This blog is for the appreciation of Aksel Lund Svindal, Norwegian Alpine Skier. Also for those who want to go off topic from Aksels' blog. www.aksellundsvindal.com
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Movember is Over!!!
I'm glad the 'stache is gone. Though I'm sad the DH Race was cancelled yesterday.
today and tomorrow it is "nikolaus" here in germany! and the "nikolaus" comes home the little kids and bring some little presents to them! sometimes he comes today and sometimes first tomorrow!
@Corinna We call him Saint Nicholas (Nicolae) and he brings sweets and little presents on kids' boots, only if the boots are very clean and if the kids were good over the year! If they were bad Saint Nicholas put a stick for them in the boots! Even so, he always brings sweets! So I think he may bring me a stick but also sweets! Haha!
@dana haha here it is nearly the same! but the kids don´t get a stick when they weren´t good all the year! then the "krampus" comes with the "nikolaus" also the saint nicholas!
in austria there are also "perchtenläufe" there you getting run with the perchten and they follow you and then when it is bad you get some beats of him! they are sometimes real bad! here in my region they all need a number like a bib! so you know who it is and when that one real bad hurts you then you can go to the director or to the police to tell them that! but thanks god that don´t happen to much! some years ago some of the austrians come to my region also with some dogs and they also let the dogs run after you and that is real bad! but since that thing with the numbers it is a lot better!
my little niece is coming soon and then she get also something form the saint nicolas but she is to young that he is really coming home, she just get something from us to play
We call the St. Nicolas in Swiss German "Samichlaus" and he has his own Tram with the name "Märlitram" in Zurich during Christmas time.
Little children have so much fun to ride with that Tram. The Samichlaus is the driver and there are always two angles on board. They serve Christmas cookies and peanuts, sing Christmas songs with the children and tell them a Christmas fairytale.
Seems like Aksel and Kjetil will do pretty well. Kjetil did an awesome run!!
@ corinna I'm feeling better so I hope that my doc dont put me in a hospital. The strange thing is that I feel much better at night then during the day!! LOL
@dana and am yes real good job of both, so let see what the second run will bring
@am i cross my fingers for you that you don´t need to go to the hospital! haha so you feel goog during the night but this is a good thing so you can sleep good! or?
@dana this krampus are today and tomorrow. but thank god i´m in work tomorrow and there are nothing of them! i know some couple of years ago we went for a walk with the dog, my neighbour and i and suddenly 15 of these krampus were only 100 m away from us with sticks and iron chains in their hands, we run so fast into the next street and hide us behind a big hedge and thanks god they didn´t find us, i called after this my dad and he came with the car and was driving beside us with it, bc the dog needed to go and do what he had to do! the good thing is that during the day they are not here only when it is getting dark and only from 5 pm to 9pm!
the austrian commentators said that als and jm are going to marry next year in may on maui, bc there she is during the summer and train a lot there! does someone else heared something about this? i think they just make a joke, bc they talked before about the wedding from lv and that maria riesch is going to marry next year and i think that they maybe mean that it would be funny when also jm and als are going to marry next year and bc of jm train a lot in maui that there would be the perfect place for it
@ corinna NO I haven't heard anything about a wedding in the norwegian media!!!! If Aksel has any plans on marry this woman I dont think he so stupid that he's doing something like that without living with her for a while - in the same country. But that's just my opinion!! LOL
@AM. I think you're sleeping right now and visit your doctor after you get up. CRP is just one of the materials to judge the health, but AM, so long as I know, 80 is considerably high. But CRP is always changing and it depends on the condition, so I suppose it is lower than 80 now. I do hope you will not have to stay in the hospital for some days, but in case if your doctor likes to check your condition a little more, please be kind to let him do so, please. I really want you to spend such a beautiful season in good health, AM !
@dana. I learned your city of Campina, dana ! Campina has longer history than Tokyo. First I didn't know Ploiesti is the first oil-refinery spot of the world and it was the mid 19th century until you imformed us. Then, I thought I liked to know more about your place. The most of Japanese thinks that the oil is produced and refined only in the Arab nations, the USA, the former USSR, and the North Sea, and a few knows about the things related in Austria.
I live in Shibuya-ku(ward). There are 23 special wards in the central of Tokyo and Shibuya-ku is located in the center area of it. I looked up Internet to find some web-site, but there seems not so good site at this moment. But I guess you remember the movie about the most famous dog in my country. The name is " Hachi " and the movie about the story Hachi was produced by the American film company some years ago, and the real location of the story is at Shibuya Station.
I was so tired yesterday. The place of funeral ceremony is a bit far from here, but his 80 years old widow was very very pleased with my visit from Tokyo. and it was funny that she worried about my 2-day visit and when I left the place and promised her to visit the next day, too,she told me, " Yuko chan(it means "dear", and I think similar to chen in German, however I'm not sure of the spell), as soon as you arrive your home, I think you must leave your home for here. " ....., so I joked her that " Don't worry about it, we live in the same time zone. " It was nice she understood the joke and looked she liked it.
