{"id":201,"date":"2021-03-05T13:34:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/bremenbloggerzz\/?p=201"},"modified":"2021-03-05T13:34:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T12:34:59","slug":"winter-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uni-bremen.de\/bremenbloggerzz\/2021\/03\/05\/winter-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace\">So meine Lieben, die Krokusse bl\u00fchen, die V\u00f6gel zwitschern und es wird Zeit, die Winterjacken in den Schrank zu packen. Zum Abschluss von diesem hervorragenden Schnee-Winter gibt es noch eine kleine teilnehmende Beobachtung aus dem verschneiten Schwarzwald. Da mein Nebenfach Englisch ist, habe ich diese zur \u00dcbung auf Englisch geschrieben. Habt Ihr den Schnee dieses Jahr genauso genossen? An die Wintersportler*innen: Freut Ihr Euch auch so darauf, wenn die Lifte n\u00e4chstes Jahr wieder \u00f6ffnen und wir zum Skifahren oder Snowboarden in die Berge fahren k\u00f6nnen? Und die wichtigste Frage, zu welchem Team geh\u00f6rt ihr: &#8222;l\u00e4ssige Snownoarder*innen&#8220; oder &#8222;zackige Skifahrer*innen&#8220;?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace\">Genie\u00dft die bl\u00fchenden Pflanzen und die Fr\u00fchlingsluft und g\u00f6nnt Euch ein t\u00e4gliches Eis. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace\">In diesem Sinne, viel Spa\u00df beim Lesen. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace\">xoxo Lissi<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Today<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> I\u2019m on <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> mountain pass <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Notschrei<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">located in the Black Forrest<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The passes height measures 1.120 meters and the thermometer shows minus five <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">C\u00b0<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">.<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> It is a quarter past eleven and I <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">m sitting on <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">my<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">wooden sleigh facing a <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ski <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">slope. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The sky is gray and the slope<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">is covered <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> thick snow <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">as well as the dark <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">green<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> fir trees surrounding <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">it. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">heir branches <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">are <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">heavy with snow <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">bow towards the ground. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The snow on the slope is crisscrossed with irregular traces <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">probably caused<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> by <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the people<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">, which are<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> walking up <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">the <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">hill to ride their sleighs, ski or snowboard downhill.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">On the left hand side <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is a ski tow. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">t is out of order and a sign informs that th<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is is<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> due to the Covid 19 pandemic. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The scream of a <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">child<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">brings<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">my focus to the events on the slope. A blue, unoccupied, plastic bobsleigh slides downhill, the screaming child runs behind it. The child is dressed in a blue snowsuit with white patches. Suddenly it trips, falls, slides a little bit further downhill on its belly, stands up again and continues to pursue the sleigh. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Close to the ski tow three people tramp up the slope in a row. Two adults and a child each of them shouldering a pair of skis. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Two snowboarders emerge between the trees <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> proceed downhill one after the other. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">A<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> black-brown barking dog is running next to them. They stop a couple of meters to my right <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">with it <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">producing clouds of snow powder. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I assume it is a man and a woman. T<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he child that pursued the sleigh runs to the woman who just gut rid of her board. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">S<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he hugs the child. From a closer distance I can identify the white patches on the child\u2019s snowsuit as polar bears. It starts to snow and my feet and hands are cold. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">Meanwhile t<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">he three people with shouldered skis reach<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ed<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> a flatter section of the slope <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and put on their skis. Now they start to ski down the slope <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">p<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">roceed<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> slower than the sleigh riders which shoot downhill next to them. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">All three <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">are <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ski<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> with their<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> ski tips almost touch<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> and the ends <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">spread<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> apart. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">This sight reminds me of giant pizza slices sliding downhill and I<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> recognize <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">it<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> as the typical ski beginner technique, since I <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">learned to ski like<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> that many years ago. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">A <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">girl<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> with bright red pants and a wooden sleigh shoots over a ski jump. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">She<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> looses <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">her<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> grip of the sleigh and lands on the bottom in the snow while the sleigh proceeds downhill on its own. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">wonder if<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> she will have a bruise from this <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">inc<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ident. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">To my left two teenage girls appear. They walk towards me carrying mini sleighs called \u201cPoporutscher\u201d. Both girls have long, brown hair, are about the same size and wear black ski clothes and beige bobble hats. I wonder if <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">they are dressed alike on purpose. I bring my gaze back to the slope and spot the child in the polar bear suit once more. This time <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">it is<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">sitting on the blue bobsleigh and shooting downhill. I feel happy for the child. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">A<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ccording to its laughter I assume it enjoys the ride.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">I look at the motionless ski tow to my left <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">and <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">I <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">m overwhelmed by the uselessness of the whole invention. <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">What is the point of it <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">if it <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">is<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> not running and fulfilling its <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">only<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> purpose <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">of<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> pull<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> people on skis and snowboards uphill? <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">The idea of non-places comes to my mind, and I wonder if I would consider a skiing area one of them. Indeed I would because even if winter sports and the mountains have a personal value to me it wouldn\u2019t really matter if I am in Switzerland, France or the Black Forrest <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">in order to pursue that interest.<\/span> <span lang=\"en-US\">My watch says 12:17 now. The snow has become heavier and the treetops started to vanish in fog. I can\u2019t feel my feet and hands anymore and it gets more and more difficult to take notes with my cold hands. It is time to take my cross-country skis and go for <\/span><span lang=\"en-US\">a<\/span><span lang=\"en-US\"> tour to get warm again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So meine Lieben, die Krokusse bl\u00fchen, die V\u00f6gel zwitschern und es wird Zeit, die Winterjacken in den Schrank zu packen. Zum Abschluss von diesem hervorragenden Schnee-Winter gibt es noch eine kleine teilnehmende Beobachtung aus dem verschneiten Schwarzwald. 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