Joschko on May 06, 2008, 07:59:03 PM

"Die Berge von unten,
die Kirchen von außen
und die Wirtschaften von innen"  ;D

maybe Maggi can translate it .....

David, I would translate Hans' proverb like this:
"The mountains from below
The church from the outside
And the restaurants from the inside"
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2008, 11:32:08 AM »
 ;D Thomas  ;D

Thank you for your perfect translation !
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2008, 07:41:45 PM »
Thank you Thomas, that's not a bad philosophy for life really, all it lacks is some fine sounding word for Hans' glass of beer! ;D
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2008, 07:58:28 PM »
David ,

I'm glad that you like my proverb  ;D

  ::) it seems Thomas is knowing also this philosophy.... :o

OK -maybe we could make one day a meeting in the french mountains  8)
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2008, 08:42:21 PM »
Perhaps you could translate it as -

The mountains to feed the eyes,
the churches to feed the spirit,
and the restaurants to feed the tummy.  ;D
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2008, 08:49:32 PM »
Sorry Lesley ;)

but you are wrong -this is not bavarian style

we prefer more to sit in a restaurant ( and drinking beer ) than to climb on the mountains and to go in the churches  :P

ask Otto !!!
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Re: Narcissus in Vosges Mts. ( France )
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2008, 08:53:42 PM »
I'm a Bavarian in spirit ;D
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