Autumn fruit
While I am a bit sorry the days are getting shorter, I revel in the wonderful fruit this season provides. This morning I got a delivery of apples, pears and grapes. Not to forget damsons and plums. Delicious!
20th Anniversary of the German Reunification: Crossing the Border from the West
My mother left several close friends behind when she escaped to West Germany, and stayed in touch through letters and frequent visits. There was one couple with whom she and my father were especially close: They became godparents for each other’s children, and we visited regularly once a year. This meant that once a year…
20th Anniversary of the German reunification, Part One: Escape from Eastern Germany
To celebrate the 20th anniversary of the German reunification, I want to share with you some bits of my own family history. My mother’s family originally stems from the former German Democratic Republic, which was part of the Soviet-controlled Eastern bloc; my father’s family lived in the Western part of Germany. Although I grew up…
The Casa Rocca Piccola
During a recent visit to Malta, I visited the Casa Rocca Piccola in Valletta. It’s a sixteenth-century palace privately owned by the family of the Marquis de Piro, who still live there and have turned the public rooms into a museum. You can only visit it with a guided tour, but as our guide was…
Summer sale
It’s the time of the year again that shopping malls and boutiques become a danger zone. I avoid them as much as I can. I keep telling myself: Yes, many lovely pieces of clothing are dramatically reduced, but I’ve bought enough clothes this summer, thankyouverymuch. If I buy any more, I won’t be able to…
The Hooters live
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCKlHejwy2kLast week, I was fortunate enough to be able to go to a concert of The Hooters. They are not a band I know that well, but as they performed nearby, it seemed a shame not to go. And am I glad I went! The venue was squeezed full of enthusiastic fans – in their…
The World Cup's Over
… and I’m trying to catch my breath. First of all, congratulations to the marvellous Spanish team!!!
Germany 4 England 1
Okay, so I’ll try to keep the gloating to a minimum. What an afternoon that was! Matches between Germany and England are always something else, and this surely didn’t disappoint! All goals (including the one that wasn’t given) were utterly brilliant, so here they are for you to enjoy once more: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRao2n0PsQ&annotation_id=annotation_148606&feature=iv – Rike Horstmann
To Marry a Princess
I was going to write about the romance of Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden and Daniel Westling, whom she met when she enroled at the gym he owned, in the style of a romance novel blurb, but it sounded so unbelievably tacky that I pressed “delete”.
Herbal Tea
Midsummer may be an unusual time for praising herbal tea, but when I felt a bit under the weather yesterday, I prepared and drank my cup of chamomile tea with such profound pleasure that I want to share this with you. I love herbal teas. My all-time favorite is wild berries, which I like to…
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