Happy new year and all the best!



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year



On the 7 st of january i will be in holliday so we see us a week later.

By an have fun.



Peter

Bonfire Night

Guy Fawkes Night (also known as Bonfire Night) is an annual celebration on the evening of the 5th of November.

In the United Kingdom, celebrations take place in towns and villages across the country in the form of both private and civic events. They involve fireworks displays and the building of bonfires on which "guys" are burnt. These "guys" are traditionally effigies of Guy Fawkes, the most famous of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators, or (very much less commonly in the present day) the Pope.^[1] Before the fifth, children traditionally use the "guys" request a "penny for the guy" in order to raise funds with which to buy fireworks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Fawkes_Night

Bonfire Night in Lewes:

http://www.lewesbonfirecouncil.org.uk/advice/index.html

This is Halloween

Interested in Halloween videos? - Watch them on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpvdAJYvofI

Need some ideas for Halloween costumes - watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PurBtZTz4

Ireland is named 'best country'

Ireland is the best place to live in the world, according to a "quality of life" assessment by Economist magazine.

The country's combination of increasing wealth and traditional values gives it the conditions most likely to make its people happy, the survey found.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4020523.stm

In pictures: Oktoberfest opens

"O'zapft is! - 14 days of Oktoberfest fun

With the traditional words "O'zapft is!" - "the barrel has been tapped" - the munich major Christian Ude declared the Oktoberfest 2007 open.

From September 22 to Oktober 10 the world's largest beer festival will attract about six million people who are expected to consume innumerable litres ("Maßkrüge" in Bavarian) of the famous Oktoberfest beer.

Visit our galleries for impressions from the "Wiesn" to experience the fun and Bbavarian "Gemutlichkeit" at home.

http://www.oktoberfest.de/en/

View the BBC's pictures of the Oktoberfest on:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7008385.stm

Pictures from Oxford

Milena and the dinosaur footprints

A lovely dessert

Botanic garden

Two photographers

Milena and a Christ Church Bull Dog


Here are some pictures from Oxford. This summer my sister Moni and her family visited us. We showed them around Christ Church College, the town and we went to the botanic garden. Oxford's Botanic Garden is the oldest in Europe. It is not very big but it is a gem. Especially Milena had a very good time and "improved" her English with her charm.

Fish and Chips

If you would like to prepare this really wonderful English speciality and don't know how - here's the solution:
Watch the video on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=razq7QIALSg&feature=dir

Walk the Line

Hi All!

If you are interesseted in music and movies

I have a DVD tip for you.

Walk the Line

Its a film about the live of Johnny Cash.

I love the film, perhaps you, too.

Here you can found some informations:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walk_the_Line

Double-nosed dog not to be sniffed at

Explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell has had close encounters with vampire bats and angry bees, but his latest brush has been with a rather odd dog.

He spotted a rare breed of Double-Nosed Andean tiger hound, which has two noses, on a recent trip to Bolivia.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6940289.stm

Pencil removed from German's head

A woman in Germany who has spent 55 years with part of a pencil inside her head has finally had it removed.

Margret Wegner fell over carrying the pencil when she was four. It punctured her cheek and part of it went into her brain, above the right eye.

The 59-year-old has suffered headaches and nosebleeds for most of her life.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6933721.stm

Bid to make ales 'women-friendly'

Brewers of real ale should join forces with publicans to make the drink more appealing to women, a campaign group has said.

The Campaign for Real Ale (Camra) says 80% of female drinkers have never tried a pint of bitter in a pub.

The group is calling on brewers to target more marketing at women, who now make up a quarter of its 87,000 members.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6934282.stm

Christ Church: Can you guess who this is?

Whisky Tasting
Christ Church's Oxford Experience Summer School - run in collaboration with the University's Department for Continuing Education - is enjoying another busy and successful summer season, with many return guests among the 150 or more attendees booking into the college each week during July and early August.

Look at the picture: Can you guess who this is?
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=576&Itemid=585

Oxford - Ballooning Event

Ballooning History

Christ Church played a central role in the recent re-creation of the first ever balloon flight by an Englishman, James Sadler, a pastry chef with a connection to Christ Church, when permission was given for a hot air balloon to take off from Christ Church Meadows. The re-creation flight on 18 July 2007 was in support of a good cause: it was a central plank in the celebrations of 1000 years of Oxfordshire’s history, and it also helped to raise money for the Chiltern and Thames Valley Air Ambulance Service. Mr. James Lawrie, Christ Church’s Treasurer flew as a passenger.

