Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Tenerifa, Canary Island
I am trying very hard here to find anything nice to say about Tenerife; so, that's how it goes: If you like big desert Rocks Overlooking the sea With too many tourist blocks Everywhere to see, With above ground pipes running down the mountain To supply in water bushes, trees and the gang, With...
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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Going to Tenerifa!
It is finally sunny this morning after about two weeks of fload! The little damn on the Elsenz river is barely apparent under all that water rushing down the valley, bringing with it trees and branches and plastic bits and pieces. Not one single duck has been able to "land" on the river for the past...
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Friday, March 14, 2008
The Little Green Commune of Neckargemund
Not far from my house, along the Elsenz river, there is a little group of cute white houses with curved aluminum roof and small backyards. Each home houses three to four families and each one is part of what is called a Green community. The building codes in Germany is much more severe than in N.Am....
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
More on the little things that make a country
As I was lying down on the bed last night, it came to my attention that I haven't wrote about the pillows yet! They are a very important part of our life and should be given the full attention that they deserve. After all, we do have a long relationship together, spending about the third of our...
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Some more on transportation...
A photograph just left our home. He was taking pictures of the exterior AND interior of the house because they are going to blast a hole in the mountain for a tunnel and this might, just might, affect the house walls and foundations. So, he was looking for any cracks that are already present, such...
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Monday, March 10, 2008
Public Transport in Germany
They have just introduced a new and cheap monthly pass for the region (49 vs 79 Eur.) to incite people to take Public transports to go to work or school or whatever BUT, as they are still in a rotating strike campaign, a lot of people, who would have like to buy it, are taking their cars instead!...
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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Home Sweet (German) Home!
We came back on Friday night but I was too exhausted to feel like writing anything before today. Looking after a bunch of 11 years old IS tough! They all have their little "preferences" (mommy's food is the only one I eat, I don't like walking, my feet hurt, my feet are cold etc.)and some are really...
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
space centre
Hi! we arrived safe and sound in Space centre, but almost mist it completely. As usual, expect the unexpected! The train between Luxembourg and Belgium was cancelled. Quite funny little snag! And the others that were with me were all anglos, so, when the saw that sign: train suprime, they thought,...
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Sunday, March 2, 2008
Sommertagzug
I just came back from the Sommertagzug (summer-day-train) and it was great fun to see all the kids dressed up for the parade to push winter away! It is a traditional German celebration on the first Sunday of March to tell Winter that it is time to go! There are two trees in the parade: one...
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Neckargemünd, the first pearl
Neckargemünd, as some might have guessed by now, is where I live. So, it is the town (or small city, about 15 000 inhabitants) that I know best. On the way from Heildelberg, it is the first of the four pearls that you will encounter along the Neckar. It might also be the oldest "town " of the four....
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