tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34290938068922894082024-03-14T00:51:51.243-07:00All About Germany Welcome to my blog about everything German and about being an expat in Germany. About the German people, their food, characteristics, customs, traditions, weather, travel places, events and anything that will come into my mind. Enjoy reading!Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-34950509253326057252019-07-05T11:52:00.001-07:002019-07-05T11:52:55.344-07:00Tips on How to Keep Cool in Summer<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Germany was having a heatwave last week. The sun was biting our skin. The weather reached 39°C in some parts of Germany. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">It is summer again! Is it not what we all want after the long cold winter? Gladfully, I was not here in Germany last winter. I was in my home country <a href="https://hubpages.com/travel/2-Awesome-Places-To-Visit-In-Surigao-Del-Sur-Philippines" target="_blank"><b>Philippines</b></a> for a few months. I enjoyed my months of summer there. Every day was almost 30°C. Great for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Now I am back, not only in Germany but also in this site. I am sorry I have not written here for almost a year. Wow! I was indeed very busy with my <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/living/The-Flowers-In-My-Garden-A-Photo-Gallery" target="_blank">tropical gardening</a></b> that I forgot to write on my blog. The time flies so fast. Before I forget, it will be Christmas again.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Keep yourself hydrated with water. At least 2 liters of water a day. Pineapple juice with ice is fine.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If possible don´t go out when the sun is too hot. Just relax at home and do whatever you like. Example, reading a book.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Go shopping as early or as late as you can. That way, the sun is not yet too hot or it is cooling down.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">When you go out, don´t forget to rub your skin with sunscreen lotion and wear sunglasses. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Use a hat when going out or if you are courageous enough, use an umbrella to keep away directly from the heat of the sun. I say courageous because people will look at you here in Germany if you use an umbrella against the heat of the sun.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Eat light food like <b><a href="https://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.com/2015/07/cooler-food-and-drinks-for-summer.html" target="_blank">salad</a></b> and make a <b><a href="https://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.com/2018/03/how-to-make-avocado-and-mango-smoothie.html" target="_blank">smoothie</a></b> to drink.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Cover your windows with your dark curtains so the heat of the sun can´t go inside the house.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you don´t have air condition at home, use an electric fan to have at least a fresh breeze inside the house that will keep you cool.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Avoid baking food as baking will make not only your kitchen warm but also the other rooms that you have.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">If you can, go swimming with your family and friends in an amusement park the whole day. </span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">At the moment, those are the tips that I can share with you. I will add some if I can think of some to keep yourself cool. As I have told you, we have a heatwave last week that I didn´t go out of the house for 4 days. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I know, I am used to the warm summer but I will tell you, the heat of the sun in Germany is very different than the heat of the sun in the Philippines. Yes, it is the same sun that we are sharing but the heat of the sun here is more biting my skin than the heat of the sun in my home country.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Well, enjoy your summer wherever you are in this world. Cheers!!!</span><br />
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-66312150702177724312018-03-25T17:30:00.003-07:002018-03-25T17:34:51.464-07:00It Is Easter Time Again!<span style="font-size: large;">A few days ago when I was at work, I was surprised when a client told me that she can´t come next week because it will be a Good Friday. I said, "what? a holiday again?" Lol! Sometimes I have no idea what´s going on. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Since I have no longer a child who goes to school, I forgot the holidays except when it is Christmas. How can I forget when I could hear Christmas songs everywhere? There are no Easter songs, aren´t there? I could be reminded a few weeks before Easter if there are. </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/How-The-Germans-Celebrate-Easter-Season" target="_blank">Here</a></b><span style="font-size: large;"> is how the Germans celebrate the Easter season.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next Friday is indeed a Good Friday. I can imagine that our neighboring town Dinxperlo in The Netherlands, will be full of Germans again, shopping and eating the popular Dutch street food at the open marketplace. The Netherlands has no Good Friday holiday. The Dutch people still go to work on that day while the Germans have their Easter holidays until Easter Monday. Well, Saturday after the Good Friday is still a working day and the shops are open. The supermarkets will be full as the people are having their last shopping for the Easter celebrations. There will be a lot of people whose shopping carts are full to the brim with food and drinks as if there will be no more tomorrow for shopping. Well, it´s time for family bonding again. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Are you ready for your Easter hunting? Do you know already what you are going to prepare for your Easter brunch or dinner? If you are undecided yet what to cook for the celebration, I could help you out by sending you to the links of some of my delicious recipes for your Easter party. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Here are some of my favorites:</b></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.de/2015/07/lettuce-salad-with-oranges-and-cashew.html" target="_blank">Lettuce Salad with Oranges and Cashew Nuts</a></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.de/2015/06/baked-minced-meat-with-bell-peppers.html" target="_blank">Baked Mince Meat with Bell Peppers</a></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://hubpages.com/food/Family-Meal-Ideas-Pedias-Crunchy-Spring-Roll" target="_blank">Spring Rolls</a></b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="https://hubpages.com/food/Frozen-Cherry-Cream-Dessert-Recipe" target="_blank">Frozen Cherry Cream Dessert</a></b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you want more recipes, just check to my <b><a href="http://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.de/" target="_blank">cooking blog</a> </b>and my main writing site <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank">Hubpages</a></b>. Thanks for reading.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you very much for dropping by. Please feel free to comment, like and share this blog to all your social media sites. Have a great day! God bless you all.</span><br />