Article and photos:
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=575&Itemid=231

Oxford - Christ Church College

Goodbye to Ancient Beech

A tall and majestic Copper Beech tree which has stood in the Deanery Garden for over two hundred years is being removed this week. Sadly, the great tree, which stands behind Christ Church Library, is unsafe as its root system is diseased. The task of removing the tree safely will take several days.

View photos:
http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=578&Itemid=231

Article Main Echo

Hello members,

this was an article in the Main-Echo in July where our Kindergarten donated € 500,-- to the "Disha Institut" where my nice Desiree (you know her all now) works.

For them who didn't read this.

This money was at this time so important because they hadn't the money for school for the children. Sometimes Jesus helps.....

I wish you pretty nice day.

Oxford - Not Under Water

Hello from Oxford!

You have probably thought about me the last few days?! I hope you did not worry too much (or were you hoping I'd sit on an island forever?

Yes, there was a lot of rain in the south of England and we did see some flooding but the media exaggerated a bit. Oxford was notcompletely under water.

Now the sun is shining and we are enjoying ourselves. Tonight there will be a "Strawberries and Champagne" reception in the Master's Garden, a small but very beautiful garden in Christ Church College.
Have a good time! Is it hot in Germany?

Ireland tour

Hi again!

As I promised our Ireland tour.

I hope the picture can help you a little bit!

Swords
Kilkenny
Kenmare
Killorglin
Kilkee
Kinvarra
Clifden
Shannonbridge (near)
Swords
Dublin

Swords

We flew to Dublin and got our rented car at the airport. 10 minutes away was our first overnight stay in Swords.

Kilkenny

We took the Motorway to the Wicklow Mountains. On the way we had some little problems to find the right streets, so we ask some nice Irish people and they helped us.
Our first goal was Glendaloug. There is a round tower and an old church. We had a 2 hours walk there. After that we drove over the village Hollywood to Kilkenny, it started to rain and ended at the next noon. So we visited some Pubs in the evening.

Kenmare

After Breakfast we started to the Rock of Cashel. There is a cathedral, a chapel and the St. Patricks cross. We heard a tour from a guide, but it was very difficult to understand, because he spoke technical jargon. In the afternoon we had a stop in Killarney. It started to rain again and we drove to Kenmare were we found a B&B.

Killorglin

The weather was good in the morning and we started to the Ring of Beara, is a peninsula.
We would like to go to the Dursey Island in the south, but the cable car there had a break and we had a walk on the cliffs. At our way back we saw three sharks in the water. I was excited! We drove back over the Healy Pass. You have a really beautiful nature there and sheeps are walking in the middle of the street. On this day we found and accommodation in Killorglin. It’s a village with many old people, so we had a little room party after Dinner.

Kilkee

At our 5th day we visited the peninsula Dingle. There are many beautiful beaches with white sand and seashells. I went swimming, but only 10 minutes, the water was only 16 degrees! After 1 hour drive we took the ferry from Tarbet to Killmer and we saw a dolphin. The overnight stay on this day was in Kilkee. This is my favourite village! We eate some fish and met very nice people.

Kinvarra

After a very good breakfast, we had a walk at the Cliffs of Kilkee. They are similar as the Cliffs of Moher, but not so much tourism. Than we visited the Aillwee Cave and had a walk in the Burren. In Kinvarra we found a B&B at a special women. She was so funny! We went out for Dinner and had pasta with salmon and celebrated my birthday in a Pub, where we met nice and funny people with good live music.

Clifden

On this day, we drove to the Connemara National Park. We hike on the Diamond Hill there. The landscape is breathless. On this tour of 7 km we had every possible weather. Sunny, stormy and rainy. In the evening we stayed in Clifden.

Near Shannonbridge

The 8th day. Our way brought us to Galway, were we was shopping and had a look at the town. After that we visited the Athenry Castle. We search a B&B 2 hours long and we found one. The people were very nice and we looked in the evening the movie 4 weddings and 1 funeral with Hugh Grant.

