tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77164146974148794712024-03-05T04:44:30.046-08:00Kangaroos and LederhosenKangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-80716148700769086282017-05-07T03:55:00.005-07:002017-05-07T03:55:59.803-07:00Black Wattle Bay - Four Mile Beach (aka....trapped)<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">We arrived early evening to our final Tasmanian destination. A remote house about 27km south of St Helens on Tasmania’s eastern coast. The owners sent us a map that caused a small marital clash in its interpretation. Later, we were a little appeased after reading some of the comments left by other guests reviews and agree that a better hand drawn map would certainly be appreciated by future guests.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was starting to get dark and we decided not to shop on the way up. The shops were closed in any case and what will become important later is that bottle shops were open. All agreed we would go shopping for supplies the following morning and combine it with some adventures. We arrived at the secluded house and the key was not in the specified electricity box. We looked everywhere but to no avail. We also had no phone/internet reception so could not call the owners. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">One the way up the hill we had passed one house on the unsealed road. As we passed on it on the way down (searching for a mobile connection) the owner was standing at his front door. We hesitated as there was also a dog viciously barking and a wrong turn had us discover a creepy house with rusted caravans, cars and junk in the yard. But I eventually demanded Ron to get out of the car and talk to him. I was driving and breaking on a steep unsealed road - well that’s my excuse for not getting out of the car. After a short chat, we determined that he is somewhat of a care-taker and had a code to release the key from a special lock.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">Finally we got into the house and had a late and quick dinner of a boiled egg each thinking about the nice local foods and places we would go the following morning.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">It rained heavily most of the night and was still raining heavily and blowing a gale the next morning. But we took it easy and cooked some pancakes using up the last of our supplies - proud of resourcefulness!</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally it seemed like the clouds were clearing</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the end we decided brave the weather and all got in the car with an extensive shopping list. Down the hill we went in low gear to negotiate the steep downhill curves of the slippery unsealed road - very unsealed and wet road. We arrived at the small river crossing and saw this…..</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Needless to say we decided not to risk the crossing and being swept away. So we did our 18 point turn and headed back up the hill and stopped in a slightly flat section of road about 20m from the “care takers” house. We knocked and asked for any alternative routes. He told is that there was a fire track further up the road but he did say it was pretty rough. If fact he looked sceptical about the "Silver Surfer" (our trusty car) being able to make it. We decided to check it out but missed the track on our first drive by and then “borrowed” some fire wood from some other neighbours stack. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We did not take the alternate route as if the end of the road (before it met the main road) was rough then we had no chance as the beginning of the road was somewhat hard pressed to be called a road. Ron was shocked that it could even be called a road. So it was back to the house to develop some interpretations of porridge and rice to hold us out for the next 20 hours or so. And we had NO beer or wine…after passing only 20 bottle shops en-route the night before.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">About an hour later as we got a fire started for atmosphere and drying some washing the care-taker drove up the path. In fact we heard and saw him coming from about 300m, that gives you a feeling about the remote nature of the place. He had made a rustic home made bread and brought some supplies as he felt bad about not warning us that the road could be blocked (happens a few times a year) after heavy rain. He is apparently in charge of making sure there is firewood, which there was none to be found. It is “summer” here in Tasmania he exclaimed!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our day included a game of scrabble, some home schooling and working on downloading photos from my android phone to Mac. Finally about 4.30pm it started to clear up and we could finally see the lovely view. There was even a rainbow. So we went for a walk to check out the creek crossing - much reduced but still moving rapidly. Too risky for the trusty “Silver Surfer” that we want to give back to my brother in law in one piece. But we were serenaded by cicadas and the forest smelt divine of eucalyptus. So although not the day we had planned it was a wonderful day and we have slightly smoky smelling clean washing to remind us over the next days of the day we were trapped at home by mother nature.</span><br />
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-49968270707797404192017-01-29T16:16:00.000-08:002017-02-01T16:04:53.754-08:00MONA museum - Hobart Tasmania<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: large;">During my Tasmania research, I heard about MONA (Museum of Old and New Art) in Hobart and started to wonder if it was OK to take the kids. There are mixed reviews on-line. It was established by a wealthy Tasmanian - who actually made his money through betting syndicates (he is apparently a slightly autistic person with an incredible ability with numbers and probability).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: large;">But in the end felt that no trip to Hobart would be complete without this on our to do list. We bought tickets the day before (its high season) and the following day took the purpose built boat - the Mona Roma - over to the museum. You can also arrive by car but the boat is great fun. The kids rushed on board and joined cattle class sitting on some lovely sheep. There is a Posh Pit in the front the boat that we will take next time without the kids. Offering champagne and snacks in further oppulance. But there was great snacks and drinks available in cattle class! The seating is inventive and the level of detail is wonderful from the uniforms that the crew wear to deliberate graffiti.</span><br />
