Do you want to feed the rats?

Well spotted and taken Peter.

Hi Jaap,
Thank you for visiting!
I'm pleased that you have enjoyed it!
Best Wishes,
Peter

My dear Peter,

Very well capture really!!
Ah yes there were many swans there... We had seen most of them on French side.. This is German side..

Love Füsun
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My dear Füsun,

Thank you so much for your visit to the 'Three countries Bridge'.
You are right, most of the swans seemed to be in France. I wonder if the rats will learn to cross the bridge over the Rhine, and invade France!!!

Love Peter
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Good perspective on the bridge and an interesting foreground! Sadly true about the rats, there are too many already in our towns. In Stuttgart they had had to close the toilets in the prosecutor's offices because a judge found a rat looking at him out of the bowl...

Hi Gudrun ,
Your visit is most welcome. Thank you.
Maybe a good story to tell the next criminals in his court. while he is passing sentence on them, they can imagine the judge with his pants round his ankles, and a big fat rat waiting...!!!!

I am so happy that you like the bridge scene too.
Best Wishes,
Peter

A fine capture Peter. In our local park, at the side of the park lake, where there are lots of Canada Geese, a similar notice exist. People emptied full bags of bread on the lake bank-side and of course the uneaten bread was devoured by rats.
~ Herb

Hi Herb ,
Thank you very much!
Glad you like it. Interestingly, I didn't see an equivalent one on the French side..
Neither did I see any swans, or rats. Perhaps the notice is working, and they have migrated to France where the food supply is more favourable (as Füsun noticed)!

Best Wishes,
Peter

Hello Peter i am sure the rats will thrive on anything left for the Swans here

Best wishes ... Steve

Hi Steve
Thank you so much for your very kind visit.
I'm happy that you had a good look!!
You are right, which is why feeding of the swans is discouraged!!
Literal translation differs slightly between the languages, but it means "Who feeds the swans, feeds the rats!"
Best Wishes,
Peter

Hi Peter,

We had a similar notice in a local nature reserve, where I used to see rats running across the paths! It seems people have heeded the warning as I haven't seen any there recently. Well spotted and a very nice linking bridge :)

Best regards,
Rosa.

Hi Rosa

Thanks very much for your visit here.
Interestingly enough I was away in Weymouth this last week, and saw a similar notice by the marina.. Perhaps it is a forward thinking Dorset initiative!!

Best Wishes
Peter

PS, sorry for lack of contact recently, I've been away again!

A great image of the bridge and the rat problem is interesting.

Hi George

Thank you so much for visiting. I had never really noticed this kind of thing, and only included the sign to fill the space! It seems to be more interesting than the bridge!

Best Wishes
Peter

PS, sorry for late reply, I've been away again!