Heute gingen wir im Park spazieren. Es war der Tag des Pferdes. Das Wetter war schön. Dieses Pferd machte ein komisches Gesicht. Ich habe gedacht, dass ich das Foto mit Ihnen teile.
today we made a walk at the park. it was the horses' day out. the weather shone! this horse made a funny face... i thought i share this photo with you
raining day not going away. this shot was taken on our bus tour towards CHECKPOINT CHARLIE in Berlin. there were luxury space of 4 tourists plus me-self on this huge double decker bus. my girlfriend Teresa and i, had our lucky front seat. having this 1st class front view, i'm sharing these diamond raindrops on our bus windshield shot with you.
yesterday i made my afternoon walk and photographed the blooming sign of spring at Lake Trappensee, a park near our home. the air was a cool breeze with the temperature at 2 degrees celcius. i could hear the birds chirping merrily in the woods and the ducks quarking around the lake. it was such a peaceful atmosphere.
while blogging this out, might as well, i try to use my simple German writing ;-)
~crocus~ Der Frühling kündigt sich an♥the spring pronounces itself
~crocus~ Der Lenz schaut kurz vorbei ♥the spring briefly calls in
~crocus~ Die Sonne scheint und die Pflanzen blühen auf ♥ ♥ the sun shines and the plants blossom
~spring bud~ Der Frühjahrsanfang! ♥the sign of spring!
Das Eis im Fluss schmilzt und schwimmt davon ♥ ♥ from iced water to water flow
und das war mein Nachmittag Tag an der Sonne. || and that was my afternoon day out in the sun
i miss blogging! i miss sharing my (if not) everyday life, my weekly story here. there is a lot i wanted to blog about but time is always moving faster than i could catch a bit of it.
most of my time goes to my german language course and i wish i could understand German in a snap second! even my past time hobby on photography during our holiday trip to Venice (dec'08) and Paris (jan'09) i wanted to share are still all on hold :(not sure when i can take them out to you.... only time will tell...
and now, i must go back to my homework. german language is painful to learn especially at my mid-life-age. my brain seemed to catch up so slow on me to form the correct grammar ... anyhow, just to tell you that i haven't stop blogging.
One of my favorite songs. | das ist eines meiner Lieblingslieder.
Refrain 1 Was immer du denkst, wohin ich führe, Whatever you think where I lead you to wohin es führt, vielleicht nur hinters Licht. where it leads to, maybe it's just to trick you Du bist ein Geschenk, seit ich dich kenne, You are a present, since the moment I know you seit ich dich kenne, trage ich Glück im Blick. Since the moment I know you I wear happyness in my sight
Ich kläre den Nebel, änder so schnell ich kann I clear the fog, change it as soon as I can und was sich nicht ändert, an dem bin ich noch dran. and I'm keeping on for things that don't change Kleb an den Sternen, bis einer dann fällt, Hang on the stars until one of them falls der mir die Brust aufreiflt. and rips my chest
Ich zöger nicht lang, ich setzte die Segel, I don't hesitate, hoist the sails pack den Mond für dich ein, zerschneide die Kabel, wrap the moon for you, cut the cords will allein mit dir sein. like to be alone with you Und wenn du nichts für mich tust, dann tust du es gut. and if you do nothing for me, then you do well
Refrain 1
Du hast mich verwickelt in ein seidenes Netz, you strung me along, into a silken mesh das Leben ist gerissen, aber nicht jetzt, life has broken, but not for now es kriegt endlich Flügel, fliegt auf und davon, finally life gets wings, flys up and away das sind deine Augen - so blau und so fromm. it's your eyes, so blue and devotional
Und du lachst und du strahlst, and you smile and your eyes are shining setzt den Schalk ins Genick, you put the wag back on one's neck [make people laugh] schenkst mir Freudentränen und nimmst keine zurück you give me tears of joy and don't take them back und du tust mir nichts und das tust du gut. and you don't hurt me and that is what you do well
Refrain 1
Und wird dein Kopf dir irgendwann zu eng und trübe And once your head gets too tight and cloudy Und du weiflt, dass der Regen sich verdrängt, and you know the rain will go away färbe ich sie ein, deine schrägen Schübe, I colour them up, your strange moods du bist alles in allem, das bist du nicht. because you are all of everything, but you're not like that
*was immer du denkst* Du lachst und du strahlst, setzt den Schalk ins Genick, *wohin ich führe* schenkst mir Freudentränen nimmst keine zurück *wohin es führt* und du tust mir nichts und das tust du gut.