@Nicoletta. At first, I love to say congrats to Dani ! He ran to the finish on Sunday and I feel it great, Nicoletta !
and, I'm so much impressed with you at your remark on my mother, Nicoletta. ..... I was thinking of you during 2-day funeral ceremony last weekends to control my emotion. I thank you very much for your warm-hearted care for me, Nicoletta.
Then, thanks for the links about Escher and Zwitzerland ! I'll check one by one when I have a time. They seem very attractive for me to see, because I'm really fond of knowing and thinking about history ! and it is nice that I can talk with you about them, Nicole !
@Giffy. I learned it is also the same in the US. in black with pearl. btw, Giffy, I know that all men are created equal in your country. and meanwhile in Japan, all men are cremated equally. It is our law. I went to the cremation place on last Sunday(yesterday) and it was the 2nd time for me. The place of location is different from my mom's, but cremation is cremation. I know it's our law and think it is the best way in my country , but it's a tough to be there, however the relatives must attend it if one attends the funeral. So I seriously think about attending the vigil only in the future seems the best for me, at least now I'm thinking that way. sorry for an interesting topic, Giffy. ...
@corinna, @dana, @Nicoletta. I enjoyed quite a lot about krampus, capra, and Samichlaus ! As my country is not the Christian nation, I didn't know about them. I think if I visit my friends in Germany in December, I think I knew them. But I'm very happy to learn about them from you !
In Japan, we have a grand and great Christmas season in December, and I think I once posted the text here that I was educated in the Christian institute from kndergarten to Uni, so I know about it, but most of Japanese people do not much about it and simply enjoy Christams as the biggest seasonal event of the year.
Hope you all enjoy the snow, dear corinna, dana, and Nicoletta !
@Mel. How are things going on? Mel ? I hope you feel fine with the shoulder and the situation of your work.
btw, Mel, I tried CLBYSGRL555@yahoo.com to let you know about the amusing days of my country which I'm sure you find interesting, but in vain. Again due to my pc and my pc skill, I think so. Although I'm still selecting which ones will be possible for all of us to enjoy, I love to let you know when I decide which ones are the nicer. So maybe, I'll post it here during this month. Anyhow, the site you posted takes me to the page of the precious blog and it doesn't look the place to post them now. ...
Hope you enjoy the new week, Mel ! Even if there are anything you don't like, we are with you, so talk to us.
Thank you so much for your nice words!! This afternoon I will go to the doctor. Now I 'm feeling so much much better, I just have some cough, and that is of course bc I still have a cold and that the infection is still there. But I feel so much better and I'm still a very good girl and spend some time on the couch to rest, Ekaterina!! LOL A nice day to you and a big hug from me goes from the north to Tokyo!!
@Ekaterina You never stop to amaze me! You like to know and learn about everything! Is there something uninteresting to you in this world? Kidding, of course! I've heard before about Shibuya and Shibuya Station! And I found some images of Shibuya Christmas, I'm sure you recognize the places! There are beautiful!!!
I'm glad you went slightly over the sad atmosphere at the funeral, I know it wasn't easy for you! And I'm sure you were a very elegant presence there! But were you a good actress, as you wanted?
@ dana Yeah, Im waiting for Rudolph to come home so we can start celebrating the christmas!LOL I think I will let him make the christmas dinner this year! LMAO Or maube we should do it together bc he likes when we make the food together. Spending time together in the kitchen with a good glass of wine, talking, kuddeling and so on... Haha Love you so much my angel! I will send you an e-mail as soon as I've seen my doc today!! LOL
@am. I'm so glad to know you feel much better now, am ! I think the worst condition seems to be over and you head to the full recovery. I hear this winter in Europe is very severe and I imagine the air in the up north is stern, aber Stern must be beautiful there, am ! I wish you'll be able to enjoy the beautiful winter in your place. Visiting doctor is the first step for the best preparation for Christmas ! Please continue to take good care of you, dear am ! Hugs !
So...it's definitely no any fun walking to class in the snow! And I learned that college students have a fear of ice patches! Which we should! Those things are DANGEROUS!!!!!!
@dana Really? There's a day to celebrate my name?! AWESOME!!! :D
@Nicoletta and Ekaterina Hi! I don't believe I ever officially introduced myself! :D Well, I'm Nicole and I'm the young'un of this bunch! :D I'm also the bodyguard, so watch out! :D
I am enjoying may name's day too!! Ha, Ha. Thanks Dana!
@Ekaterina I am happy to hear that you feel well after the busy weekend and especially after attending the funeral. Making a little joke about time zone with the widow is a wonderful sign that you are fine.
Please take your time with all the links about Alfred Escher. I feel a bit guilty because everone, especially you, coming from such a hudge country, has much more to tell about your history.
So, I am collecting the links about Ploiesti and Tokyo, and hopefully I can read them soon.
In Switzerland, snow disappears and we have some dark and rainy days. Grrrrr!! Not so inviting.
Have a peaceful evening and a wonderful week, Ekaterina Chan!!
@dana. It is YOU who always make me amaze, dana ! How do you find these site !?
If you click "More Christmas in Japan Pictures", you find the pic of Ebisu. It is my address in Shibuya-ku.
