In Austria we stayed in the village of Übelbach, which translates as 'Evil Creek'. Most of the time the creek that passes through it is more like a babbling brook, but after a sudden summer thunderstorm, it showed its darker side for a while.
The creek was indeed rather wild and dangerous looking, and after the weather cleared, the village had an unusually dramatic look to it.
Usually it's bright and cheerful though. An idyllic, picturesque place.
As the tourist brochure puts it: "Gar nicht so übel", sagt jeder, der schon in Übelbach war. "Wirklich einen Ausflug wert." ("Not so evil", says everyone who's been to Übelbach. "Really worth a visit.")
The same publication describes the inhabitants as 'Lauter lustige Leut'. (Cheery, colourful people.) And that can't be bad either.
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