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-74353752042168966742018-01-10T14:06:00.001-08:002018-01-10T14:06:41.353-08:005 Goals for 2018 to Achieve<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i>Happy New Year everyone!</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I know, I am a bit late for greeting you. <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/Christmas-Market-and-German-Christmas-Tradition" target="_blank">Christmas</a></b> and New Year were a busy time for me. You know how it was. Besides having a mini job as a wellness massage therapist, I was getting slow as a snail in doing what I did for that time of the year. 2017 was so fast I should say. Many things happened but I am thankful to God for all the blessings that I have received.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Do you have a new years resolution? As we have a new year, many friends of mine are making their resolutions. I hope they will be successful in achieving them. I don´t do any new years resolution. However, I do set goals every year and try to fulfill them. Have you listed your goals this year 2018?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>1. Keep my mouth shut whenever negative thoughts come to my mind. I should try not to give a negative opinion to whoever asks me. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>This would be very hard as I would be lying. I don´t like to lie as well as I don´t like liars. What about if someone says, "how do I look? I have painted my eyebrows." What should I say? If that girl looks like a monkey with that new fashion looking painted eyebrows? Shall I tell the truth?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>2. Working hard for the money and travel for months. No suffering, no reward but hey, who suffers here? I love my mini job and I enjoy it. This is the longest job I have in life. It would be great having months of vacation in a tropical country of my choice. Digging the soil in my<a href="http://thelmastropicalgarden.blogspot.de/" target="_blank"><b> tropical garden</b></a> will be enough reward for the hard earn Dinero. Well, besides other things I have missed.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>3. Writing, writing and writing. Maybe to cash out much more from writing. Having this goal, I have to discipline myself and make a schedule. This is one of the hardest things I have to do as I am sometimes lazy and just want to relax in our electric massage chair while reading. Talking about writing, Valentines Day is fast approaching and I have to write a blog about love. I wonder what title I will have. Do you have any idea?</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>4. Enjoy life as it is. Avoid worrying about anything that might happen which is not of my choice and which I can not control. Be happy. Nobody does that for me. Sometimes, being selfish is good.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>5. <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/health/Tips-On-How-To-Stay-Healthy-At-50" target="_blank">Stay healthy</a></b> as much as possible. It is not nice to get sick without a caring mother on my side. Love and care your mother. You will never find another like her.</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thellyscucinainternational.blogspot.de/2015/06/marinated-chicken-and-salad-with.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Marinated Chicken Salad recipe </span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>I have set a lot of goals this year but I don´t write all of them as they might go down the drain again like last year and the other years that past.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Anyway, how´s life in your neck of the woods? Did you set a goal for yourself?</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Thank you very much for stopping by. Please feel free to comment, like and share this blog to your social media sites. Take care and God bless you all.</i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>©</i><i>2018, All Rights Reserved by <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank">Thelma Alberts</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i><br style="background-color: #882222; color: seashell;" /></i></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-51125324537550239622017-12-13T15:06:00.000-08:002017-12-13T15:06:25.379-08:00Traveling to Bamberg by Train<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was invited by my blogging friend Ces, the publisher of the <a href="https://pilyablogmagazine.com/home/" target="_blank">PILYA blog magazine</a> (a Filipino German magazine), to attend the Asian German Association Christmas party, whom she is a member. It was an honor for me to get invited and so I said yes and booked the train ticket to Bamberg Hauptbahnhof (Central station). It was my first travel to Bamberg, and so I was so excited. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a 6 hours travel by train and I had to change the train twice. From the city I started my train ride, I had to change my train in Duisburg and in Würzburg stations. It was easy peasy for me as a wife of a railway civil servant but due to late train arrivals, I went on the ICE/Intercity train in Duisburg which was going to Düsseldorf airport instead of going to Würzburg. It was late when I noticed it. The train to Düsseldorf airport and the train to Würzburg were in the same railway track, where my train was behind the train to Düsseldorf airport. Confusing! </span></i><br />
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<br /><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was already in stress but gladfully the friendly train stewardess had kindly told me to go out from the Düsseldorf train and from there, I had to go to the train going to Munich (it stops in Würzburg), which was on the farthest railway track in the station. She was kind enough to write something on my ticket so that I didn´t have to pay the extra pay for riding on another ICE train. It was confusing for all the people as I was not alone having that problem. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">From then on, I was careful not to miss my trains and I arrived well in Bamberg Hbf (central station). Seeing Ces, I was delighted. We have not seen for more than 2 years.</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was lucky. I reached Bamberg station on time. I hate to be late. </span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Since Friday the 8th until Sunday the 10th, the ICE trains were late, some were canceled and the travelers were all confused and in a panic not to reach their destinations. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bamberg is an old historical town in the Upper part of Franconia, in the North of <b><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00MT5B6J8?ie=UTF8&tag=thellysblogs-21&camp=1634&linkCode=xm2&creativeASIN=B00MT5B6J8" target="_blank">Bavaria</a></b>. It is surrounded by the stunning countrysides and it stands on the seven hills. The old buildings are very unique, in baroque and in medieval designs. Since 1993, it is a UNESCO World Heritage. Bamberg is also called the "Little Venice" In Germany.