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-67196575655131918002017-01-28T21:38:00.000-08:002017-01-28T21:38:28.482-08:00Bei Anne, Noah, Ian and Gemma und vielen Tieren<span style="font-size: large;">Anne ist eine Schulfreundin von Mama und ist mit ihrer Familie von Sydney nach Tasmanian umgezogen. Ihr Mann heisst Ian und die Kinder heissen Noah (9 Jahre alt) und Gemma (12 Jahre alt). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Anne liebt Tiere und daher arbeitet Sie für eine Organisation, die Bären in China hilft. Anne hat aber auch eine eigene Farm bekommen. Auf dieser Farm leben die folgenden Tiere: </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Die Esel, Lilli, Dixie, Mathilda, Sascha, Sturmi, Mister Doni</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Die Pferde Glennmista, Mr. Friendly und Sascha </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Die Schafe Weiss und Schwarz </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Die Hunde Puggie, Sebastian (Seb) und Gracey </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Die Katzen Peanut und Whitey und</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Ein paar Hühner die keine Namen haben.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jeden Tag habe ich die Tiere gefüttert und zwar am Morgen, zu Mittag und am Abend. Noah ist zwar erst 9, er hat aber schon sein eigenes Motorrad mit dem er die ganze Zeit auf den Koppeln herumfährt. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Die Farm liegt im Hume Valley, welches 30 Minuten südlich von Hobart liegt, und in welchem es sehr viele Äpfel, Kirschen und Weinberge gibt. Papa liebt den Apfelwein hier (Cider) der hier viel besser/ süßer schmeckt als in Frankfurt. </span><br />
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-88704170890986576342017-01-10T00:22:00.002-08:002017-01-11T20:26:11.818-08:00Canberra - but wait there is more. Day 2 and 3 in review....<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="-webkit-font-kerning: none;">Energised by our lovely outdoor lunch at the National Library, we wandered over to the old Parliament House. It is a glorious old building and as we learned completely symmetrical. It has recently been restored and has most of the original features. Glorious custom made furniture (which apparently cost the complete original budget alone). The total building cost was 4 times the original estimate! I adored the art deco lamps and decorations which complemented the entire building. As we wandered around we cheekily joined in a tour and the guide was informative and entertaining. Which seems to be the case for all the guides we encountered. So recommend joining a tour for some more insights and planning more time there. There is a kids discovery section which is more for younger kids but ours both enjoyed it. The highlight for me was their “Punch and Judy" show with the wooden images on sticks of Julia </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard;">Gillard and Tony Abbot! If only I had filmed that - we could be You Tube stars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dinner was a picnic in the park next to the hotel - a perfect way to end the day. Ron joined us later after going for a run around the lake and encountering a kangaroo the same size as him. Apparently a “husch, husch” (the German equivilient of what I would term woossy shooing) was not comprehended. Eventually he manoeuvred his way past the beast and arrived sweaty and with a good bed time story. </span>Unfortunately no photographic evidence.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The next morning we met my god-mother at a lake side park and saw a large mob of Kangaroos up close. Very exciting to view them in their natural habitat. Not to waste any time, it was off to competitive game of Put-Put golf. Which kept the spirits up after a day of museums. It was a lovely time and Sam joined us for a second round - as all were having so much fun. There were horrid lime milkshakes and ordinary coffee as well. But then we enjoyed a lovely late lunch at the local yacht club and had delicious fish and chips by the lake. I wore my first glass of white wine but was able to enjoy the second one.</span><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">The kids were fascinated and it gave them a great insight into some aspects of war - which I am sure for them is still quite abstract. There is a </span>specific<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Childrens' Discovery Room which includes a submarine, helicopter and trenches to explore. The ideal situation would be to focus on a couple of rooms and visit again at another time. We only had just under 2 hours and finished up with the Last Post Ceremony. Each day they select serviceman/woman and talk about his/her life. It is moving ceremony and well worth staying for or planning your </span>visit to include this.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> The ceremony is held at 5pm as the museum closes. Highly recommended for all ages. The gardens around the memorial are lovely and peaceful we even saw over 6 rabbits hopping around to the delight of Miss 7.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">I know I did not write such an interesting blog last time, but I hope this one will be more entertaining.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yesterday we went to friends that we saw last time we went to Australia. Their house is beautiful and they have two dogs and lots of beautiful fish. The highlight of the day was feeding the wild kookaburra family that that sat on the balcony railing and screeched for food. They also had a pool we are allowed to swim in this time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Adrian had made some little snacks such as sausage rolls that were </span>AMAZING !!!!! </div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Next we went to get changed for the pool in the bathroom… with two lovely spiders.</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Amelie was screaming her head of and in the end one of the spiders was dead but the other one…shiver.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The pool was so cool but of course something had to go wrong…it was my swim suit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The food was so good and still after 24 hours I was still not hungry. For the staters we had gnocchi and then we had lovely meat and the dessert. I had two portions. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The two dogs Molly and Maxi were mistreated, Adrian and Inge took them in. Maxi and I had great time playing.</span></div>
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All these jokes about people from the mountains with no access to a sea - even got called Schluchtenscheisser once by the ex- major of Estebrügge (OK - it was after a couple of Kümmel enriched by smoked eels - but still hurt). </div>
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So it is of great pleasure that I now can prove now to all of the Germans - THAT AUSTRIANS CAN SWIM. </div>
