I found these curious personalities on rubber duckies in Germany (Bavaria) and Austria. To them, this is normal. I told them that I haven't seen them anywhere else. People I asked had no clue why they make them like that.
Yes, I have been away on vacation looking at many Gothic & baroque churches in those areas. We loved Bavaria with their beautiful houses and their window boxes filled with geraniums--some of them had frescoes outside of their walls or a crucifix!
The Alps are beautiful! There's plenty of lumber--a lumber mill in almost every town. It snowed up in the Zugspitze while we walked in the rain in Garmisch looking for some sneakers for me.
Grüss Gott!
