Miltenberg, Bavaria, Germany - 11th June 2009
By: AnjaM
Miltenberg - a Walk along the River Main
Hi Mommy,
after seeing the sights, we walked back to the car along the river Main.
Miltenberg is situated on the banks of the river Main, and you have a nice view of the river from the promenade on the river bank.
We saw ducks and swans on the river
and the castle Miltenburg up on the hill
(close-up)
There are also some lovely old houses up on the hill
(close-up)
On the river bank, there is a big stone column, a so called "Heunesäule" (=heune column)
Close to Miltenberg there are several of these large stone columns lying around in the forest (see here: Heunesäulen).
History says there were produced for a church but never used.
The legend goes, however, that when these colums were transported to the construction site of a big church, the waggon broke in the middle of the forest, and the big, heavy columns rolled down the hill and into the forest.
As the people had no means to pick them up, and the columns were for some church official whom nobody liked, anyway, they just left them there.
After a nice walk along the river bank
Anja drove us home on a real German Autobahn
Look at the clouds in the distance!
We sure were happy to get back to Anja's place without rain!
What a nice, exciting day!
Hugs
Sweetsy
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Posted Jun 17, 2009, 11:11 pm
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Hamburg, Germany - 15th June 2009
By: Mondfalke
Hello!
Today I arrived in Hamburg and hopefully I met a new friend. He is called Mister Snow and he is really friendly.
I am a bit tired from my trip and I will go to bed now. I hope to see more of Hamburg soon.
Bye,
Sweetsy
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Posted Jun 14, 2009, 11:28 pm Last edited Sep 5, 2009, 5:39 pm by Mondfalke
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Hamburg, Germany - 30th July 2009
By: Mondfalke
Hello!
Today we had a great view over the lake alster just in the city centre of Hamburg. The Alster has a great fountain.
In the back you can see the town hall and in behind the towm hall the St. Nikolai church.
Jenny told me, that our trip to Hinterzarten will be soon and I am really excited about it!
Bye,
Sweetsy
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Posted Aug 14, 2009, 2:37 am Last edited Sep 5, 2009, 5:39 pm by Mondfalke
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Hamburg, Germany - 13th August 2009
By: Mondfalke
Hello!
After we came back from Hinterzarten we took a short break and then went on to Oberwiesenthal to see some more skijumping.
Bye,
Sweetsy
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Posted Sep 5, 2009, 2:18 pm Last edited Sep 5, 2009, 5:39 pm by Mondfalke
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Klingenthal, Germany - 17th August 2009
By: Mondfalke
First we went to Klingenthal, a town also near to the Czech Republic.
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Posted Sep 5, 2009, 3:02 pm
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Oberhof, Germany - 17th August 2009
By: Mondfalke
Then we went to Oberhof and had a brief stop there.
After this we finally went back to Hamburg. I was really tired and we spent a really long time in the car by then.
Bye,
Sweetsy
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Posted Sep 5, 2009, 3:06 pm
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Remscheid, Germany - 7th December 2009
By: olgamaus
Hi Mummy,
I learned how to bake gingerbread today.
Katja chose a receipe from her favourite baking receipe book, it quite old already, it's more than 20 years old.
The receipe is called "Honigkuchenherzen" (gingerbread hearts).
Here you can see the ingredients: Honey, brown sugar, wheat flour, baking soda, oil and gingerbread spices.
Here are the spices. Each spice is packed separately. We did not use the cinnamon because Katja is allergic to it.
And here ... ginger for the gingerbread man
First we had to heat honey, oil and brown sugar until the sugar was melted completely. Than it had to cool down again.
Later we had to work flour, baking soda and the gingerbread spices into this gluey mass.
Than it was time for the nicest part of the work: cutting out hearts ...
... painting them with egg yolk and putting an almond onto them ...
... and cutting out gingerbread men
The cookie cutter fits perfectly to my size.
The first gingerbread hearts were baked than.
We decorated some of the hearts with chocolate icing, coloured sugar sprinkles and chopped almonds.
We'll have to buy some stuff for decorating the gingerbread men. We'll have to do this tomorrow.
Bye
Sweetsy
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Posted Dec 8, 2009, 7:51 am
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Bruchsal, Germany - 18th December 2009
By: fam-united
I'm happy to tell you, that I arrived at my new hosts' home just in time for an outing. Today we have beautiful, but cold weather and we asked our host, if she would have time to show us some places in Bruchsal. She packed us in her rucksack. We still had about -12°C, what is rather cold in this region.
Bruchsal (orig. Bruohselle, Bruaselle) is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km Northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
Bruchsal is the largest city in the district of Karlsruhe and is known for being Europe's largest asparagus producer and one of the economic centers of the region of Karlsruhe
Bruchsal is located at the edge of the Upper Rhine River Plains and the Kraichgau along the Saalbach, which is a small tributary of the Rhine that joins it between Philippsburg and Oberhausen.
Ancient era and early Middle Ages
Excavations and artifacts that were discovered evidence a settlement existing on the Michelsberg (Untergrombach) as early as 4000 BC during the Neolithic. In the core of Bruchsal the oldest settlement discovered was dated back to 640 AD. It is located near the present Peterskirche, where I stay right now. The first mention of Bruchsal in official documents occurred in 976 when the King came to town. And during October of the year 980, Otto II and his Court stayed at the King's palace in Bruchsal for several days
1248 was the first time Bruchsal was referred to as a city and in 1278 St. Peters Church is mentioned for the first time. After extensive damage to both, the Palace and the Peterskirch were reconstructed in 1320. The Bergfried (an outlook and defensive tower bastion) was erected in 1358 and the city wall was completed in 1452. In 1460 the first coin was pressed in Bruchsal.
By April 24, 1711 Bruchsal had recovered sufficiently to play host to Prince Eugene of Savoy of the Habsburg Court in Vienna. Then in 1716 the Bishop of Speyer, Heinrich von Rollingen, moved his residence into the Bruchsal Palace. This move elevated the city's status to that of an official residence of the Diocese of Speyer. At the same time, Bruchsal became the seat of the "Vizedomamt", the most important office held by the Diocese on the West bank of the Rhine. In 1719 Cardinal Damian Hugo von Schönborn became the new Bishop and after settling in he commissioned in (1722), among others, the new baroque château and the new Peters Church (from 1742). Both were built and, in part, designed by Balthasar Neumann. In the Bishop's honor, the Southern gate out of the château grounds is referred to as Damian's Gate to this day.
In the afternoon of March 1, 1945, Bruchsal was bombed. In addition to the 1,000 lives that perished that day, the entire inner city and the baroque château were destroyed. The baroque palace was rebuilt in the 70th.
That's enough of history now. I'm not sure, whether you want to read everything, but I thought, Petra should write a bit about Bruchsal's history. She used wikipedia and you will find more history and information there.
We went to see the palace. You see some small houses in front of the palace, which belong to the soon opened Christmas market. It is the back side of the palace.
The tower on the right side belongs to the catholic church St. Damian and Hugo.
There's a nice pond in the park, which is frozen right now.
There are statues, which show the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. And there are four statues showing the four elements water, fire, earth and wind.
There are some of the most beautiful and oldest houses of Bruchsal in Franz-Bläsi-Straße.
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Posted Jan 2, 2010, 9:47 pm
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