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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:34:08 +0000

In reply to Colorful Sisters.

Thank you very much – I appreciate your kind comment x

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By: Colorful Sisters

Colorful Sisters — Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:00:12 +0000

loved reading this 🙂

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By: John Eaton

John Eaton — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 17:19:48 +0000

Hi, Janet; Of all your recent erudite, fascinating and vivid verbal journeys on which you have taken us over the last few years, I think that, for me, this one struck the loudest chord, if only because all your Italian journeys have been journeys of discovery for me, whereas this one was pure nostalgia.My maternal Great Grandmother was born and lived in Edesheim – a typical Hansel-and-Gretel picture-book Hamlet, not far way from the Romantische Strasse which you describe so well in your text – and along which (and the routes shown in your map) the Family and I have driven regularly for the last 60 years, both for family visitations, and to reach the Skil Slopes of the Dolomites!

Apart from the vivid reminders of the physical delights and the mass of historical romantic and fairy-tale associations along the route (Margaret and I got engaged not far from Neuschwanstein), your reference to the Grimm Brothers was also most apposite, not least because Grimm’s Law of interchangeable letters (establishing the commonality of so many European languages) effectively helped me to pass my German “A”-level – simply by swapping aound the releveant letters in my German “Unseens” in order to arrive at the English translation. (E.g. without Grimm’s Law I would never have known that the letters “D” and “Th” were interchangeable, and similarly the letters “F” and “P”. The connection between “Dorf” and “”Village” is not that obvious without Grimm’s Law, which quickly turns the “D” in “Dorf” into “Th” and the “F” into “P” – thus turning the German word “Dorf” into the English word “Thorpe” meaning “village” – as in “Filingthorpe” and “Gristhorpe”. To a pedantic philologist, this was fascinating stuff!

And thinking of being pedantic, can I claim my prize for spotting the only grammatical error in your otherwise flawless treatise? Can you spot it yourself, in your pre-penultimate sentence, referring to your European Road Trip being an antidote to the lock-down months??! (Answers on a £5 note or a promise to buy a bottle of Spatlese when we next meet!!)

(in view of the extremely esoteric nature (not to say length!) of this reponse, you might not wich to clutter up you excellent and enjoyable site with such pedantic and semi-personal burbling – in which case I would fully understand!)

With thanks again, and all very best wishes to you, and to Lucy.

John

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By: Janet Simmonds

Janet Simmonds — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 14:12:29 +0000

In reply to Mary Lou Peters.

Thank you Mary Lou – I think when the going gets a little rocky in life (all things are relative of course) one has to dig deeper to discover what really matters. My time with Lucy was just magical – both real and imagined xxx

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By: Mary Lou Peters

Mary Lou Peters — Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:46:07 +0000

Another delightful article from you, Janet–an unexpected pleasure to read about fairy tales from your unique perspective! I’ve traveled this Romantic Road in Germany twice and certainly wish I could have read something like this before I went on the trip. You’ve obviously thought a lot about the story behind the story, as you usually do. Such a creative thinker! Now I wonder what your next chapter will be in your Book of Life! Thanks for sharing with your readers!

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