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How many stories in your house? have you ever wondered hoe floors became "stories". It was made quite clea to me as I attended
Non-commissioned officer's school in Bad Tolz Germany..in the Alps.
Due to lumber being not as plentiful, along with apparent personal preference, homesin Europe are nearly allbuilt from masonry.
In the Alpine regions they have adopted the idea of doing murals, either painted or mosaic, on the outer walls.
Often the paintings offered a different story or scene from a story at each level. Thus there may be a different 'story' at each floor..
The swiss and Austrian Alps, as well as the Garmish~Partingen area of Germany has many examples of each. With some chalets, there,
the origins oif the world famous cuckoo nclocks, is evident.