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I hope you like the photos. Sightseeing in the old city of Bamberg with my friend and her family for a few hours was awesome. The beauty of the city was not comparable to Venice for me because the smell of Bamberg was fresh and breathtaking. Yes, it looked like I was in Venice because of the stunning view of the Regnitz river with its unique Baroque architecture and designs of the houses around this river but Bamberg is more than that.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Like many other cities in Germany, Bamberg has its own Weihnachtsmarkt / Christmas Market. It was one of the beautiful Christmas markets that I have seen in my life. There were lots of <b><a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/Christmas-Market-and-German-Christmas-Tradition" target="_blank">Christmas</a></b> decorations for sale like Christmas tinsels, garlands, stars, lantern, candles in different shapes and colors, gingerbread houses, cookies, chocolates, mulled wine and many more.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It was a very long day travel to Bamberg. The final event of that weekend was the Christmas party of the Asian German Association. It was a wonderful event full of fun, eating and dancing. I am glad I went to Bamberg. I am sure it was not the last time I was there. I still have a lot of places to see like the churches and museums. </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My travel back home was not as smooth as the travel to Bamberg. The ICE train was not fast as it used to be because of the bad weather. From Würzburg on, the snow started to fall down. There were many people who missed their trains as we arrived late to our destination. Some trains were canceled. I arrived home safe but it was so cold and the snow was thick. The view was like a winter wonderland.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thank you very much for reading. Thank you Ces and Georg for your hospitality. I enjoyed our weekend together. Until then. Ciao!</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Hansefest started in 1991 when Wesel city celebrated its 750 years foundation. Since then, thousands of visitors came to Wesel to witness the trade fair event. More than 50 merchants from all over Germany participated and have their products for sale in their self-built tents and stalls. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>The event started from Berlinertor (Berliner gate) at the post office, straight through the shopping promenade until the front of the <b><a href="http://myblogaboutgermany.blogspot.de/2017/09/views-from-willibrordi-cathedral.html" target="_blank">Willibrordi cathedral</a></b>.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The Hansefest was a wonderful event that ended on Sunday where there was a "Verkaufsoffen Sonntag", shops were open from 1 in the afternoon to 6 in the evening.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Below is the video of the <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7y-IH-Qfkg" target="_blank">Strassenorgel </a></b>(Street organ) which I took on that Sunday afternoon. The owner of the Strassenorgel showed me the mechanics behind the music played. Enjoy watching!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Copyright 2017, All Rights Reserved by Thelma Alberts</i></b></span>Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-55702540519156170612017-10-24T14:07:00.000-07:002017-10-24T14:07:31.645-07:00Feierabend Market in Wesel<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Last Thursday, October 19, was the last Feierabend (after work) Market in Wesel. It started at 4 in the afternoon until 8 in the evening as what was stated in the event schedule of Wesel.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>It was a beautiful sunny afternoon and so I was motivated to see the Feierabend Market, which was an Open Market, in the Great Market of Wesel. I thought, maybe there were a lot of stalls selling flowers, clothes, bread, sausages, meat and fruits. I thought there would be a lot of people strolling at the Feierabend Market which was located in front of the <a href="https://myblogaboutgermany.blogspot.de/2017/09/views-from-willibrordi-cathedral.html" target="_blank"><b>Willibrordi Dom (Willibrordi cathedral)</b></a>, but it was not the case.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>When I arrived in the Feierabend Market, there were not a lot of people strolling and buying goods. Maybe I was so early. Maybe there were people coming there when I left before 5 p.m. People who visited the event later after their work.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Anyway, in the Feierabend Market, there were stalls with flowers, bread, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, and candies. What I was interested of was the stall which sold roasted and chocolate coated peanuts, walnuts, dried pineapples, dried bananas, dried dates and many more. I bought 200grams of those ginger root candies as I knew they were good to my throat especially now that the winter is coming.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>There were many beautiful flowers and different herbs sold in one of the stalls. I could have bought some of the herbs but I still have them at home.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Here are some links about Germany.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/PPP-Townfest-In-Wesel-Germany">https://hubpages.com/holidays/PPP-Townfest-In-Wesel-Germany</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="https://hubpages.com/travel/Fascinating-Places-To-Visit-In-Cologne-Germany">https://hubpages.com/travel/Fascinating-Places-To-Visit-In-Cologne-Germany</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><a href="https://hubpages.com/travel/Fraueninsel-Sightseeing-Tour">https://hubpages.com/travel/Fraueninsel-Sightseeing-Tour</a></b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: #882222; color: seashell; font-family: "arial" , "tahoma" , "helvetica" , "freesans" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Copyright 2017 by <a href="http://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank">Thelma</a></span><span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank"> </a></span><span style="background-color: #ffffe5; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><a href="http://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank">Alberts</a>, All Rights Reserved</span></b></span></span>Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-31781080142109499792017-09-03T16:31:00.000-07:002017-09-04T15:56:44.136-07:00Views From Willibrordi Cathedral<span style="font-size: large;">Have you climbed a cathedral and saw the beauty of the surroundings?