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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

More little things that make a country. part 3?

While reading a humourous blog about Wallmart cheap wine, I realised that I haven't talked much about prices here. Most people have the perception that Europe is VERY expensive and although a few things are certainly more expensive than in North America, in general when we compare all the prices of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Rembrandt at the Schwetzingen Schloss

I went to see a rather large collecton of drawings (over 270 of them) by Rembrandt. They are from the collections of the Bibliothèque Nationale and the Louvre, and for a short while, on loan at the Schwetzingen Schloss(castle). These drawings, all using pen and black ink on paper, represent most of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, February 4, 2008

Going to other people's house

Well, it looks like my Mann was right. The concept of Potlock (or Potluck?) has not arrived to Germany yet. They (I mean the wife!) had prepared enough food for a small army and I don't think the pie would have been welcomed. She had baked a 10" cake and a roulade with cream and chocolate. The main... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Helau from Germany!

It is such a beautiful day outside this morning: glorious sun, not a single cloud in the sky! The perfect winter day, about -5oC, I'll say by the look of the frost on the trees and on the roofs. There are cute little birds flying by my window and some ducks splashing at the foot of the small dam.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Karneval Part II

Hajo! Hajo! Hajo! Just came back from the parade! My hands are frozen (specially the finger that was pressing the camera's button!) and I can't feel my toes yet! But it wasn't that cold, probably between 0 and 5oC and we got some sun, some of the time. It's just that the parade was one hour late to... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, February 1, 2008

The "Karneval" Official Opening

Hajo und Helau! I went, I saw and... they conquered me! It was a lot of fun: grown-up men and women dressed in funny costums and rather crazy looking pointy hats with a bell (but very well made costums, looking almost medieval). There were two bands playing music for the "circonstance". One of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Schmutziger Donnerstag (Dirty Thursday)

Today is a special day for German, specially for women. It is the time of the "Karneval" (Carnival) or "Fastnachts" or "Faschingsdientags", the last Tuesday before "Aschermittwoch" (Ash Wednesday, when fast start before Easter). Anglos in New Orleans might recognise the name of "Mardi Gras", well,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Other little things....like TV

I wasn't sure if it was me that was bias or if it was for real, but as others have noticed the same phenomenon, I'll take it as the "Truth": it's seems to us that there are more TV shows here that take their audience for intelligent human beings than back home. We see more very good (well explain,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Little things that make a country

When we moved here, we had no idea that all the binders and the free-sheets of paper (you know, the ones you can put in the binders) that we brought with us would be useless. Let me explain: here in Germany ALL binders have two rings (not three) in the middle and therefore all sheets of paper must... Sign in to see full entry.

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Little things that make a country

When we moved here, we had no idea that all the binders and the free-sheets of paper (you know, the ones you can put in the binders) that we brought with us would be useless. Let me explain: here in Germany ALL binders have two rings (not three) in the middle and therefore all sheets of paper must... Sign in to see full entry.

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