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Every day at 06:00 and 07:00 in the morning a group of people - calling themselves the Bold and Beautiful - gather on the shore of Manly Beach and go for a 1,5 km Ocean Swim to Shelly Beach (and back).</div>
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Having said that, Jules and I have been practicing since summer this year "with great mental support of my neighbours - Judith and Andreas in Frankfurt" to manage this challenge once we would be here in Australia. On the 24th in the morning we did it the first time followed by a another one with proper outfit this morning. </div>
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After our magnificent swim performance I was even asked to model with the latest Budgy Smuggler Design's on the beach and guys - there is no photoshop involved in the next picture.<br />
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<br />Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-17318795987513331742016-12-23T15:13:00.004-08:002016-12-23T15:15:39.425-08:00Marlenes Mini Blog Entry <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 8px;">
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Yesterday, my family and I had a great day at Shelly Beach with another family from New Zealand. First we had some sandwiches and went for a little swim. We had some amazing milkshakes and made a water choreography that ended up being more funny than graceful. After that fun time we went to a Chinese restaurant were we met some very nice friends from my grandparents and ate some REALLY good food. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Today I am hoping to have some fun with our neighbours and their dogs AND THEIR AMAZING AWESOME COOL POOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</span></div>
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-16432585970252289272016-12-22T22:44:00.001-08:002016-12-22T22:44:37.808-08:00ATTACKED!!!"Australia is a dangerous country and has the most poisonous creatures on this planet"<br />
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Something we hear all the time from magazines, newspapers, TV shows (even the crocodile hunter did not survive the ozzy wildlife) and of course the Australians themselves. <br />
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Having been in Australia now for the 6th time, I started to get a bit bored, as all my experiences of "the country with the most poisonous animals" were limited to a half dead lazy black snake on a road, when driving around in Queensland, and a (full) dead Stingray on the northern beaches this April.<br />
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In our case - Jules and I have just survived a "BLUE BOTTLE" ATTACK this morning.<br />
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First, a couple of facts about the "BLUE BOTTLE".<br />
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Lying on the beach, they look like any other jellyfish - "blue coloured jelly"<br />
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..... but when floating in the sea the meters long tentacles with hooks and poison are a "another" strange protection mechanism created by mother (ozzy) nature. When you look at this thing you wonder why on earth does it need a protection mechanism - nobody would touch this ugly thing anyway.<br />
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A couple of days ago, we were already told, that blue bottles are out in the surf, which got my kids very excited and Ami was particularly proud of finding 42 dead ones on the beach.<br />
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This morning though, Jules and I went for another ocean swim and while we saw a couple of dead ones on the beach, we were not too concerned, as there were no particular warning signs.<br />
LEARNING No. 1: Trust your instincts and not only the lifeguards.<br />
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We made a good start into the surf and just past the rocks at South Steyne, when Jules got the first little sting on her hand. As this was not too painful, we continued and headed towards Shelly Beach.<br />
LEARNING No. 2: If you get warned twice, and you still ignore it, you really run into troubles. <br />
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Heard a cry - looked up - saw Jules face covered with one of these blue animals including some tentacles over her body. Looked like in a horror movie! Tried to rescue her with my basic first aid knowledge - almost strangled her - and was told to "bugger off".<br />
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LEARNING No3: Basic "Seepferdchen" knowledge is not enough, to rescue someone troubled in the ocean!<br />
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Anyway, managed to scare the blue bottle away and rescued Jules, not without some pretty painful reddish mark on her body and face.<br />
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Summary of all the LEARNINGs today: AUSTRALIA is a dangerous place after all.<br />
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-72485958665656732222016-12-18T20:29:00.001-08:002016-12-18T20:29:11.360-08:00Das ist ChippyMein Opa hat einen neuen Vogel bekommen. Der Vogel heißt Chippy.<br />
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Er ist blau und ist noch sehr klein und verspielt. Meine Schwester und Oma haben übers Wochenende drei Spielsachen gekauft, damit ihm nicht so langweilig ist und er viele Dinge zum Spielen hat.<br />
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Damit er aus den Käfig herauskommen kann, braucht er einen Holzlöffel. Ihm wurden als Baby die Flügel gekürzt, und deshalb kann er nicht so gut fliegen.<br />
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Deine Amelie aus AustralienKangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-64066924763202434212016-12-17T15:45:00.005-08:002016-12-17T15:48:10.854-08:00Coming "Home"My first day back in Australia was only administrative. I renewed my driving licence. Which was relatively easy given it expired less than 6 years ago.....just! After June 2017, I would have had to re-done the written and practical parts. Phew. In fact I was even impressed with the friendly staff at the RTA office.<br />
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Then it was off to Medicare (medical insurance) to get cards for me and the girls. After a long wait they were issued and it was off to get a local SIM card for my phone. I was then ready for a quick afternoon swim at the beach to refresh.<br />
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We were then spoilt with a lovely meal at a local Seafood restaurant. My Dad and I shared a whole grilled barramundi and large plate of Moreton Bay Bugs.....delicious. We sat outside and enjoyed the whole alfresco experience. What a great start to our adventures here.<br />
