Fun…Fair…Kermess…Kirmes

Happy Pentecost my friends.

Summer is close and spring is running smoothly.
For my dad, Pentecost was a lovely feast, and each  Pentecost morning he greeted us: “Pentecost the lovely feast arrived!”
In my hometown one of the biggest Pentecost events in the whole of Germany takes place:

Mendener Pfingstkirmes

Happy Easter – Frohe Ostern …

Today we celebrate Easter.

Some people celebrate Easter for religious reasons, they believe that Jesus has risen from the death on this very day.
Some of you might know that I am not a religious person. So I don’t believe in Easter in this way.

Fact is that Easter how ever we call it – Ostern in German, Eostre in Old-English, Paskha in Greek, or Pesah in Hebre – is a very special feast.

Alaaf and Helau – Carnival, Carnival …

And the party goes on.

Today is “Rosenmontag” – Carnival’s Monday.

Cologne, Düsseldorf, Mainz … and other places in the Rhineland are out of work and in the streets.

Women’s Carnival Day

It is the season.
We call it FIFTH season – Carnival.
It begins November 11th, and ends with Ash-Wednesday.

57 Things I have learned in 2011

I read this at the blog of Angelika Davey of Angelika’s German Tuition & Translation .
What a fantastic idea my dear.

Had to steal it and make up my own mind.
I was pondering a while ago about doing a review of 2011. And this is the perfect way.
Thanks to entrepreneursolo and Sarah Arrow , who both inspired Angelika.