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Category Archives: Tanja
Christmas – Weihnachten
On the morning of 24th December Barbara and Armin were up early to go and pick up all the food they had organised and ordered for Christmas. Shops close at midday on Christmas Eve, so that the poor shop keepers … Continue reading
Tollwood Festival
On Saturday we all spent the afternoon at Tollwood. Ben said it was the best day in Munich, yet. Tollwood is a massive tent village, set up on one of the big stadium type places (Theresienwiese) in the inner city, … Continue reading
The ‘Deutsche Museum’ – The German Museum
Oh, I forgot to tell you about the Deutsche Museum to which Armin took us on Wedneday. First we went to a mine underground the museum. That was quite interesting and the children got an idea what it was like … Continue reading
Toy Shopping Spree in Munich
On Thursday Armin took us into Munich as the children still had some birthday money to spend. I had told them to wait until Munich so we didn’t have to cart their treasures through the entire country. Well, there is … Continue reading
Bei Bettina
Long, long ago my mother had a hair dressing salon in Heilbronn. A few shops further down was a book shop, run by Frau Preis. As luck would have it, Frau Preis was a client of my mother’s and I … Continue reading
Experimenta
Today I met with old friends of my mother’s and I, Elke and her husband Sigfried. I last saw Elke when she visited New Zealand a few years ago, so it was really nice seeing each other again. Elke had … Continue reading
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Tripstrill
After my get togther with the girls Pascale picked me up with Ella and Grosse Tessa in the car. She then drove us out to Tripstrill, a wildlife park about twenty minutes out of town, where Michael with Kleine Tessa, … Continue reading
Mädels Treff
One of the things that was very high on my ‘to do list’ in Heilbronn was to meet up with my old girl friends from way back when I was in my last two years at school and a few … Continue reading
Am Stocksberg
I am actually writing this in the train on the way to München (Munich), using ‘notes’ . Apparently there is WiFi in this train, but I seem to have trouble connecting, although being logged in. Never mind, I will update … Continue reading