Well, a small snow creature.
Dean and I climbed to the top of the hill in Meissen today, to view the view. We had an enormous dom (german word for church) behind us, and a medieval town in front of us, on the river Elb.
And so we built snow creatures on the ledge. Before now it's been too cold!
Mine had stick hair and arms, his had a snout and looked a bit cheeky. Fun.
In other news, I managed to hold of from buying a fine porcelain set of Meissen ware. A tea set cost just 299 euro, the basic one that is! Meissen is the home of Europes oldest porcelain manufacterer, set up by none other than Augustus the Strong, elector of Saxony and King of Poland.
Apparently these days, the Russians look for golden guilt edging, the English buy pug dog figurines, the Americans pieces featuring the ming dragon, the Polish like the swan motif (Dean has been taking a lot of swan photos I note) and the Italians like to buy tureens. What is it that creates a national proclivity for certain images or shapes?
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