Swords again

After delicious pancakes we started our way to the Birr Castle. There is a interesting museum with a beautiful garden. In the afternoon we visited our second castle for this day, Trim. In the earlier days it was the biggest town of Ireland. A part of the movie Braveheart with Mel Gibson was filmed there. We stayed overnight in Swords again.

Dublin

Our last two days. The tour was over and we brought our Corsa back and take the bus to Dublin. After we found our hotel we visited the Trinity College, the House of Lords, the Grafton Street, the Stephans Green and the National Libarary. Than we took a little break.
In the Evening we had Dinner and visited the Temple Bar. Very good place to make Party!
On the second day in Dublin, we went shopping in the morning in the Henry Street. Visited the Dublin Castle, the Christ Church Cahedral and the St. Patricks Cathedral. In the afternoon we visited the Guiness Store House and the day was as good as over.
At the next morning we flew back home!

I hope all of you like my story.

And perhaps some of you will find the way to Ireland also.

It is so nice! *g*

A very good Internet side is http://www.discover-ireland.com/

Learning techniques

STICK TO SEVEN
As our short-term memory is limited in the number of things that it can hold, it's best to limit the number of words you try to learn at one time. A common rule is that a person can best remember seven things.

UK Burger news

McDonalds, with 1,300 restaurants in Britain, and Burger King, with 650, may not yet need to worry about their corporate hold on the UK. But if all goes to plan, a chain from New Zealand could challenge them. Gourmet Burger Kitchen (GBK), founded by three New Zealanders, is taking London by storm. "GBK restaurants have been profitable from day one," CEO Paul Campbell told The New Zealand Herald. "And this has been the case both inside and outside Greater London." GBK's new owners have raised enough money to open several restaurants in touristy locations such as St. Paul's and Covent Garden. Next up are Notting Hill and the university town of Cambridge. Menu items such as the egg, cheese and pineapple Kiwiburger are fast becoming favourites, a trend that pushed McDonalds to offer its own gourmet burger, the Deluxe, early this summer.

Link to Gourmet Burger Kitchen
http://www.gbkinfo.com/

Men 'no less chatty than women'

The common notion that women are the more talkative sex has been dispelled by scientists in the US.
Researchers who bugged 400 students to log their chats found little difference in word count between the sexes.

The University of Arizona study, in Science, conflicts with previous US research suggesting women talk almost three times as much as men.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6269204.stm

Traveling to Sochi

By Plane
There are several flights a day from different Moscow airports: Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Sheremetyevo-1. Flight time between Moscow and Sochi is about 2 hours. Visitors from outside Russia can fly to Sochi through Istanbul (Turkey), or UAE (Dubai). There are also flights from most big cities in Russia.
Aeroflot will launch direct flights between Sochi and Frankfurt beginning February 7, 2007.

Read more:
http://www.sochiclub.ru/info_en_files/info_eng.htm

Weblog:
http://www.sochi-travel.info/

Sochi given 2014 Winter Olympics

The Russian resort of Sochi has been chosen to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, beating South Korea's Pyeongchang.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/front_page/6271122.stm

Holidays in Ireland

Hi Guys!

I´m back from my holidays in Ireland.

It was very nice :-) and no problems for two girls allone.

The weather was good for Ireland in 13 days only 2 days rain!

The irish people are friendly and helpfull.

The most Pubs are nice and the live music is great.

Driving on the left side is after 1 day practice not so difficult,

you have only to think about, that you drive in the roundabouts in the other direction.

Here some pictures,

if I have more time I will discribe you our Tour in details.

See you,

Princess of the Frogs

Summer Reading: The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife is a novel by Audrey Niffenegger. It is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent absences and dangerous experiences.

The novel tells the story of Henry DeTamble (born 1963) and his wife, Clare Abshire (born 1971). Henry has a very rare genetic disorder known as "Chrono-Impairment" that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. He is unable to control when he leaves, where he goes, or how long his trip will last.
Read a summary of the plot:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Traveler%27s_Wife

The film will be released in 2008

German title: Die Frau des Zeitreisenden

Die Frau des Zeitreisenden.

Immer wenn es brenzlig wird, löst sich Henry in Luft auf und reist durch die Zeit. Wohin, und in welche Zeit? Das weiß er nicht. Außerdem reist seine Kleidung nicht mit. Auf seinen Reisen trifft er immer wieder auf Clare, die seine Freundin und Frau wird. Klingt erst verwirrend, ist es aber im Buch nicht. Die beiden erleben eine herzzerreißende Beziehung, wunderbar gelesen im ungekürzten Hörbuch.