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The morning "home schooling" has been relatively painful for us inexperienced adults. But we felt it<br />
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Its not all work, there has been more than enough time to get down to the beach and refine boogie boarding skills. We also went for a tour of their new school (German International School) that they will attend February - June 2017, ate an enormous amount of Frozen Yogurt at a friends shop and extensive clothes shopping (a whole season of Aussie style clothes purchased) thanks to the Aussie Oma. So all in all a busy but fun start to living Down Under.<br />
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Ron and I are practising to join the "Bold and the Beautiful" Manly ocean swim - our aim is to be ready for December 24th.....</div>
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-55620220365878051022016-12-15T20:08:00.001-08:002016-12-15T20:08:42.069-08:00Wer einmal hinterm Stern gesessen ............ wird es niemals mehr vergessen.<br />
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David, mein Schwager, hat uns für unseren Aufenthalt hier in Australien eine Mercedes 320 organisiert. Erste photos wurden schon im voraus ausgetauscht - aber was man wirklich an einem Mercedes hat, weiss man erst, wenn man auch persönlich hinter dem Steuer gesessen hat.<br />
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Vorab aber die technischen Daten von "TANKU" (Panzer auf Albanisch) <br />
Erstzulassung: 2006<br />
Motor: 3 l Maschine<br />
Innenausstattung: Schwarzes Leder<br />
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Vorbesitzer: Pensionisten Ehepaar<br />
Beschleunigung von 0 auf 100km: Da 100km/h in Sydney nicht erlaubt sind, wurde dies noch nicht eruiert. Die Mutter aller Fragen: Messgrösse Sekunden oder Minuten???<br />
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Das erste mal nähert man sich diesem Auto mit Respekt - wenn nicht gar mit Ehrfurcht - da es das grösste Gefährt in Kangaroo Street ist und mehr als einen Parkplatz benötigt.<br />
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Einstieg gestaltet sich schwieriger als gedacht, da es um einiges tiefer gelegt ist. Im ersten Moment erschien es uns fast, als hätten wir eine Art Sportversion hier ergattert. Diese Annahme relativierte sich aber sehr schnell, da die Beschleunigung von TANKU aufgrund der Tonnage und der ein wenig schwerfälligen Automatik doch ernüchtert. Wobei die Vorbesitzer - Zur Erinnerung Pensionisten Ehepaar - sicher auch seines dazu beigetragen hat.<br />
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Erste Einkaufsfahrten wurden schon erfolgreich absolviert und damit steht unserer Rundreise nach Tasmanian nichts mehr im Wege. (Vielleicht leg ich mir aber noch eine schwarze Lederjacke zu - "wenn schon denn schon"). <br />
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<br />Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-27248792531565019172016-12-13T13:58:00.000-08:002016-12-13T13:58:24.130-08:00NOT NORMAL<h4>
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This is Marlene, and sitting at a table at my Grandparents house in Sydney. I realise that you might not know what Sydney is actually like. People think that it is like in the jungle, that any moment you can get bitten by a spider💥. BUT it is nothing like this. It is a normal city, with normal people (with a weird accent), with a not so normal animals, with normal malls and normal beaches 😎with not so normal SEAWEED ( I hate SEAWEED 😳). BUT living on the other side of the world, with all these things is a total new experience for me, my sister and my dad. </div>
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Here in Sydney it is most likely that it is double or even triple as warm then where you are. It is a totally new climate and so different to what I and my family is used to. Every day we go to the beach for a swim and then you drag your body around the house desperate for a glass of water to stay alive. But the view is beautiful and to be here is amazing. I Love the way people are so friendly and loving to their country. I hope you enjoyed this entry. Please feel free to leave me a comment.</div>
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-56653200904594135662016-12-12T20:09:00.000-08:002016-12-12T20:10:01.062-08:00Mein Flug nach Australien und der erste Tag - Amelie HamedlWir sind in jetzt endlich in Australien. Davor sind wir 24 Stunden um die halbe Welt geflogen und haben in Bangkok einen Zwischenstopp eingelegt. Das Photo haben wir noch in Wien am Flughafen gemacht - da waren wir noch einigermassen happy.<br />
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Zuerst sind wir mit der AUA geflogen. Da hatten wir viel Platz und ich hab super geschlafen. Später sind wir in Bangkok in eine anderes Flugzeug der Thai Airlines gestiegen. Davor gab es noch ein super Photo mit einem goldenen Tempel am Flughafen und ich habe fried Reis mit Shrimps gegessen.<br />
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Während des zweiten Flugs habe ich folgende Filme geguckt: Pets, Angry Birds, Findet Dorie und Micky Maus. Zum Essen gab es folgendes: Ein Sandwich (war grauenhaft), ein Joghurt, Hühnchen mit Reis und zum Abschluss gab es einen Schokoladenkuchen (der war das Beste).<br />
Endlich waren die 24 Stunden rum und wir sind um 07:00 am Montag in Sydney angekommen. Abgeholt wurden wir von Aussie Opa und Aussie Oma, da wir so viele Koffer hatten und wir 2 Autos brauchten. Der Opa kam ein bisschen später, weil er sich verfahren hatte und dann keinen Parkplatz fand.<br />
Am gleichen Tag habe ich zusammen mit Aussie Oma den Weihnachtsbaum geschmückt. Dabei habe ich aber eine Weihnachtskugel (Oma sagte, die war ziemlich teuer) auf den Boden fallen lassen, und die war dann auch kaputt. Gott sei Dank, dass es noch eine zweite, gleiche Kugel gab.<br />
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Papa, Marlene und Mama waren schon am Strand Boogie boarden. Es war aber ziemlich stürmisch und die Wellen waren nicht so toll. Bei Aussie Oma und Aussie Opa gibt es jetzt auch wieder einen Wellensittich - der heisst Chippie 10 (1 bis 9 sind schon tot). Chippie 10 ist noch sehr jung und macht viel Lärm und Schmutz.<br />
Am Abend gab es leckere Pasta und wir sind um 19:00 voll fertig ins Bett gefallen. Davor gab es noch eine Geschichte von Papa - Die Ponygirls.<br />
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Liebe Grüsse von eurer Amelie<br />
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<br />Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-53418695161011575742016-11-09T05:01:00.001-08:002016-11-09T05:01:38.369-08:00Kangaroos and Lederhosen - RebootedAfter years of sitting in cyber space I am now re-activating this blog: Kangaroos and Lederhosen. We have been living in Frankfurt the last 3.5 years and are now off to new adventures.<br />