Und ist dein Kopf dir irgendwann zu eng und trübe And once your head gets too tight and cloudy Versuche ich, dass der Regen sich verdrängt! I try to make the rain go away Du bist das Geschenk, aller Geschenke, you are the present of all presents seit ich dich kenne, trage ich Glück im Blick Since the moment I know you I wear happiness in my sight Oh, du bist das Geschenk aller Geschenke, oh, you are the present of all presents seit ich dich kenne, kenne, trage ich Glück im Blick. Since the moment I know you I wear happiness in my sight
First of all, wishing my gentle Readers: A HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009. May this year brings success and a blessing from Above to us all.
today's blog is going to be lengthy, so sit up tight, no seat belt requires but a cup of coffee, perhaps :)) enjoy.
it has been so long ago since my last entry here. Life was a hustle-bustle soon after my school break on December 19, 2008, but thatsokay :)) Cold winter breeze is still upon us here in Europe and imokay with that. After all, i love cold weather tickle on my skin and the snow!
CHRISTMAS EVE: DECEMBER 24th, 2008 My first holiday break, we had a quiet family Christmas celebration with my in-laws in a small town called Asperg. We stayed overnight and drove back to Heilbronn the next morning gearing up for our first winter holiday getaway to Venice.
VENICE, ITALY: DECEMBER 27th-29th, 2008 TUI fly airline took us to Venice on December 27th. Soon as we arrived at Venice airport, we opt for "public water taxi" that cost us 24 Euros to transport us to our hotel. This water taxi took 1.5 hours boat ride after stopping passengers from one destination to another and we were in no rush. Private taxi boat will cost us 120 Euros in 1/2 hrs ride! Our water taxi stopped us at St. Marcos where we stayed for the next 2 nights at Hotel Bauer. Well located! We checked-in to our hotel in the early afternoon and was given an upgraded room, hurray!! Seconds after chucking our luggage down, we used all the leftover day light time to walk around Venice. The weather was sunny bright. It got colder in the late afternoon as the sun started to go down into the horizon. 2 nights was more than enough to see the whole separated "town" that was linked by many bridges. We thought going to Venice in the winter would avoid us with packed of tourists but we were wrong! I guess everybody wanted to go somewhere during this most festive time of the year to create memories we all never want to forget.
Throughout our stay in Venice, we had a wonderful time cruising on foot and even the weather was a blessing from Above. There was no drop of rain because 2 weeks earlier, there was a very bad flood in Venice. Halleluyah! God has answered my prayers.
ASPERG, GERMANY: DEC. 29th-JAN.2nd, 2009
On December 29th, we had to leave St Marcos island (Venice) with no choice but to take private boat taxi and that costs us 110 Euros! It was a risk to take the second earliest 6:30am public water taxi as we had our plane to catch at 8:15am, too risky! We arrived in Asperg on the same day our girlfriend Novi, who lived in England came to visit us and to celebrate the New Year together with us for the first time in Europe. We all stayed at Hotel Adler in Asperg. Novi stayed with us until the 2nd of January and it was unfortunate that we could not show Novi much around. Both, my husband and Novi fell sick because of the cold weather. My body seemed to handle the situation quite well although i have aching muscles here and there. Thanks to Novi when she was up on her feet, she gave me a superb 'kaut' using coin (that's Malay word), i would say muscle 'scrub' to remove bad wind in the body! do you understand what i mean ? :)) One morning when we were already on the road driving towards Black Forest with Novi, suddenly, the breaking news on the radio mentioned of snow rain at Black Forest region. There were already road accidents due to slippery road. Better be safe than sorry, we had to make a quick U-turn after driving almost 45 minutes. We ended up browsing Stuttgart city where all the shops were closed! I hope Novi will visit us again end of this year, another 357 more days to go...
