Thanks to you, a lesson in Dusseldorf historyI am informed by fan club member 421, one Kaelene Churton, formerly of Invercargill, that one Bogdan Kominowski was born to Polish parents in a Nazi concentration camp just outside Dusseldorf on April 22 1945. His father was killed, but the young Bogdan and his mother survived and emigrated to New Zealand in 1949, unfortunately suffering a worse fate, settling in Palmerston North.
According to Wikipedia and other reliable sources, fan club member 421 is absolutely right. We are in the same city that brought Bogdan Kominowski, later to become New Zealand’s Mr Mod, to this world.
Bogdan Kominowski? C’mon, this is your Opportunity to learn more.
http://www.sergent.com.au/leegrant.html
Photo: The city pissoir: One bit of German we were able to understand
Cultural difference 1: Monthly tram passes in Dusseldorf run for each calendar month rather than for a month from the date of issue. Thus, if we want concession tram travel for the twenty-something days before we head to London, we need to buy two one-month passes each. It might be cheaper to purchase the tram.
Cultural difference 2: Standing outside in the drizzling rain at the Christmas markets, eating bratwurst sausages on bread rolls, with mustard sauce. Beautiful, followed by 5 euro a bottle, red wine. Well maybe not too different.
1 comment:
You could have stayed at home and eaten hot dogs in the rain at the arts centre today rather than travelling across the world.. Miserable here at the minute but hoping for vast improvement next week.
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