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Firstly we are heading south to Australia. We will be based in Sydney from December for 7 months. In January we have big plans to travel to Tasmania and discover a new part of our wonderful world. We hope this blog will allow us to take you with us and share some of our adventures.<br />
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And before I go today, a few selfies before we start the next part in "Hamedl Adventures Around the World"....well mainly Europe and Australia if I am to be absolutely correct.<br />
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Of course we all need some home comforts - in which a trip to the "speciality, over-priced" shop is necessary. Just take the credit card with you and go ONLY after eating a rather large lunch! </div>
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One of the biggest challenges was becoming accustomed to not having plain AND self-raiaing flour as options. Most cake/biscuit recipies from Australia and England call for this. In fact its not that difficult to make but I do find some slight inconsistancies with the strength of baking powder. I am now using a very "strong" baking powder, so can go easy on the measurements. But there have been times when the baking powder has not done its job. And "Cream of Tartar" can only be purchased in chemists here in Germany - so have avoided any recipe using it.</div>
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The flour issue continues. Does one buy the 450 or the 550 or the more expensive 1150 type? What is bread making flour for the 00 flour equivilant? After much research, I just use 450 and found it works fine for bread, cakes etc. I buy a more expensive brand of flour which I feel had a better taste in the cooking - especially for bread.</div>
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Sugar is also a tricky one. The majority of sugar found in Europe (not the UK) is made from sugar beet not sugar cane. So the sugar beet version is slightly denser and less fine. The icing sugar from sugar beet certainly gives a slightly gritty taste to butter cream icings. And brown sugar in Germany is not as we know it. Its more like raw sugar. The brown sugar I know and love is white sugar whipped up with some molasses. I "import" my brown sugar, having not found an truely adequate substitute here in Germany.</div>
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The milk in France and Switzerland I found to be over-pasturised and predominantly the long life version which has a taste I am not fond of. We just use organic milk at home and this is usually quite good and has an OK taste and has been successful in cooking. Although I find my white sauce takes longer to thicken up - maybe its more my method than the milk!</div>
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Butter is also slightly different. Butter in Australia has a little salt in it as a default. I guess this is a longitivity issue. Here it is all unsalted with shorter shelf life. But I have frozen it successfully and then used it.</div>
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Much of the supermarket cheese here is pre-sliced. A true convience but once opened the packet needs to be used quickly or starts to dry out - even sealed up. But there is a fantastic selection of delicious cheeses in many places to make a French man swoon.</div>
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I am sure everyone has their own cooking challenges and adapting to what one can buy. Although in Australian and UK you can just about purchase all fruit and veg 365 days of the year. Something which has made me appreciate the strong seasonal element in Europe. We are almost at the end of asparagus season, strawberries are just everywhere, cherries are starting and many berries. And last week in France there were apricots, peaches and cherries - such a feast. So its really the best time of year to go to the supermarket here.<br />
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Steaming Alaskan Bread - a winter favourite in our house.</div>
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We have managed to make this for 2 Birthdays - my patented "Hello Kitty" cake</div>
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-26117933710134740472014-05-14T11:10:00.001-07:002014-05-15T04:58:59.780-07:00Setting up ShopI am now running a Tea Room near Frankfurt. There are no excuses for not blogging on a more regular basis but this is my excuse anyway.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the window displays - with the help of Ruth we make it look good both from inside and out.</td></tr>
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The journey of my Tea Room started towards the end of last year. I wanted to go back to work and started applying for jobs. For some I was not a 100% fit with the background requirement, for others I was over qualified. I did not get a single interview before Christmas and was feeling down about the whole thing. I had managed to easily find jobs in the past where ever we lived, so this was a shock. I figured being three years out of the workforce and turning 40 put potential employers off. Not one company got back with any feedback or even a time scale of the employment process.<br />
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As I refined my resume and application letters I wondered if I needed to get more qualified. But discounted this as I am so bad at even doing any German homework. There were some resources about changing career path, so I investigated. Basically you need to write down what you would love to do all day even day. I did that. I wrote down that I would like to bake and be with people. I need social interaction - something that became very clear in my last role which was a home/office set up. For me cooking is mostly fun and I enjoy it. But wondered how I could do this without my family being tired of the daily cakes and getting fat. Four people can not eat that much cake!<br />
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Towards the end of last year, we did a parents evening in a wine bar. We chatted with the owner, Sabine and her husband that evening and they gave us plenty of tips about places to go and see in Frankfurt and beyond. We also learned that she was ex-corporate and started the wine bar 3 years previously after leaving banking.<br />
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Somehow my brain fused together these 2 separate things, and in February I went to the wine bar and proposed the concept of running the wine bar as a cafe during the day. She said yes! Well at least it was a starting point for writing a business plan and really thinking through the whole concept.<br />