RINGING IN YEAR 2009 AT HOTEL ADLER, ASPERGon December 31st, we had a wonderful New Year Party at Hotel Adler in Asperg. Our table of 13 persons was very international. There were a French family of 5 who live in Moscow, a Columbian family of 3 who live in Spain, Novi an Indonesian-Canadian who lives in England, me Malaysian with my Deutsch habibi and my in-laws. We had wonderful food of 5-course, lecker... and sharing stories with everyone ... of course, dozens of family photographs to remember this very day. PARIS:JANUARY 3rd-6th, 2009 Then it was Paris, Paris, Paris, with all her famous landmarks decked out for the holidays! We took the ICE speed train leaving early morning and arrived in Paris in the good afternoon weather. Wonderful timing! It was a smooth 4 hours train ride. We also had a blessing weather in Paris, sunny but cold, no rain at all, no snow either, not now, not yet... just waiting... We walked a lot in Paris until my feet were so sore, but thatsokay :)) We didn't celebrate Paris in high style like boat cruise on the Seine River - it was crazy cold, instead we spent our good time on good food. We had good food indeed and i had fresh oysters non-stop in Paris. They were so fresh and i could not resist not to eat them when i can. I ate snails too, but sea snail, nyummm...
On our last stay in Paris, it snowed all day! thanked God we had done the Eiffel Tower the day before and all the MUST SEE areas. Later, i learned that the Eiffel Tower being one of Paris' main tourist attractions was closed because of slippery conditions. AND THANK GOD my husband thought wisely to take the train as it was more relax to sit on the train and the timing was about the same if we took the plane. He was indeed correct and it was a perfect trip to go to Paris by train from Germany. Why? should we have taken the flight, we might not make it home as scheduled - there were dozens of flights being cancelled at Paris airport due to bad weather that contributed to the cancellations on that day. On our last day in Paris, my body could not tolerate any longer with the cold weather and i fell sick eventually. i am trying to recover from my bad cough but i love hearing my rocker voice though :))) that's about it the sum up of our recent holiday getaway collection happenings in my 3-week class break and it is about to come to an end... no more glorious days .... and now i am not looking forward to going back to class next week!!
can i have your picture?? so Santa Claus knows exactly what to give me :) from home to home and heart to heart .. from my computer to another .. may the warmth and joy of Christmas .. bring us closer to each other ...
may the joy and peace of Christmas be with you all through the Year. Wishing you a season of blessings from heaven above. Happy Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Greetings,♥ Nina & Michael♥
i thought these cartoons are funny, so i share them to give a smile on your face...
i was sitting on the bus returning home from my class that i saw snowed had covered the vineyard hills and its surrounding.
soon as i reached home, chucked my school bag and took my camera and walked towards the wine yard hills and photographed. it was a brief 15 minutes afternoon walk to get there. it was not too cold either, at 1 degree celsius!
here are pictures from the whole-day-snowfall came down on us on tuesday, dec.11. these pictures was taken yesterday. enjoy!
because live near water, a small lake though... the snow did not stick on the ground, unless it was a heavy snow ....
You may use my picture(s) provided that you give a credit back or link the image back to me. My images are product of Canon EOS 350. Nikon D700. Fujifilm FX10. HTC ONE. Samsung Galaxy Note8. I hope you enjoy your browse here. Thank You. NinaOA
