Christmas time
The weekend was perfect to get into that special Christmas mood. We had more snow on Saturday morning and it was freakin’ cold, so I bundled up and took the train to Köln. Surprisingly, Köln...
Month: November 2005
The first snow…
yes, believe it or not, we had the first snow last night. It’s unbelievable. We hadn’t had snow in November for many years (as far as I can remember… and when I was in Germany...
Happy Thanksgiving
today is “turkey day” and I just wish I could be in Ventura with Jon and his family. I remember last year when we had this really delicious turkey roast and watched a movie later....
Fun weekend
It started off with a really f***ed up train ride to Kiel. A real odyssey. None of the trains I was supposed to take was on time. One was canceled completely and considering that I...
Romantic train rides…
I am almost done with packing my little suitcase and I’ll be off to a wonderful weekend soon. I am looking forward to get away. I will visit my friend Anke who has just recently...
The miracle of children’s laugh…
it can really cheer you up. My sister asked me on Monday if I could go to school with her on Tuesday morning and fill in for one of her colleagues who usually helps her...
These feelings won’t go away…
I am restless. I’ve been staying up till three in the morning lately, because I can’t sleep and then, once I sleep, I won’t wake up for 10 hours. I don’t think it’s a late...
Kölle Alaaf…
yes, today it’s that day again… the Carneval Season starts in the Rhineland area – not that I would care, but I am taking my sister to the train station later and she’ll go to...
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Visiting time…
wow, today was a busy day. I was gone for 12 hours straight… I had a lunch date with Ira to catch up on the latest news and we went to a Chinese Restaurant in...