Just a gallimaufry of photos ...
Legend has it that their golden crown feathers were a gift from an African king.
Here's how the story goes ...
One day, while hunting, the king became separated from his companions and was lost in the savanna. Weak from the lack of water and food, he asked several types of passing animals if they would help him but all of them refused because he had hunted them and killed members of their clans before. Finally, a flock of cranes that was flying responded to the plea of the desperate king. They brought him water and then led him to his companions. As a reward, the grateful king ordered his goldsmith to make each crane a gold crown. The next day, the cranes appeared before the king with their bare heads and lamented that their crowns were stolen and destroyed by the other jealous animals. The king then had his court magician conjure up crowns of golden feathers that no one could ever take away.
Vietnamese dinner
In this Vietnamese restaurant, you get to create your own spring rolls from a platter of ingredients and rice sheets.
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Sườn nướng (charcoal-grilled lemongrass pork)
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Haha! My diy roll!
FROM THE TRAVEL ARCHIVES
Old Bridge (Karl Theodor Bridge), Heidelberg
Dreaming
Double Hibiscus
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Me dio ganas de la cena y las fotos des atardecer son muy bellas. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the golden crown story. Beautiful photos and delicious food.
ReplyDelete`nice article, have a nice day dude
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I loved this story , thanks for your sharing...
ReplyDeleteI liked the story of the golden-crowned crane, and it is a very beautiful bird.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week ahead, Veronica!
Happy Monday to you, Veronica and thanks for your kind visit to my blog. Love the Crane in your shots collection. 🥰
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Golden-crowned Crane images and the old bridge, fantastic Veronica.
ReplyDeleteHi Veronica, your photos are wonderful. Those gold-crowned cranes are breathtaking, love teh story, too. The food looks deldicious, as always. Heidelberg is a beautiful place, I hve a friend there and love to visit her. Have a great week, hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteAnd I always love the little running mouse at the top!
If I were to make my own spring roll, I am sure it would be a mess! The food you show us always looks so good!
ReplyDeleteHello Veronica,
ReplyDeleteLovely collection of photos. The sky shot in your travel images is lovely. neat captures and sighting of the Crane, they are beautiful. I have seen them in different zoos here. Thank you for the comment and for linking up and sharing your post. Take care, enjoy your new week!
The legend of those cranes is interesting and they're quite beautiful with their golden crowns! Wonderful photos of your travels with great food, gorgeous flowers and everything else you share! Your spring roll looks good to me :)
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ReplyDeleteAlways a special treat to come here!
Golden–crowned crane is such a regal bird.
And the Vietnamese spring rolls make me crave for some.
My Vietnamese friend Lei talks like her...
Hah, you left footsteps in Heidelberg where I once was in the 1970s with my late husband.
Exotic flowers... a dream.
Hugs,
Mariette
Nom nom.. look at all that yummy food.
ReplyDeleteThat is a gorgeous bird and love that it comes with it's own story. The signs are funny.
On my goodness! That food all looks so good! I'm hungry now before breakfast, wrong time to be reading this, lol :) So interesting about the birds too!
ReplyDeleteHave a great week Veronica!
betty
What a fabulous bird! I never knew that legend! And even though it's morning here, I could easily devour that wonderful looking food!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely post and love the history of the cranes. The photos of them spaced out, pandemic style is a hoot.
ReplyDeleteThat story reminds me of something in the Bible saying that stripes and spots had to deal with humans drawing them nearby the animals
ReplyDeleteDNA definitely doesn't work out that way
Beautiful, just beautiful, but as usual I got stuck on all the delicious food. Wow.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day and week, Veronica. ♥
I've tried on three different blogs set up like yours and am unable to sign in to comment with my Google account, which is working just fine otherwise. I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteAt any rate, thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2022/06/so-glad-we-got-to-gogh.html. And that crane is stunning!
The bird looks like he's really showing off how different he looks but that food looks really really good.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the background story on the golden-crowned crane and that signage was quite amusing too, Veronica Lee. I like spring rolls but a DIY would most likely end up as not being very pretty if I were to make it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab collection of photos and as always I have fallen for all the food haha! 🍛
ReplyDeleteHave a gallimaufrytasticated week 👍
A great collection of photos. The sunset at the river is gorgeous.
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Oh wow... that golden-crowned crane is absolutely stunning! What a gorgeous bird and beautiful photo!!
ReplyDeleteWe need some of those signs for the Canadian geese we have around here. They definitely have that same kind of attitude.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteThe food looks delicious.