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">Last August 6, I climbed the Willibrordi Cathedral in Wesel, North Rhine Westphalia here in my adopted country, Germany. The Gothic Basilica is I think one of the oldest cathedrals in NRW (North Rhine Westphalia). It has 5 naves which were built between 1501 to 1540 and a tower which was built between 1477 to 1478 (Source Wikipedia). It has 50 tombstones which were fixed to the walls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The day I climbed the Willibrordi Cathedral was a <a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/PPP-Townfest-In-Wesel-Germany" target="_blank"><b>PPP (Pauken Plunder and Promenade)</b> </a> Townfest weekend in Wesel. The cathedral was opened to the public for climbing up to the viewing top of it. There were Tombola tickets sold if anyone wanted to win a lottery. I bought 2 before I climbed the stairs but didn´t win. There was a paper pinned on the door stated that there were 216 steps in going to the viewing platform. (It was corrected by a friend later that there were actually 217 steps.) </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">There were not many people climbing the stairs at that time and I was glad because the stairs were so steep, narrow and curvy. Often times though, I had to stop to let people who came from the viewing platform passed by so they were able to go down the stairs. I also stopped to take photos of the church bell below me. I was surprised at myself as I was not losing my breath when climbing. I was fitter this time than the first time I have climbed the viewing platform 10 years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Arriving at the hall of the viewing platform, I rested on a bank and prepared my video camera and smartphone for my task. I didn´t know how high the cathedral was but it was a stunning view of the Rhine river that caught my eyes. There was a Fleamarket at that time and I saw thousands of people strolling like ants, parading before my eyes while I pinned my eyes on the lens of the camera I was holding.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">"Langer Heinrich", the TV Tower in Wesel</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">My visit to the Willibrordi Cathedral was a memorable one.I didn´t have to travel far to see those amazing views. Thanks for reading my travel blog. I hope you enjoy looking at the photos. Maybe you can visit this place one day. God bless!</span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: large;">BTW, the famous resident of Wesel was Peter Minuit, who bought Manhattan from the native Indian American.</span></i></b><br />
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-79887748121046239562017-08-03T13:39:00.000-07:002017-08-03T13:39:07.548-07:00August, A Beautiful Month<span style="font-size: large;">Hello Guys! It is August again. A birth month of 4 of us in the family. Two of my nieces are having their birthdays this month. Happy birthday Red and Ethel. Happy birthday in advance to my brother-in-law as well. He is the author of the fantasy and adventurous book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Claws-Earth-Part-Mintor-King/dp/161897016X" target="_blank"><b>Claws of the Earth</b></a>. A very interesting book to read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The video above was taken in 2015 PPP in Wesel, Germany when I took a rest from strolling at the flea market and </span><span class="" style="font-size: large;">kirmes</span><span style="font-size: large;"> at the Rhine. Just a lovely day watching the people enjoyed boating.</span><div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So what event is happening this month in my neck of the woods? Well, same as usual every year. This will be the 40th PPP (Pauken, Plunder and Promenade) </span><span style="font-size: large;">in Wesel. This is a great event in NRW (North Rhine Westfalia). It will start this coming Friday, the 4th of August and will end on the 6th Sunday evening. There will be a balloon flying event on Friday at the Römerwardt Flugplatz (flying place). On Saturday evening, there will be fireworks at the Rhine with lots of live music. Besides that, there is a Kirmes at the Rhine. The biggest Fleamarket in NRW will be on Sunday. I hope the weather will be good</span><span style="font-size: large;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you very much for dropping by. Feel free to comment and share this blog on your social media site. Have a great month August!</span><br />
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-84050800491985203432017-07-04T14:58:00.001-07:002017-07-05T03:07:30.245-07:00Fragrant Roses I Passes By<span style="font-size: large;">Wow! Another month has passed by. Again! Time flies really so fast and it is July. Happy 4th of July to my American blogging friends. Is there still another country which celebrates the 4th of July? I hope you have a great day watching the parade, fireworks and other events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, here where I am is just another usual day for me. It is summer but the weather is not as warm as last year. Anyway, it is just the beginning of summer and maybe in the next few days and weeks, the sun will be bright again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Do you love walking? Well, I do. I stroll to the city (which is only 15 minutes walk for me) when the sun is inviting. I walk as I love to stop every now and then and smell the fragrants of the roses I always passes by. They smell like the perfume I used to buy. The smell is soothing to my mind when I inhale every fragrant roses. Nobody owns these roses (except the city government) which are located nearby the train station where I live. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The next day this pink rose was gone. Each petals were blown away by the breeze of the strong wind that came that night before. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Some of the roses were still there. Happy to have successfully survived the calamity of their lives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sometimes, life is like a piece of a rose. Bad things in life come and go just in the time we have not expected. But those bad things make us stronger than we really are.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Can you sometimes compare your life to a rose? Not because of its beauty but because of the changes that they endure during the change of the season. The harder they suffer the winter, the prettier they become in spring and summer. The more they are taken care of by the owner, the more they give flowers. They dance and sway when the breeze of the wind comes. That is the time the roses are happy.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Pfingstochse /</i> Pentecost Ox. This is a celebration usually held in the south of Germany. A cattle of ox are paraded into the field for the first time, wearing a head decoration full of flowers, ribbons and straws. </span></li>
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-19311767329168780562017-05-13T09:46:00.001-07:002017-05-13T09:46:49.442-07:00Back To Germany Again!<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Hello there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know it has been a while since I have updated my All About Germany site. Many things happened in the last few months especially these past few weeks but I have learned a lot from being away from my 2nd home country Germany. I spent 10 months in my home country Philippines. I thought it was only 9. Lol! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have learned how it was to be sick there and how a parent illness and funeral brought a family closer to each other. It was a tough time but here I am, trying to move on with my life without parents to talk to anymore. I have no regrets spending my time there because I have spent it with my late father and was in his death bed trying to comfort him and myself. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So here I am again, writing about my expat life here in Germany and about my experiences in my home country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, Germany! What´s up with the Germans this weekend? Well, this coming Sunday, the 14th of May is Mother's Day. Hooray! Something to be happy about. Do you have Mother's Day celebration in your country this coming Sunday? Have you bought your gift yet for your mother? If you have not decided yet what to buy, please check these<a href="https://hubpages.com/holidays/Best-Mothers-Day-Gifts-For-50-Moms" target="_blank"> <b>gifts</b></a> in my Hubpages article. You will find a lot of goodies to make your mother happy. You don´t have to spend a lot of money for that. Your time with her is the best gift you can offer. Well, that is for me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Bye for now. Enjoy your life and appreciate the blessings you got from whoever that is. Smile and the people will smile with you. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here is a <b><a href="https://myblogaboutgermany.blogspot.de/2016/05/happy-mothers-day.html" target="_blank">poem</a></b> I wrote last year for my late mother. I wish she is with me but she is with my father now in heaven watching over me and my siblings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I know it is a bit late for writing About Me, but it's better to be late than never, isn't it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am Thelma aka thelme55. I am a Filipino Expat living in Germany most of the time. A 50+ years old me who loves to write and blogs about the things I knew, experienced and created. I am writing online since 2011 and my main writing site is Hubpages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What things can you learn from reading my blogs? Well, I have many interests in life besides reading books. You will know about....</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My expat life in Germany</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Travel places I have been to </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My tropical garden in the Philippines</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Gardening tips, how to and more</span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Massages, massage treatments and how to massage</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Paintings of my husband</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My passion in baking cakes, cookies, popcakes and of course gingerbread houses</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">These are only some of the things I have written online. You can check my blogs here and in many writing sites I am writing. I write for:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://hubpages.com/@thelmaalberts" target="_blank">Hubpages</a> - </b>a content writing site where I started writing online with different various of topics from cooking to travel places.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="https://blogjob.com/philippinesmynativeland/" target="_blank">Blogjob </a>- </b>where I write about my home country Philippines.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Christmas in Germany starts on the 1st Advent. This 1st Advent is the 4th Sunday before the Christmas Eve and it usually falls on the last Sunday of November. Before the 1st Advent , most Germans have cleaned and decorated their windows and inside their houses. They have started buying what is on their shopping lists like buying gifts and ingredients for baking cookies and other German goodies. They make gingerbread houses too with their kids. Either they make this from a gingerbread house kit they have bought in a package from a supermarket or they will bake the gingerbread building by themselves. Of course there are ready made gingerbread houses sold in the German bakeries. The choice is ours.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Happy Mother´s day to all my online friends everywhere in this world. I don´t know if all the countries have the same date of Mother´s Day like what we have here in Germany. We have this day on every second Sunday of May every year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">We are very lucky as this day of the year, the sun is so bright and it is 26°C where I am in North Rhine Westphalia. It´s time to have this beautiful weather as winter was so long and too cold for me to enjoy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Here´s a poem I am dedicating to my beloved late mother. I specially made this today for her. Remembering her when she was still alive.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"><b>HAPPY <a href="http://hubpages.com/holidays/Best-Mothers-Day-Gifts-For-50-Moms" target="_blank">MOTHER´S DAY</a> NAY!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Dear Nanay,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I wish you were here</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Celebrating this day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">In May.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I wish I could spend this day with you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Laughing with you </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Joking about everything</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">That come in our way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I wish I could spend not only this day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">But the days and months</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">When I am in your garden</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Which is now my garden.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">We could have talk a lot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">About what kind of herbs </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">are good</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">For constipation, diarrhea and stomachache</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">We could have talk a lot</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">About how I should do it right.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nay, I miss you so much</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I miss the days when I was with you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">You massaged my head while I laid down on your lap</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Even though I was already old enough and a mother myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Nay, sorry that I was not in your last day on this earth</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">That didn´t mean that I did not care for you</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">But I was glad that I talked to you in the phone before you left us</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I know you were there in our bedroom when I was there these last few years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I am not afraid of your ghost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">You can put on the radio when I am sleeping</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">You can even pinch my thigh as you have always done</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">I don´t mind as I love to know that you are always with me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">HAPPY MOTHER´S DAY NAY!