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So I had a venue and an idea. I then spent the next weeks refining the idea and decided that a Tea Room was the way to go. We met almost every Wednesday to talk through ideas and concepts. I talked with friends and received great tips and ideas. It was coming together very quickly. I was also frantically reading business set up resources, downloaded the 100 dollar set up, searching for anything written about how to run a cafe. It was consuming my waking and sleeping hours. It was exciting and scary. My mind was also filled with negative thoughts: What if it failed?, Can I really do this?, I am not even a trained cook. But I kept going down the rabbit hole and on April 2nd I started my first day of business.<br />
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It was an opportunity too good to miss. If ever I was going to test the gastronomy industry - this was it. I had a venue that was established with all the equipment and an owner who frankly told me the good and the bad and shared her experinces openly. Can you believe people steal toilet paper from the toilets?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">ANZAC Day provided a great opportunity to offer an "Australian" testing plate with ANZAC biscuits and lamingtons - the Germans took to it with gusto! So much so that ANZAC's will feature as one of the favourite biscuits.</td></tr>
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The Tea Room is located in Bad Vilbel, which is about 6 km from Frankfurt downtown or an 8-10min drive from our house. I am open 3 afternoons a week and word is getting around that we are there. But that is the next hurdle - getting a solid customer base. The marketing challenge begins.<br />
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Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-39022522527822959302014-02-20T01:20:00.001-08:002014-02-20T01:20:21.203-08:00Random StuffWhen you are waiting for a big thing to happen to "blog" about it. Months go by and there are no big things, just life. So here's to getting back to blogging from time to time about stuff. Everyday stuff with friends and family - which is special enough.<br />
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Halloween in Geneva was fun - OK I was very tame on the facial make up. In fact Miss M was my makeup artist, so blame her. Never the less, we scared half the Geneva population in Grand Saconnex that evening!<br />
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You are never too young to experiement with the current craze of "selfies" and see how many chins you can create. Almost as many as your age?<br />
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There were some proud moments when our Ginergerbread house did not completely cave in - the power of melted sugar. The most important part being that about the same number of smarties that made it onto the roof also made it into the mouths of the decorators.<br />
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My local walks were so enjoyable at the end of last year. I can not decide if I like autumn or spring better. Will wait and see what spring brings in our new city.<br />
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Bright red bushes and a dog. Now its all dull and grey, but there are signs that spring it on its way.<br />
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Sometimes sisters are best friends, sometimes.<br />
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A dog for a day. Whilst walking in the Jura we were adpoted by a dog. He was really friendly and in the end we really had to scare him away to stop him following us on the train home. The only issue was that he would go bounding up to other people he saw with great enthusiasm. Then they got angry at us thinking it was our dog.<br />
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Local forest walk with in-laws and crazy kids. A fun afternoon ending in hot chocolate. One benefit of living in a cold climate is that hot chocolate tastes so much better when your hands are numb.<br />
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<br />Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-77819672719232435502013-10-14T03:44:00.001-07:002013-10-14T05:50:58.356-07:00Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 - a family adventureIts the biggest book fair in the world and it is in the city we live. So we could not pass by the opportunity to go and check it out.<br />
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The tickets included public transport and it was all on my phone. I love technology when it works like this. It was 3 degrees but we got going early to try to avoid the main crowds. And there were crowds.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They found the Gruffalo!</td></tr>
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I had quickly noted down some of the children's attractions, so we had a vague plan of action. Initially bumping into the Gruffalo we meandered way through many of the children's book publishers before making our way to the Kids Bubble. It was the first event that I thought might interest the kids - the launch of the Griaffe-Affe audio book. The Giraffe-Affe is an imaginary animal that is part monkey and part giraffe. Our littlest one was lucky enough to catch one as they were thrown into the audience. We were then treated to a musical performance. The songs sung in the audio version of the book. They were sung by a guy who was a previous contestant on The Voice of Germany. Then the actor who made the audio book, read from the book. The kids were enchanted by his voices and sound effects of all the characters. A great start and one that found as returning to the Kids Bubble throughout the day.<br />
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The fair is a huge event and encompasses everything to do with books. Of course there was the technology and new forms but I didn't even get to those specialist halls. There were stands with just paper, beautiful paper that I had to touch. There were thousands of books from all over the world waiting for someone to buy the rights to translate them into another language. Stands were dedicated to all the accessories you can buy in a bookshop. There was even a "walk of calenders".<br />
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But there were a few areas that particularly interested me. The Gourmet Gallery. It was full of cookbooks, wonderful cookbooks. I was drooling. There was a Prosecco Bar and a demonstration kitchen where famous cooks were cooking live recipes from their books. I could have stayed there all day paging through the books.<br />
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The Comic area was incredible. Comics are alive and well. You could even create your own comics with the aid of technology. They had lots of tablets and individuals could create a comic. You choose images or made a collages of images then add your own text or the suggestions. These where then on large screens, so everyone passing could read the comics being made real time. How cool is that!</div>
