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Modesty and nudism - 27 Mar 2008
We recently spent 3 hours at a Sauna complex which was a great experience as it was on-off snowing at the time. We could swim in the heated pool that went outside and be warm but with snow landing on our heads. For the swimming pool you must wear a swimming costume – but for [...]
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Sharing some wine… the German way - 27 Mar 2008
I was amused at a meal out recently with 10 people when 5 of us ordered Red wine. How did the wine come – as 5 glasses of wine that had already been poured? As one large carafe for us all to share? Nope! We each got our own individual carafe of wine – that [...]
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Some Pictures of Serrig - 24 Mar 2008
Here are two pictures of Serrig that have been taken at different times that give an idea of the setting of the village in addition to my previous text that tried to set the scene here in Serrig. The first was taken on a cold foggy day as we return to the village on a [...]
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Easter: children replace the bells and painted eggs - 24 Mar 2008
So lots of little things to say about Easter, in general not that different to the UK. The Friday and Monday are both holidays, and Easter Sunday is viewed with less significance to Christmas day. Now the interesting stuff – the little changes. Firstly Serrig is a very catholic village and many things revolve around [...]
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Cow washes - 24 Mar 2008
A friend of mine (Jon) works as a Highway officer and because of this he spends a lot of time driving up and down motorways with not much to do but think. As some point in his boredom induced thinking he noticed that many cows in the fields were quite dirty and started to ponder [...]
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Sausage photos – Curry wurst - 24 Mar 2008
If I had all the time that I would like to have then I would photograph all the food I am eating here, so far I have only managed one other sausage photo. Although not all of it is sausage based a lot is. We have bread with cold meat, cheese and things twice a [...]
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Cooking a roast chicken in Germany - 24 Mar 2008
Last weekend I wanted to cook for Nicole’s parents (Hanne and Rudi) who are currently providing our hotel like accommodation for the two months that we are in Germany. I decided to do a nice Sunday roast and choose chicken as I really like my mum’s bread sauce in addition to the roast potatoes etc. [...]
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The area around here - 13 Mar 2008
I really must get some photos of the area taken – but the weather has been fairly awful since we arrived. I did make it out for a two hour walk on Saturday but forgot my camera! :-( To roughly describe it we are in a large valley of the Saar river. On the opposite [...]
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German car registration plates - 13 Mar 2008
OK this doesn’t sound like a very interesting title for a post I know – but I have finally been able to understand why registration plates mean something different to Nicole than they do to me. Ever since Nicole moved to the UK she has noticed regisration plates – foreign cars (especially German ones) and [...]
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The end of my first week - 08 Mar 2008
Well a week has gone by and we are settled in and things seem to be good so far. The weather has not been too good quite cold and a lot of rain (but I don’t mind that as I get to wond them up about terrible German weather!). Staying at Nicole’s parents is quite [...]
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