Mehr Info:
http://www.filmeundso.de/die-frau-des-zeitreisenden/395/

Irish unfazed by smoke-free pubs

Back in early 2004, when the introduction of a smoking ban in Ireland loomed, the prospect produced incredulity abroad.

Why, it was asked, would the country with the best-known "pub culture" in the world want to change a seemingly winning formula?

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6238492.stm

Disruption continues after floods

Roads remain closed and hundreds of families are in temporary shelter after floods swept through England.

Read article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6243926.stm

Fairground riders kept hanging on

Passengers found their ride on a roller coaster in Arkansas even scarier than expected after a power cut left them dangling upside down for half an hour.

The US thrill-seekers hung 150ft (46m) above the ground before being brought down by firemen.

They were rescued by ladder, whereupon a least one passenger was sick.

Read the article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6742079.stm

Do you know about Ginni Picks?

Please help me?
We have problems with our Pet!
In our Family lives a Ginni Pick.
He is called “Muckelchen”.
Now he is 5 years old and we hat never problems with him.
Since last Friday he is often weary tired and unenthusiastic.
We view this development with concern.
Do you know about Ginni Picks?

Impressions from the Cranach Exhibition

Albrecht von Brandenburg as St Martin


The Catholic Version of the Crucifixion Scene


The Protestant Version of the Crucifixion Scene

Debriefing

"Without a good debriefing, you’ve missed the point of a project. Debriefing connects the dots for participants ..."

After the exhibition we connected the mental dots at Schlappeseppel.

Cranach Exhibition: Thank you all!

Several students from two English courses - one from Düker, Laufach and one from m-real, Stockstadt met yesterday evening to visit the Cranach exhibition in Aschaffenburg. After an introduction about the historical background and the persons involved we had a quick look at some of the paintings. Then partner groups selected their favourite painting each and had a good close look at it.
I would like to congratulate every single one of you - you did really well - and came up with some remarkable comments!

Thank you for yesterday evening......

I want to thank Ellen for this interesting excursion yesterday in Cranach. I wish you have splendid holidays and a safe trip.

I had to tell you one thing: my meeting yesterday in Kindergarten was a big success for me, because of the money we will take in from Sommerfest we will spend to my niece Desiree to India. She volunteers her time in an orphanage in Pune – there are children where parents have no money to grow them up. It is really sad. But I am happy that the rest of the “Elternbeirat” agreed to use the money for this. So it was important in this case and not only talk about bratwurst and brötchen and all the staff.

I wish you all a nice weekend ……

English learning holidays

If somebody of you are interested to learn english in the holidays,
here you can find some ideas and informations:

www.ausland-sprachreisen.de

British are 'obsessed with fame'

Britons' "obsession" with fame is demonstrated by the fact more people vote in TV talent shows than in general elections, a new travel guide says.

Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6684419.stm

Reservation for Thursday after Cranach

Hey Guys,

I made a reservation for the "Schlappeseppel" - 8.00 p.m. for 10 persons under my name (but not queen of the night-events - my real name).

Have fun there - I can not go because of my meeting in the kindergarten. Sorry but we will look for something in the summerhole.

Enjoying a cup of Indian tea

A special morning thanks to Desiree!

... and Heike, who suggested and arranged the visit
... and all of the participants who brought some goodies

How to wrap a sari

How to adjust for walking and moving about

The sari is not the kind of garment, like a t-shirt, that you put on and wear all day and forget about it. Draped clothing is about constant adjustment and movement. But this is the charm of it. The pallu is made to be swept around back and front, tucked in at the waist when you're working, opened up and thrown over the shoulders like a shawl, or covering the head and neck and arms against the hot sun. The sari is a dance of fabric.

More on how to wrap a sari:

http://www.sarisafari.com/hownivi.html

Focus India

Thank you, Desiree!
We had a most interesting session today with the focus on India. Heike's niece Desiree, who has been living in India for some time now, visited our course and reported about her experiences and the problems in day-to-day life. Although India is an exciting country, most of us concluded that we wouldn't want to live in this country of extremes.