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Then there were the famous comic artists drawing for their fans. The queues were amazing, but the art work that each person received was done with care and the joy of sharing the comic passion. Some were taking a good 10mins to paint or draw wonderful images. It was clear that those receiving the art were delighted and their long wait made worthwhile.</div>
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Then there were the Manga fans. At first I thought it was some workers on the stands dressed up. How cool I thought. Then I saw 10, then 20 then 50......and throughout the day 1,000's of people dressed up. Most were quite sophisticated costumes that must have taken hours to prepare. The hair alone was impressive. I was a bit hesitant to take photos as did not want it to seem that I was making fun of them. To balance it out there were Hufflepuff fans and for some people you had to wonder if it was their real clothes or they were also "in character".</div>
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The end of our day was a movie-book release. The author/movie producer of the Wild Kerle (sounds better in German), read from the book and we got a sneak preview of movie. Two of the children actors were there and talked about their time making the movie. Marlene bought the books and got them signed by the author and the actors - she was delighted.</div>
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All in all a fabulous day. I congratulate all those who put in so much creative spirit and energy in making it such a wonderful event. I can't wait to return next year. Who is joining us?</div>
Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-31054887961771045022013-10-11T03:27:00.000-07:002013-10-14T05:51:29.796-07:00The HairdresserThere is nothing more fraught with nerves and danger than trying out a new hairdresser - especially when you don't speak the lingo. Having short hair most of my life, a visit to the hairdresser has not usually phased me - <a href="http://www.kangaroolederhosen.blogspot.de/2013/01/helmet-hair.html">taking off a ski helmet</a> is another story as you might recall. As if anything really goes wrong I have consoled myself that it will grow back or out or something.<br />
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I do recall an incident when I was 4-5 years old and decided that I did not want a fringe, so I just cut it off. My mother did not see it so black and white. It might be where my hair mantra began.......it will grow back or out or something.<br />
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Today I went to a new hairdresser in Frankfurt. I had been tempted to test the place 200m from our front door step - what a convienience. But Ron had been there for a hairuct and the free added spiritual awakening (in which he did not awake). I was not sure that I would not have laughed out loud when following the haircut she danced some voodoo stuff and waved essential oils around my head. Needless to say Ron is giving the voodoo hairdresser a pass. Although no spiritual awakeneing - he nows believes he can sing Opera.....as demonstated outside the Alte Oper, Frankfurt.<br />
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In the last 10 years or so the hairdresser has meant communicating in a foreign lanaguge: French, "Austrian", Hungarian and now German. My french usually meant that I ended up with hair much shorter than I had wanted. In Austria I sometimes took Ron to translate but that also did not work. Hungarian was another story and you always ended up with red hues reagrdless of what colour you requested. I had a friend who never did her colour and a haircut at the same time in Hungary. She exclained that she could not cope if both the cut and the colour were wrong! In Hamburg I just went to the most expensive hairdresser and crossed my fingers and smiled. The results were variable but I finally got the colour right!<br />
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My Frankfurt hairdresser research involved asking a lady (that we know) with what I consider to be fine, straight hair. Just like me! Luckily she was not the least worried by my request and gave me the number of the "Hair Palace". She told me that its run by a Chinese guy and she figured he must be good with straight hair, given most Chinese have straight hair!<br />
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So I went to make an appointment - by ringing the Wong number. I spoke with his wife and asked only for an appointment in the morning - "Morgen". She thought I meant morgen as in tomorrow...it was a public holiday, so they were closed. After a bit of back and forth we finally got to an understanding that my Morgen was mornings, not tomorrow (small "m" morgen). I don't know how you can say that in German. Finally appointment made.<br />
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I decided to drive downtown. Parking in the middle of town is dead cheap - its amazing. We don't know another major city that has such inexpensive parking. For 2.5hrs I paid 5 Euro. And it would have cost me 2 Euro each way on the tram plus 15min walk. So since it was a "ME" morning I forked out the extra Euro for the convienince of central city parking and not damaging my new hair cut on public transport.<br />
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Result you ask? Well he said he would just trim the ends. But I said I wanted a tad more. So it is a bit shorter than I had imagined. The problem when both are not speaking thier mother tongues. But I am happy and I will stick with this salon and hairdresser during out time in Frankfurt - chop chop.<br />
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He is a bad attempt at the post hairdesser selfie.<br />
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<br />Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-67553000516008471902013-09-09T00:08:00.000-07:002013-10-14T05:52:17.363-07:00Things I'll miss....We are now officially in the Big Smoke, Frankfurt am Main. We are enjoying city life again. During the move in week (without kids) we went to 3 different restaurants - Vietnamese, Indian and Italian. It was such a treat.<br />
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In the last 7 days we had 3 sets of visitors, so were able to discover the city with them. We are 7 tram stops from the main shopping street. There is a great food market there with all sorts of international goodies. I am so excited to go shopping for some special treats.<br />
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Although we are excited to discover our new home town there are thing we will miss about leaving our lil' village - Estebrügge.<br />
