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Going North

We are setting off  for a week of holidays.  The children are getting their first fall school break, which is well deserved and earned as they have been working very hard both in school and with Saskia their private tutor.  We are going to be heading up to Denmark and Sweden driving mostly through Germany. […]

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Breaking with Tradition

It is a beautiful Thanksgiving day in Nuremberg.  To keep up with Canadian tradition we got up early to start on the Thanksgiving dinner in particular our usual double baked butternut squash.  We have been making this for the last 15 years and no Thanksgiving was ever without this dish.  In fact is it the […]

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Chariot

This then is a perfect family chariot!  It’s beautiful, its spacious, and its not coming to Canada any time soon if ever.  We see these  on the Autobahn every once in a while, never for more than a split second as they fly by, gliding  effortlessly, with a mighty roar.  Available in Germany in, wait […]

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Unity Day

Today is the national holiday of German Unity Day.  It is as we learned neither re-unification nor unification day – its a day of unity.  Needless to say, everything is closed except restaurants and coffee shops – unless of course they are on the route of the marathon.  The marathon went right by our house […]

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Ineptitude

German efficiency and precision are  legendary – that much is true.  How Kabel Deutschland, our provider of imaginary internet, ever became a German company is beyond my comprehension.  We are still waiting for them to find a conduit in the building, to find out why our cable does not connect and why we still don’t have […]

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Tights

Never underestimate the power of creativity, imagination, determination and a pair of worn tights with a hole on the big toe.  Evelina is in a creative mood today and with a pair of scissors she made a ‘creation’ which she proudly modelled for us.  Evidentially proving that there is a way to put on tights […]

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Library

Close to the underground movie theatres is the public library.  Today, on the way back from the Altstadtfest, we circled around the library  to get signed up.  The service is free, you are allowed to keep stuff for 4 weeks and if you are late the penalty is € 0.10/week for each late item.  There is […]

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Going Home

The drive is very slow.  It seems everyone in Italy is sticking to using two lanes at the same time.  Austria is all under construction so most of the drive through Austria was at 100 km/h – shame.  We stopped for a quick dinner in Austria in Tyrol then set off on our way.  Finally, […]

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Courtroom 600

This is where the famous Nuremberg Trials took place in 1945 after World War II ended.  The Courtroom 600 is still used today as a  functioning courtroom.  This room was remodelled for the trials and after they were finished it was restored to its original form.  Upstairs, from the court room is a very simple […]

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