My sister sent me this incredibly sweet (and no, I am not biased ;)) picture of my little niece Greta yesterday. I love it so much that I HAD to share it with you! It makes me sad that I couldn’t be there with her when she took her first swimming lesson....
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Ha, I must admit, that title sounds more promising than what I am going to give you, which simply is my “weekend in SoCal”-recap. It was nice, warm and breezy. Just perfect. I know why I love SoCal :) Here are the facts: *Got into Burbank on Friday afternoon and was greeted...
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Monday morning, I woke up to something I had already accepted to not see (in the Rhineland) during my stay in Germany. Snow! Lots of it. Like 8 inches. I felt like a little kid, starring out of the window in awe at the beautiful white blanket that had been...
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Apparently, the second half of my vacation was so packed with activities that I didn’t have the time to update at all. If this recap might get a little lengthy, I apologize in advance. I spent New Year’s Day at my sister’s place. We had some friends come over in...
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After Greta’s baptism, there were two more days left for J before he flew back to California. On Sunday the 28th, we went back to Kaster (where we had our wedding celebration). It has a cute little “old town” and we had dinner at the local “Pfannkuchenhaus”. J had a...
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Technically, I should start with wishing everyone a Happy New Year. I know, it’s January, 4th already. I am late. But I am even much later on updating my blog here about my fabulous time in Germany. There is just so little time. J put it this way: I can’t...
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The last week, and especially Christmas, was just wonderful and so busy, hence the lack of posts. The greatest gift was to spend the holidays with my family. Christmas Eve is always very special. In the morning, I set up my Mom’s beautiful new Nativity Set. Then, my sister (and...
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Last Sunday, we met my uncle in Köln for a stroll at the medieval Christmas Market. I had no idea that it existed and was very intrigued. It was a very interesting market with people in medieval costumes and many different stands. We walked around, looked at all the different...
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