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The following is one of my favourite photos. I recall it had been raining constantly the whole day. As soon as there was a bit of sun we left the house to take the dog for a walk. It was a stunning afternoon as the sun pushed its way through the receeding clouds.<br />
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Most of all we will miss the friends we made. But never fear, the Estebrugger Market is next weekend! We are travelling north to see friends and have a fun weekend. Our guest room was well tested in the last week, so we hope to see some of them down south for some Apfel Wine and Grune Soße - the local specialities.Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-79556491473346037502013-08-07T07:34:00.001-07:002013-08-07T07:34:32.362-07:00The tails of Yin and Yang<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Here are Yin and Yang. Otherwise known as Ziggie and Goldie. They are related - not just sharing some labrador origins but they have the same mother (Sandy). They have different fathers, which is probably quite obvious and we won't talk anymore about that. They are about 2 years apart, Ziggie being the older step brother. Ziggie belongs to my parents in law and Goldie is our doggie. </div>
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Goldie is now on holidays in Burgenland, Austria before traveling to her new home in Frankfurt. She is a European traveller and fond of other animals. Here she is licking a sheep. I am sure she is just being friendly and not wondering what it might taste like!</div>
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She is also fond of the cows as they have similar colourings. She often gives them a good lick on the nose and cheek. They don't seem to mind.<br />
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She likes chasing the farm cats - but has toned down this activity in the last few weeks. I suspect the cats now taunt her a little. But they know all the escape routes. Anyone who knows Goldie will be surprised at this photos: dog and cat so close to each other.<br />
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In Estebrügger she was known as the "dorf hund" or village dog. She was regularly walked by various neighbourhood kids and was more well known than ourselves in the village. Here she is getting some love and attention she lacks at home. She is NEVER allowed on the chair at home - poor thing!<br />
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Ziggie is dearly loved in his home town and visits local friends for an extra snack or meal and in winter likes to visit for a cosy nap by the fire at someone else's house! Being part of the farm and B&B he is one of the reasons families return year after year as the kids just adore him and he soaks up the attention. Who can not resist those gorgeous eyes and his George Clooney salt and pepper hair?<br />
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Even Goldie wants to give him a kiss.<br />
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But most of all they love going for walks. There is a lot of jostling to begin with as they determine that Ziggie is still the boss. Then they get on with their business of sniffing, snuffling and marking territory. They love going through the fields where there are smells of little field mouses, birds to chase and simply lots of fun to be had.<br />
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This is a typical scene from our walks. Side by side down the road, keeping under the speed limit and looking for mischief and a snack.<br />
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Exhausted after a walk, Goldie stretches out on the cool stones.<br />
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Ziggie is even more exhausted as his tongue flops out of his mouth and he remains in the following position for the next few hours.<br />
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This post is for Billie. A four legged friend of Goldie from her Budapest days. Billie is now in doggy heaven and will be terribly missed.Kangaroo and Lederhosenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07205156475689292045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7716414697414879471.post-22607237993080929842013-07-27T10:07:00.000-07:002013-07-27T10:07:20.742-07:00Este Moods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I grew up close to the sea. In Sydney you are usually just a walk away from water - be it the harbour or the beach. Water plays a huge role in Australia's image. From the land of beaches or deserts the size of small European countries. There are the water restrictions, but then floods. Its truly dynamic.</div>
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Three years ago we had the chance to live on a river and we jumped at it (and later in it). Although not Manly Beach or Sydney Harbour....it was moving water. And moving water has moods - I like that. There is nothing like watching water, there is always something to observe and enjoy.</div>
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Here is a winter mood. Huge ice blocks floating down the river and crashing into the sides and to the large metal palings by the bridge. Its a pretty loud crashing and crunching noise.</div>
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High tide in autumn and a couple of swans.<br />
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A spring afternoon walk - finally the sun appeared after more than a day of rain. I think it was worth the wait to see the sun push through the clouds.<br />
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Up close and personal - on the river in our canoe Molly.<br />
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Another canoe shot from our garden as they paddle upstream to Buxtehude. Goldie observes but is not interested in jumping in. Thank goodness we have a labrador that is not fond of water.<br />
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Fun in the snow and very cold in the water - only small pieces of ice on the surface. A snowman waving hello.<br />
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A huge barge on the river as the bridge opens to let it through. Fire station boat in foreground. Never a dull moment!<br />
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A moody autumn day at high tide and reflections.<br />
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A hot summer day and some cool customer in sunnies floats by!<br />
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Hot day, high tide and my kids dive into the Este.<br />
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And two crazy guys jumping from the bridge.....<br />
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We loved our piece of the Este, it was always changing - which is the only constant in life.<br />
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