Christmas  season is almost here! I can  slowly  feel  the spirit of Christmas. This is one of the best times of the year to visit Germany. Experiencing many of the Christmas markets in this country  hosted by its little villages to its capital cities,  is just worth visiting. Sometimes it is simply difficult to decide […]

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Another wish came into reality! That dream of watching football live finally came true and it did happened in one of the famous football nations in the world, in Germany. It was truly awesome and so exciting! We watched that game in Frankenstadion, now known as the Grundig-Stadion in Bavaria, Germany. Seeing football live in […]

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And the party begins! It just started! The greatest festival, Oktoberfest is finally happening now! Munich’s Mayor, Christian Ude tapped the first barrel of beer and handed the mass or mug to Horst Seehofer, Bavaria’s Minister President this noon time in Theresienwiese in Munich, Germany. One of the beer tents we visited in Oktoberfest. This […]

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I love collecting postcards. In every place I visit, I always buy some if I can find it in a store or any souvenir shops.  Having been to over 30 countries worldwide, I guess I already have a collection of over a thousand postcards.  I guess it is still not enough to build a postcard […]

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I finally found some pictures taken during the German-American Volksfest taken last 2012. It was the last fair  I visited at the US Base in Hohenfels, Bavaria. There is no festival that took place this year.  I heard from a friend that the US Army has a financial difficulty at the moment. I also heard […]

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It was my third visit in Germany’s fourth largest city named Cologne. My first  visit was in 2006, followed in 2010 and the recently last May 5, 2013. It was quite a long drive from our place in Bavaria. Thanks to my dear friend Joy for being a power driver. I admired her driving to  […]

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Hamburg is the so-called “Germany’s gateway to the world”.  If I am not mistaken  the biggest port in Germany   is located here. We had a short 2-hours sightseeing  in this city which is not really enough to see many sights. Oh well, I was glad that I was there  even just for a short time. […]

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It is   Fasching or carnival season in Germany. I was browsing  awhile ago for some  pictures in my external hard drive. I was  looking particularly  about the photos I took during the Fasching or carnival parade  held four years ago in the town of Velburg in Neumarkt, Bavaria.  Witnessing such event especially if you are […]

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I started this post last night but I was not able to finish it because I was very sleepy already. It was again another long day I had yesterday considering the offline tasks that I need to finish. So I am finishing this post as soon as I can,  before I watch television tonight. Linderhof […]

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I started this post last night but I was not able to finish it because I was very sleepy already. It was again another long day I had yesterday considering the offline tasks that I need to finish. So I am finishing this post as soon as I can,  before I watch television tonight. Linderhof […]

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