What divides them these days are plans for a colossal, two-mile bridge whose ten reinforced concrete columns would stride across this bucolic valley where they and dozens of other winemakers produce elegant Riesling wines.
Vladimir Putin, flanked by cheering supporters, strode on to a stage in the centre of Moscow's colossal Luzhniki Stadium and urged a crowd of tens of thousands of flag-waving Russians to join him in building a bright and joyful future for the country's children.
Finding their stride as a legitimate conception, Volcano Choir creates an astoundingly moving record with a colossal sound.
And that's close to a gloriously eccentric basketball objet d'art that strides the middle of an intersection and bears Gasol's name, and just across the street from the colossal Complex Esportiu Municipal Pau Gasol, dedicated by the city council after the giant's rookie season.
Sure, the company says it is making big strides in tackling its leaks since receiving a series of fines in the early 2000s, but that is still a colossal quantity of water being wasted which completely dwarfs the consequences of women depilating in the shower.
"The destruction is colossal".
"There's nothing colossal".