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I know this is an emotional poem but that is what I feel now on Mother´s Day. Please appriciate the time with your mother. You´ll never know when it ends. Happy Mother´s Day to all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Good morning to all of you Guys who read this blog. We have a beautiful sunny day here where I am in Germany. We still have Easter Saturday which is a working day but some shops are closed. I am free today and so I will be able to enjoy the sunny day outside. What about in your country? Do you have a good weather now? I hope so.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>As it is Easter weekend, I am sure that most of you there are busy preparing your Easter family bonding with delicious food to eat. Maybe some of you are just having a vacation in another country to relax from the stressful life especially at work. Maybe some of you just started coloring eggs with your children. I know that it is fun and you will be having a great time with the kids hunting the eggs, maybe at home or in the park of your choice.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://hubpages.com/holidays/How-The-Germans-Celebrate-Easter-Season"><b><i>http://hubpages.com/holidays/How-The-Germans-Celebrate-Easter-Season</i></b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Tonight or shall I say, this Sunday dawn, our German time will be changed to summer time. The 1 hour time that was given to us last late October will be taken from us again. When it´s 3 a.m. dawn, it will be changed to 2 a.m. Changing time is always confusing to me. I hope this winter-summer time changing will be gone in the future. It just don´t give any sense to me. I will always be waking up late anyway. LOL!</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>Anyway, <span style="color: red;"><b>HAPPY EASTER 2016</b></span> to all of you. Take care and be safe always.</i></span><br />
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<br />Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-15101334837685297322016-03-10T17:08:00.000-08:002016-03-10T23:57:31.885-08:00Hello Spring!<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Can you hear it? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yes, it´s spring time again.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> I can hear the sounds of the chirping birds all around me. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I can smell the fresh and clean air near me. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I am living in a city but I am near to the woods than in the city itself. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Flowers are coming out of the ground. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Crocus, tulips,peonies are beginning to blossoms. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Is it not great to be surrounded by nature? </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Is it not great to be healthy and alive?</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Life is beautiful. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Life is too short to be sad and to worry about everything we can´t control. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Yes, life is what we make it. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We have to make the best of it. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Come, join with me. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We will discover what beauty we have before us. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We don´t have to go far away.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> We have it here.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In us</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>With us</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>In our hearts.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>The beginning of everything.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Desire, of the life we want to have.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>We greet the Spring</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Oh my! It´s been a long time since I was writing in my Bloggers blogs. Time really flies too fast and now it´s December again. What kept me from posting here? Well Guys, I have a lot of things on my "plate". I have started working offline for a part time job and I was also busy writing on my other writing sites in Blogjob. Now I am back. I am updating something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Well, what have I done these last few months? Writing, writing and working!!! </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am a contributor of<b> <a href="http://blogjob.com/thelme55/2015/10/28/our-pilya-blog-magazine/" target="_blank">PILYA BLOG MAGAZINE</a></b> which are for sale mainly in Germany. I am proud of myself to be a part of this magazine.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My Thai friend asks me to work again in her massage wellness spa as a mini jobber and I accepted the offer.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made a lot of videos and photos for my writing sites.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I made 2 gingerbread houses for my dutch nephews.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am sure I have done a lot of things on and offline but I don´t know what else at this moment. Ah, I have a new <b><a href="http://blogjob.com/thelme55/2015/12/10/my-new-writing-gadget/" target="_blank">writing gadget</a></b>. It´s Samsung tablet and I find it good though I have not checked all what I can do with it.</span></div>
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<br />Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-67116074984587396862015-10-03T15:19:00.000-07:002015-10-03T15:19:37.841-07:0025th Reunification Day<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, October 3 is the 25th Reunification Day, <b>Tag der Deutschen Einheit</b></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: PT Serif, Georgia, serif;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-size: 20px; line-height: 30px;">,</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> between the East and the West of Germany. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Around 100 thousands of people celebrated the 25th </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reunification </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anniversary in Frankfurt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How fast was the time. I can still remember in the 80´s when a German was shot by a soldier at the eastern side of the Berlin Wall trying to jump over to the west. How horrible was that for me watching in front of the TV, gobsmocked by the tragic event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can still remember the day when the German people celebrated the opening / fall of the <b><a href="http://myblogaboutgermany.blogspot.de/2015/08/berlin-wall-turned-into-art-wall.html" target="_blank">Berlin Wall</a></b>. When the East and West Germans were jumping up and down, danced on the streets, rejoiced for that wonderful event. People were crying, hugging each other and some were climbing on top of the Berlin Wall, some were scratching some pieces of the wall and demonstrating the freedom they have on that day on. It was a very weird feelings for me as an outsider living in Germany.