Author Archives: Lorne Anderson
The Rink
I saw the sign, and didn’t think it was that big a deal. From Nov. 26 to Dec. 27 there would be a skating rink set up on the pedestrian mall in Mullheim, the largest town in our region. It is only now that I am beginning to appreciate that it is a big event. […]
Christmas Market – Heitersheim II
A photo essay for you today. If you need commentary, that was in yesterday’s post.
Christmas Market – Heitersheim
I’m sure there are other Christmas Markets happening in the area, but we have reached the saturation point. Maybe next year. But we did make one exception, for a Sunday afternoon trip to Heitersheim. It was a sunny Sunday, and the town is a five kilometre walk; we had been told it was possibly the […]
Coffee
I have a friend who likes to get together at the local coffee shop. It is part of an international chain that seems to me to sell the experience more than the beverage. I’m not a coffee drinker, not a fan of any hot drink really, so on those occasions when I do drink I […]
Fall Colours
Technically it isn’t winter until Thursday, though we started off Monday with our first snow of the season. It didn’t last though. We had sunshine by early afternoon, and by the time I made a grocery run it was a beautiful day. I snapped some pictures on my walk home. The colours on the hills […]
Christmas Is Coming!
Hard to believe it is a week from today. With no snow on the ground here it doesn’t feel like December yet. Certainly though, there are enough decorations and holiday festivities to get me in the mood. The main square in Sulzburg was decorated with a tree a couple of weeks ago, plus a sleigh […]
The Third Sunday of Advent
Last Sunday I showed you some pictures of a nativity set that has been in my wife’s family since 1925. Today more nativity set photos, from an older and larger set. If I read the sign correctly (which is debatable since my German is still practically non-existent), this set in the City Museum in Lippstadt […]
So Much I Could Say…
…but I won’t. The thoughts I originally put down to accompany this photo veered in some strange directions and became much too serious for a Saturday. So I saved them elsewhere and may return to them at some point. I found this picture online. I hope it makes you smile.
There’s A Hole …
You could easily chalk this up to cultural differences. Or maybe German children are smarter than their Canadian counterparts. The first time we walked out of our village heading into the mountains I noticed a hole in a hill just outside the town limits. There was a small rail car in front of it with […]
Cultural Differences VII – Baking
With our kitchen having been installed for a week it was time for Christmas baking. Past time really; in Canada I would be on to my second batch by this point. But could I pull it off? Baking requires more than just an oven… I have heard it said that a good workman never blames […]
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