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Christmas Countdown
Howdy folks,
With the Christmas countdown on, it seems like there is something new happening just about every day. For example there has been a positive spike in the number of Christmas Cards I've received including: Dave Ashforth from UK, Martin and Louise Pinno from Australia, Thomas Vafiadis from Australia, Damian and Birgit Andrews from Adelaide and a wonderful package from father dearest Rainer, Carol, Hannah and ...
Extreme Randomness
... fast now. It will be a cool -2 degrees Celsius overnight and the possibility of snow for Christmas. But given that my friends in Banff have been snowboarding for a month already means that they have much more snow there already. I can't see the possibility of snowboarding this Winter, not without a job at least. I also found ice coffees here, well of sorts. They only come in a 250mL cup, but are 50 cents so I shouldn't complain!
Lastly, ...
European Girls
... Seattle Washington. We went just as the sun was setting so we had a spectacular view and then as it got dark saw all the pretty city lights. Yesterday, we went to a thermal bath swimming pool, however, we were the only young people there (other than us, I think the youngest person was seventy) and it wasn't actually warm so we left and traveled to the pretty town of Ludwigsbourg. Like many ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... so was pretty warm for this time of year. I was hungy so we stopped to eat a 0.5m long bratwurst which for 5 Euros wasn't so bad. Christian was feeling hungry and ate 3 times as much as everyone else. Hot chestnuts are also popular at this time of year, but can be expensive. Tania ate a Germknödel which is a sweet yeast dumpling filled with sugary goodness. After taking a look at everything, we headed away to find ...
Worlds Colliding
... that it is quite old; more than 600 years and has had quite a history over this period. Ultimately it began its demise after Charles III Philip, Elector Palantine moved to Mannheim and built the Mannheim Palace in the 18th century. More on this one later...
We walked through the courtyard and down into the wine cellar where there was a pretty big wine barrel followed by a wine barrel the size of an entire room! Apparently it holds 222,000 litres and was made in ...