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reunited for 25 years, there´s no more East and West Germans. Freedom for all the Eastern Germans to go when and wherever they want to. No more boundaries except in the mind of other Germans. Plenty of things have changed, for the good and for the bad of the country but it is not for me to complain. Germany is still the best country I have moved to.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A month ago, I went to Berlin and have visited the remnants of the Berlin Wall. It´s not much left but the one that still there is painted with graffiti art. For me, some look good. I think it´s the matter of taste. The short video below was taken by me last Aug. 29, 2015.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yes, it´s Autumn again in my adopted country. Autumn in Germany starts on the 21st of September. It does not mean that in that day, it´s automatically cold. The temperature drops down to 10° Celcius in the early morning but sometimes our Autumn weather is what we call "Altweibersommer" and it´s warm up to 22° Celcius. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This "Altweibersommer" is compared to the Indian summer when the colors of the leaves on the trees are in yellow, golden and dark royal red shimmering color. The lack of </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.2px;">chlorophyll in the leaves due to the lack of sunlight changes their colors into a beautiful foliage of Autumn. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like the photos above and below which I have taken in our city a few years ago.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The falling leaves before my eyes were once so green. The day is getting shorter as well as the brightness of the sun. The weather is getting cold everyday. Rain is the constant guest to the misty breeze of the day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It was</span> "<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tag der offenen Tür 2015" in Bundeskanzleramt in <b><a href="http://myblogaboutgermany.blogspot.de/2015/08/berlin-wall-turned-into-art-wall.html" target="_blank">Berlin</a></b> last August 29 and 30. The Bundeskanzleramt / Chancellor building was 2 days open to the public. 2 days when the locals and the tourists were able to see the inside of the building. It was the time and the chance of the Federal Government to represent to the people how the government works and to be in contact with the German citizen especially that this year was the 25th year of German reunification.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Before the visitors were allowed to enter the Bundeskanzleramt building, the people had to give their bags to the staffs who were assigned for that in the huge built-in tent outside the Bundeskanzleramt building. People were only allowed to bring a small bag or purse with their cameras, smartphones and their important documents. There was a very strict security control before we were allowed to go inside the Bundeskanzleramt ground. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b> Gifts From The Statesmen of Different Countries:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My visit to the Bundeskanzler building was an eventful one but sad to say I was not able to meet the Chancellor. I waited for hours until I got hungry and left the building. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you very much for your visit and I hope you like the plenty of photos I have included in this blog. Please feel free to share this blog to any social media sites you want to. Of course you can comment below. Thank you!</span><br />
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<br />Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-42957849017093668922015-08-31T11:06:00.000-07:002016-06-10T16:02:33.535-07:00Berlin Wall Turned Into An Art Wall<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Have you heard about the Berlin Wall in Germany? I know some of you have and some have not. So I will start with introducing to you the Berlin Wall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Berlin Wall or Berliner Mauer was the long wall that divided the East and the West of Germany after the second world war. It was built by the East German Government DDR (Deutsche Demokratische Republik) or GDR (German Democratic Republic) in 1961 until it was opened in 1989 after a massive escape of the East Germans to the West neighbouring countries. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I don´t want to go on details so please check this </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Wikipedia link </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Wall</a> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">if you want to know more of the history behind the Berlin Wall. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What I want to show in this post are the photos of the Berlin Wall now after plenty of people broke the wall for their freedom. Some parts of the wall were taken down by the tourists as remembrance for their visits. There are souvenir shops selling small rocks of the wall but I wonder if they´re real.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have seen the Berlin Wall through media in the early 80´s and it was indeed an ugly wall. A wall were plenty of east Germans were executed due to trying to escape from that wall and climbed over to the west part of Germany, in the time when East Germany was still a communist country. There were plenty of ugly and sad stories behind that wall that many American and British movies were made. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Below are the photos I have taken. The Berlin Wall is still the center of attractions for the tourists but there is not much left of it. What is left is being used for </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Graffiti </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Arts. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">The leftover of Berlin Wall, west side photo.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Above is a short video of Berlin Wall in Germany. From my You Tube Channel,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Thank you very much for reading. Feel free to share to any social media sites you have and to comment on this post. Have a nice week to all.</span>
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<br />Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-86058480226498089302015-08-10T07:44:00.001-07:002015-09-09T12:57:43.494-07:00Dining At Ristorante Bellini<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>I had my birthday a few days ago but I did not celebrate it with my friends and relatives. I was not in the mood for celebration nowadays and so I even forgot it until a day before my birthday when my best childhood friend congratulated me on Fb. That was the time then for me to think where to have a dinner for 2 with my hubby. I searched online where to and decided to have an Italian dinner. </i></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I´m already scared to dine in a <b><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/Dining-In-A-Mongolian-Grill-Buffet-Restaurant-Dynasty" target="_blank">Chinese restaurant</a></b> as the last 2 times, I was sick the whole night after those dinners. I puked all the time in the loo that I said to myself, "no Chinese restaurant anymore." If it should be Chinese food, then I have to cook it for myself. I think the food that I have eaten at those Chinese restaurants were already old or I am already sensitive to glutamate, the "silent killer".