Photo 15 is my favorite.
Greetings Irma
Gostei de ver estas belas e deliciosas fotografias.
ReplyDeleteUm abraço e boa semana.
Andarilhar
Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
O prazer dos livros
Beautiful photos! We have some crowned cranes like that at our local zoo and even from behind glass their attitude is pretty obvious.
ReplyDeleteWonderful collection of photos today. I'm in love with the golden-crowned crane. He's so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGallimaufry! Thank you for the gift of a new word!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures all and a great tale about the cranes!
ReplyDeleteBuen menú. Y un precioso atardecer.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo.
I love the story about the crowns, I also love the helpful signs about giving animals some space. And the food!!
ReplyDeleteI think I need that mood swings sign. LOL.
ReplyDeleteAs usual, the food images are making my mouth water!
wow that sunset over the heidelberg bride (sp)...so beautiful and so is that photo of you two. And I love the legend of the crown of feathers. Great post - I really enjoyed it and of course......the food...!!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried using rice sheets.
ReplyDeleteThe crane is so pretty.
The food looks so good.
I crossed the old bridge in Heidelberg so many times! My paternal grandparents lived in Heidelberg and I spent many happy days there in my childhood.
ReplyDeleteThe Golden-crowned crane is such a beautiful bird, but he looks a bit fierce.
Dear Veronica,
ReplyDeleteIt's always fun to come to your posts and see the interesting wildlife, along with the delicious food you feature. Thank you for sharing the story of the Golden-crowned Crane. He is a beauty!
If I'm eating out I like the chef to make my food but I can see the attraction of DIY spring rolls. The crane is a big bird, so probably best to not mess with him!
ReplyDeleteFood looks amazing! It is lunchtime around here and food is on my mind :-)
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The Golden-crowned cranes are beautiful. Mom has seen them in person. The signs for them are perfect too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful story and the images! And the quote of the Golden-crowned Crane, it's so clever! The statue is special. I love it!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Veronica!
Happy WW and a fine week!❤️
Your photos made me hungry. Regine
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I ate some of the food this visit. Delicious.
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Have a fabulous Wordless Wednesday. ♥
pretty Golden-crowned crane.....
ReplyDeleteand delicious foods as always....
Have a great day
The golden crown feathers are certainly pretty. Hibiscus is my mother-in-law's most favorite flower.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting and GRAND bird. I like the legend behind it also. The Vietnamese dish looks delicious. I've always wanted to try this type of food. There's something so charming about old bridges. I like the dreaming statue, and the red hibiscus is stunning.
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~Sheri
How are you, Friend? That food looks finger licking good! The story about the crowns made me smile. That black and white crane looks like one with an atttitude, lol! Like the saying about the mood swings:) Have a lovely week, Veronica! Emille
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and delicious food :-)
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Wonderful photos. And those meals look delicious.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Have a good week!
Beautiful story of the golden crown and the African king!
ReplyDeleteEasy to see the food served in Vietnamese restaurants is delicious.
Regards,
Giorgio
Great photos :D You had great time.
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Tasty looking food. Wonderful photos.
ReplyDeleteThe Golden Crown looks so beautiful.
What an amazing big bird
ReplyDeleteThe Golden Crowned crane is such a beauty. Loved the story behind it's crown.
ReplyDeleteThe Vietnamese fare is so drool. Yum.
I love all these food pictures and travel, nature images you share, Vero.
Been so long. Hope you manage to travel as things get better.
Loads of love and hugs.
N <3 <3
https://natashamusing.com/2022/06/i-forgive-and-flow-natasha-musing/
Dear Veronica,
ReplyDeletehow beautiful these Golden-crowned cranes are! And I'm glad there are signs on how to meet them properly. I really liked the story of how they got their crown too!
Luckily I already had my dinner today, so seeing your food photos isn't too bad :-)
So you've already been to Heidelberg? It seems to me you've already traveled the whole world...(?)
All the best and happy weekend,
Traude
https://rostrose.blogspot.com/2022/06/italien-reisebericht-grado-und-aquileia.html
Wow beautiful photos! Happy Monday :)
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What a wonderful galamaufry. All the pictures are great.
ReplyDeleteThat golden crowned crane looks very unusual and beautiful, and I love the legend of how it got its golden crown.
Food looks delicious, and the sunset pictures are great.
this is the article i was looking for! thank you for creating this blog
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