Category: holidays

Merry Christmas!

J and I had a quiet last day before Christmas yesterday. We walked around at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, went out for a yummy breakfast at the Café 50’s and went to see “The Holiday” in the afternoon. What a lovely movie! It was actually less busy...

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St. Martin’s Day

Today we celebrate St. Martin’s Day in Germany, the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, who gave half his cloak to a beggar so he could stay warm at night. The day is celebrated in the evening of November 11 in most areas of Germany. Children go by the...

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HAPPY EASTER!

This is coming a little late, I know… I just hope you all had a wonderful weekend with lots of sunshine and many, many chocolate eggs! My Easter was pretty unspectacular this year. No colored eggs, no chocolate eggs, no easter egg hunt, but at least some really nice Easter-E-mails....

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