today is Nikolaus and if you don’t know what that is click here. Unfortunately this website doesn’t explain the tradition of children putting their shoes outside of the door and in the night from the 5th to the 6th of December Nikolaus will put goodies in your shoes. It’s always...
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first of all, HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATHY!!! I hope you’ll have a wonderful day with Greg and your family and friends! You know I wish I could be there to celebrate with you, but I am with you in my thoughts always. ok, girls, and now it’s my turn… please take...
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I don’t know if I am doing it the wrong way, but I am looking for a job and it doesn’t seem very easy [especially since I am only looking for a job for until Christmas right now]. I applied for two office jobs yesterday, but one was already taken...
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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 didn’t have any snow at all… but the Christmas market had started next to the...
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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 ;)), so it pretty much came as a surprise this morning when I looked out...
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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. It was so much fun. It has become a special holiday for me and I...
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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 had booked this really cheap ticket which meant that I was only allowed to take...
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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 moved to Kiel from Rostock and we’ll have a wonderful girls’ weekend together :) I’ve...
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