</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway, we decided to have dinner at Ristorante Bellini which was and still is located above the Berliner Tor (Gate) building in the city of Wesel. It was our first time to dine there and we were not disappointed. The ambiance was good and the food was delicious. We ordered 2 pizzas, Bellini for me and Diavolo for my better half.</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><b><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Make-An-Easy-Filipino-Style-Hotdog-and-Beef-Loaf-Pizza" target="_blank">Pizza</a></b> Bellini was made of Parmesan cheese, salmon filet, fresh spinach while Pizza Diabolo was made of salami, cheese, hot peperroni </i></span><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and of course tomatoes for both pizzas</i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. While waiting for our orders, an anti-pasti / starter of pickled black olives, spiced butter and warm buns were served. It was a very delicious anti-pasti I have tasted.</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it was not the last time I ate at Ristorante Bellini. The next time I have to order another menu. Before I forget, the price was affordable, the service was very good and I think it was the Italian owner / cook who came to our table and talked to us. </i><i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my kind of review. Thumbs up to Ristorante Bellini!</i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you very much for reading and please feel free to like, comment or share this blog to Fb, Twitter, Pinterest or to your any beloved social media account. Have a wonderful week! </i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></i>Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-62999704424074362422015-08-02T16:01:00.000-07:002015-09-09T12:58:23.001-07:00Photos of the PPP weekend in Wesel, Germany<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weekend was a busy and a fun weekend for me and my friends. There was a PPP Festival in Wesel, a small city in North Rhine Westphalia. It was from Friday to Sunday on the first weekend of the month August. I have already written a lot about this city that those of you who have not read my articles, here´s the Hubpages link.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I took a lot of photos at the Rhine as well as videos. Sad to say I could not post some of them to my channel at you tube because of the background music. I don´t like to be in trouble with the copyrights of those music. <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCS3cocQ1vidr9gkIdv_gmg" target="_blank">My channel</a></b> is new and so I don´t have any idea yet what to do. I will only publish what is mine. That means no background music at all until I know further what to do. Anyway, here are some photos and a video for you to enjoy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Here´s the video taken by me before the PPP Fireworks started.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BTW, do you know that the founder of New Amsterdam (New York) came from Wesel? You can read my article from the link above. Thanks for your visit and please feel free to like, comment or share this blog. Have a lovely new week!</span><br />
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city festival next month which starts this coming Friday, the 31 of July until this Sunday August 2 that I thought I would write some places where
tourists could visit. Wesel is located in North Rhine Westphalia. </span><br />
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Thelma Albertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155779397352349297noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3429093806892289408.post-30815694488110934482015-07-06T07:45:00.000-07:002015-09-09T13:00:54.329-07:00To Use or Not to Use Umbrella in Summer <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wW-SvFwawiE/VamHclgNbBI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/CXHw00tWs0g/s1600/11741672_674265852673094_542363075_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wW-SvFwawiE/VamHclgNbBI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/CXHw00tWs0g/s400/11741672_674265852673094_542363075_n.jpg" width="240" /></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy New Week World! How´s your weather there in your neck of the world? Have you celebrated the 4th of July? Germany don´t celebrate that day. We celebrate every 3rd of October, our Reunifacation Day and that is the celebration of the reunion of the east and west of <strong><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/Sightseeing-In-Toerwang-Samerberg-Bavaria-Germany" target="_blank">Germany</a></strong>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Going back to the weather. We have a very hot summer and it has just started a week ago. Last Saturday, the 4th of July, our weather was 40°C. I think we have a heat wave here. It was so hot to go outside but I had to go out as I needed something for my cake decoration. I did not bake a <strong><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/Frozen-Cherry-Cream-Dessert-Recipe" target="_blank">cake</a></strong>, I just made a no bake iced cake. When I went out, I thought I could have brought an umbrella with me to keep me from the hurtful sun but I did not do it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You know why? I did not like to be popular after that. I did not want to catch the eyes of the people who might be staring at me like an alien and might be taking a photo of me with their smartphones. I did not want to be in the front page of the newspapers or might landed in you tube channel and be viral in twitter or so. Oh my! when I think about it...why not! LOL! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/Fascinating-Places-To-Visit-In-Cologne-Germany" target="_blank">Cologne</a></strong> at the Rhine River, Germany</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I know, you think I should. Right?!! Asian women are carrying umbrellas in their hands when going out under the heat of the sun. They use umbrellas so they will not get brown. But Asians are very different than Europeans or Americans. They use whitening soaps, lotions, etc... for their skin to become white. So it´s understandable that using umbrella is a normal thing to do in Asian countries. Don´t get me wrong. I love my brown skin. I don´t like to get white as I am always appreciated in having a brown complexion. I just don´t like to have a severe headache or a migraine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So what now!? To use or not to use umbrella in Germany! I have not seen a single person using umbrella in summer unless it´s raining. I might become a sensation, a celebrity if I do that. Well, I will never know unless I´ll do that. Well then, let´s have an experiment.I´ll do that only if it´s almost 40°C again.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Cologne at the <strong><a href="http://thelmaalberts.hubpages.com/hub/PPP-Townfest-In-Wesel-Germany" target="_blank">Rhine River</a></strong>, Germany</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for reading my blablabla again but you have learn something from my post. Enjoy your week. God bless!</span><br />
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