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瓦尔内明德的帆船，德国 Sailboats in Warnemünde, Germany (© Rico Ködder/Getty Images)

Arrr, it be Talk Like a Pirate Day

These sailboats in Warnemünde, Germany, set the scene perfectly for International Talk Like a Pirate Day. The holiday (yeah, we're calling it a holiday) was first imagined in 1995 by two Oregon residents. September 19 was chosen for the annual observance since one of them had an ex-wife whose birthday fell on that day and they figured they could remember it. A few years later, seeking widespread adoption, they pitched the idea to humor columnist Dave Barry, who wrote, 'Every now and then, some visionary individuals come along with a concept that is so original and so revolutionary that your immediate reaction is: "Those individuals should be on medication."' From there, it went viral, and these days, September 19 is celebrated internationally, with major brands and media personalities joining in the silliness. We're fans, too. Just picture us typin' this here with an eye patch, peg leg, an' pocket full o' swag doubloons. Arrr!

巴伐利亚州Schrecksee 湖的全景图，德国 (© wingmar/E+/Getty Images)

通往海滩的木板路，德国叙尔特岛 (© Kerstin Bittner/Westend61/Offset by Shutterstock)

郁金香田鸟瞰图，德国萨克森-安哈尔特 Aerial view of tulip fields, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (© Anke Scheibe/Westend61/offset by shutterstock)

Colorful flowers

Are these tulips from Amsterdam? The Netherlands is the world's largest tulip producer with a share of over 80 percent, but our picture today shows a tulip field in Saxony-Anhalt. In this country too, the popular flowers are grown in large fields in neat rows and bright colors.

达恩附近普法尔茨森林中的Altdahn城堡，德国莱茵兰-普法尔茨(Dahn Rockland), Palatinate Forest, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany (© Reinhard Schmid/Huber/eStock Photo)

施塔弗尔湖畔乌芬附近的桦树大道，德国巴伐利亚 (© Reinhard Schmid/eStock Photo)

从上魏斯巴赫山地列车的车站向外看，德国图林根 View from railroad station of mountain train in Oberweissbacher, Thuringia, Germany (© golero/iStock/Getty Images Plus)

Cable car station of the Oberweissbacher Bergbahn

Today you can look at snow-covered tracks and remote forests from a station of the Oberweissbacher Bergbahn. If you want to experience the picturesque winter landscape of the Thuringian Slate Mountains from this unique perspective, you don't have to reach deep into your pocket: a day ticket for the historic funicular, which is open every half-hour over a nearly 4 Mile-long route, currently costs just 14 euros.

The track consists of a wide-gauge cable car and an adjoining standard-gauge and electrified adhesion section. Both parts of the route are closely linked operationally and have been listed as a monument to the history of production and traffic since 1982. The mountain railway has been part of Deutsche Bahn AG since 1994 - at the moment it is the only German cable car that is not owned by the community or privately.

The Zugspitze: Germany's highest point

Welcome to the snowy Bavarian Alps, where the mountain called the Zugspitze (TSOOG-shpit-seh) casts a cold shadow over the Eibsee, a small and serene alpine lake. Situated on the border with Austria, the peak is Germany's highest point at almost 10,000 feet above sea level, towering over the lakeside village of Grainau.

The word 'zug' means 'train' in modern German. Though the peak's name is much older than the locomotive (and probably refers to 'zugbahnen,' deep tracks cut into the mountainside by avalanches), it's especially appropriate now: a steep cogwheel railway tunnels up from the nearby town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen to a plateau near the summit. Aerial trams also serve the mountaintop from both the German and Austrian sides, and the one from Grainau boasts the longest free span for a cable car in the world, at about two miles.

3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!

Backnang, the city celebrating the new year in this photo, is in Germany's Baden region. Thanks to the Rhine River on the west, and the Black Forest to the east, the soil in Baden is ideal for vineyards. Among the varieties of wine produced here, Spätburgunder is common, which you may know by its more common French name: Pinot Noir. It seems likely that the people of Backnang would be celebrating with a glass of Pinot or something else this evening. However you choose to celebrate, here's wishing you a very happy and healthy new year!

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