Wednesday, September 21, 2005

MY CLOCK IS BIGGER THAN YOUR CLOCK!

There must be one in every town in Germany well every one that wasn’t destroyed during the war. I’m talking about a glockenspiel. It’s like a large clock tower with little puppet type things. According to Deshie (I think he’s been reading Lonely Planet on the crapper again) every town would try and build one which would be bigger and more elaborate than the next town as a symbol of how wealthy they were. I suppose you could compare to a game of swordies on a national scale. "My glockenspiel is bigger than your glockenspiel" the Mayors would argue. You could say the modern day equivalent would be tower buildings. Everyone is trying to outdo each other by building something taller (They always seem to be building these things in Taiwan, Malaysia etc). Anyway three times a day at the Marienplatz, people will gather around this clock tower to eagerly await the jerky stilted movements of the marionettes. Hearing adults gasp in excitement as the two jousting puppet knights went past each other was probably the highlight of my day.


I was more interested in this dude anyway. I wonder if he got anyone to accept Jesus into their heart. I would of but I can’t read German.

Translation - Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14 6. Be reconciled to God. 2 Cor 5 20.


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