Where do you belong? Where is Heimat for you?
The Germans call it “Heimat.” English speakers can’t say it in one word. Your homeland? (Not quite.) Being comfortable and happy here? Feeling that this is the place is where you should be? (Getting closer.)
JB has blogged since 2007 from Mainz Daily Photo, a 2000 year old city on the Rhein in central Germany. Born in the UK,, grew in New Zealand, JB has lived in Germany for more than 40 years. Mainz is where JB feels he belongs. It is his Heimat.
JB has blogged since 2007 from Mainz Daily Photo, a 2000 year old city on the Rhein in central Germany. Born in the UK, grew up in New Zealand, JB has lived in Germany for more than 40 years. Mainz is where JB feels he belongs. It is his Heimat. Though he does spend the European winters in New Zealand, where he writes (Not the) Nelson Daily Photo.
On March 1, can you show us a photo that captures why you are – and want to be – in the city or town from which you produce your City Daily Photo blog?
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