A special highlight was Andrea in a sari. Desiree arranged Ellen's sari and Andrea looked just like a beautiful Indian lady.

Update: Events in May

Hi everyone,

Just to keep us all updated:

Monday, May 14 8.00 o'clock: "Focus India" with our guest speaker
Goodies are welcome (cake and dips already provided)

Thursday, May 24 6.15 pm Cranach Exhibition
Meeting point: in front of Castle Johannisburg
Afterwards: Debriefing in Schlappeseppel

Have a good week!

The Garhwal Trek

Here i found a side with nice pictures from India.
A group of people were hiking on the Garhwal Trek.
They past the highest mountain of India, the Nada Devi (7816m).
You can read the story in german or english, and have a look at the moutain pictures.

http://www.bergdias.de/garhwal/garhwal1.html

Indian Party Punch - original recipe

Indian Cooking Recipe : Party Punch

Ingredients :

1 big bottle of Lime/Pineapple/
Orange Soda
½ litre vanila Icecream
½ litre vanila sorbet
1 litre ginger soda
1 can (small) red cherries
1 can (small) delmont mix Fruit
1 can sprite

Method :

Mix in a bowl all above ingradients, 10 minutes before serving and keep in bowl with 2 cup crushed (very small pieces) ice.
If you serve, occationaly stir to avoid fruit left at bottom.

More Indian recipes:
http://www.recipesindian.com/

Mumbai blog with more pictures

http://mumbai.metblogs.com/

Mumbai - formerly Bombay

Mumbai Images

Bollywood flash, big-business glitz and the crushingly poor.

See pictures

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/destinations/asia/india/mumbai?v=images

The English Theatre in Frankfurt

WELCOME TO THE CONTINENT'S LARGEST
ENGLISH SPEAKING THEATRE

Please enter, browse and discover everything you wish to know about the continent´s largest
English-language theatre. Amongst other things you can learn about our history, the season
programme, reduction offers and our online booking service. Join us for a season of great entertainment!

Webaddress: http://www.english-theatre.org/

Information India

Country profile: India

The world's largest democracy and second most populous country has emerged as a major power after a period of foreign rule and several decades during which its economy was virtually closed.





Read the article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.stm

Visit from my "indien" relative

Very important date: Monday the 14st of May we will have a tudor which is talking about india and the cultural and personel problems. I think this will be very interesting for us and I hope that we will be complete. We are looking for a donation of cake.

I would suggest two dates for the exhibition: 10th of May or 24th of May or the last possible 31st of May? What is the best for you. We can talk on Monday about it.

Interested in shoes?

If you are interested in really stylish shoes - this is the ultimate website:

Manolo the Shoeblogger is not Manolo Blahnik!

Manolo says, for the thousandth time, the Manolo the Shoeblogger, he is not the Maestro Manolo Blahnik. The humble Manolo the Shoeblogger, he is barely worthy to shine the most super fantastic shoes of the Manolo Blahnik.

http://shoeblogs.com/

Cranach: A Short Bibliography and Paintings

I am looking forward to visiting the Cranach im Exil exhibition with you. Here's some information about Cranach and the exhibition in Aschaffenburg.

Bibliography:
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cranach/

http://www.abcgallery.com/C/cranach/cranachbio.html

Paintings:
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

Website "Cranach im Exil" Aschaffenburg
http://www.cranach-im-exil.de/index.html

Hello all,

I like to take photos.

Here is a nice springpicture for you.

See you at next monday morning!

My Son

Hello

That is my Son.
On this picture he is 2 day´s old.
I hope that I will not forget the rest of the nice
pictures on the next monday course.

Have a nice weekend.

Till then

orschlerbu

Congratulations!

Well done, MoMo!
The seminar day was hard work for you - and you did so well. I like the profile and I love the pictures of you at work and in the sun. Enjoy the weekend! I am looking forward to your comments on the seminar. (And thanks for the "lovely teacher")

Click here to go to the profile and picture

Hello!

Hello!

This is Dave.

If you want to look at my archaeology blog, the address is:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html

A beautiful Sunday morning in April

This is the first post for MoMo Blogs - the sensational blog by sensational people who are particularly lively on Mondays at 8.00 o'clock! Just wait and see what will come out of Sticktown in the heart of Germany. But today is only Sunday ... and I can enjoy the sun ... Talk to you on Monday!