In the site of sakura(cherry blossom in Japanese), you see Meguro River. Meguro is neighboring ward to Shibuya. It is true that people in my country enjoy watching cherry blossom. In Tokyo the cherry blossom season is from late March to early April and not only the famous spot, but also even at the entrance of our house, there is the cherry blossom tree which is loved by all people walking on the road along our house.
Thanks for these links, dana !
The nearest station from our house is Daikanyama, 3 minutes walk, and from Daikanyama Station, it takes only 2 minutes to Shibuya Station. I'm very much honored that you like the pics of my place, dana !
and I honestly thank you for thinking about me at the funeral..... and I think I was doing well as an actress...;-)))My role was to keep the atmosphere there friendly with the least conversation. Because I didn't think I could learn by heart the long lines. ...:-)))
Have a beautiful evening in snow possibly, dana ! Now I take a bath and go to bed. Good night, and Hugs !
Yes, regarding the race, I forgot to say. The Vikings were great!!!
But my special highlight was Dany Albrecht. He was just great. Nobody did expect that he is already so good on skis.
That was absolutely nice, that he got a standing ovation from the collegues and the spectators.
@AM Hope for you the meeting with the doctor was good. I presume, you are on a good way and it looks like, Rudolph can "fix" the rest. Ha, Ha! Take care, AM!
@Corinna That is wonderful that you had yesterday a goodtime with your niece. Little children in that age are so cute.
The story with the weird the perchten sounds aweful. That is a good solution with the numbers. Some people are just crazy if they wear a mask and a coustume!!
Hopefully you had a quiet Santa Clause day and had not to run away from the perchten?
@Nicole & Nicoletta I'm glad you enjoyed your name's day! I've thought of you the whole day! LOL St. Nicholas brought me sweets, he knows I love them! Haha! @Nicoletta our commentators talked so nicely about Dany Albrecht! I watched him with so much admiration! I'm happy for him!
@Ekaterina I just search Shibuya and I found those links! I love all the pics of Tokyo, there's so much light and so much color! And I found some pics of Ebisu Christmas Lights! They're beautiful!
I remember I saw on tv a report about Cherry Blossom from Japanese Embassy in Bucharest! It was a real holiday! They have there a few cherry trees. Here the cherry blossom season is almost in the same time as in Tokyo!
And I found a very interesting page about Shibuya Fashion!
Today I went to see my doc and it seems like my CRP has gone up from eighty to ninetyfour. My doc didnt understand one bit of it,. LOL He checked my lungs and he couldn't hear one singel biip. But it may be some of the infection that's still there. He said I shall NOT bother about that high siffer bc it's nothing dangorous. I feel in good shape and that is he main thing!I justhave to be patient and take one day at time and everything will be ok!! LOL And Rudolph will help me with the rest. Hehe
@ Corinna I feel fine! Today was the first day in abou wo weeks that I didn't need to sleep during the day. So I think I'm in the right direction. I still have some days left on my medicines and I still have a cold. So like you say, I will take a few more rest days and I'm back in business!! LOL
@dana. Thanks for the links of my neighbor ! and I'm very happy you like my place. But, dana, generally speaking, the city in my country looks rather ugly, I think. Every time I visit Europe ( I've never been in the US yet ), I think its city, town and village are real treasure. I mean all the buildings there have dignity & elegance. As I mentioned, we opened the country to the whole Europe & the US only about 130 years ago. Since then, we have changed our lifestyle dramatically in the way of the then advanced nations such as Germany, France, GB, and so on. But we failed to design the pretty cities like in Europe. I feel some parts of the city look nice, but it's hard to say that the whole balance is nice.
btw, dana, I'm thinking about the 2nd attempt of sarmale. First I'll visit DARIE, but I have to attend the annual class reunion party from my elementary school on Saturday. So I plan to visit DARIE in 18th. I type this text while looking at my schedule, and after having meals there I visit one of the best grocery stores and buy the cabbages. Attention please, dana, it's not a cabbage, but cabbages. The new enamel storage container is large enough for the couple ! Very much excited even before I start it !
@Nicoletta. I enjoyed very very much with the 3 links related to the modernization of Switzerland, ETH, and Herr Escher. I really thank you very much, Nicoletta ! All are so interesting. and I found the name Gottfried Semper in ETH site. I've known his name for years already, because he was the architect of Semper Opera in Dresden.
btw, Nicoletta, I think you are talking about the damask rose. Alexander the Great first found the small pink rose in Damascus on the way to the east or back to the west, and then he brought back it to the place, now in Bulgaria. In Japan people only talks about the damask rose fields in Bulgaria. But I can easily guess that damask rose is cultivated also in other area in eastern Europe. and yes, I think eastern Europe is full of beautiful places with historical interest. I visited Prag in August and thought it beautiful.
It's cloudy in Tokyo with the temperature around 7C - 14C. Don't collapse please, Nicoletta, but we call it " cold ". .....
@Nicole. Hi ! Nicole ! It's Ekaterina. very happy to see you ! Nicole, I'm already looking forward to your report from Pureto Rico. Caribbean Sea sounds fascinating. But it seems there are many things to be done before the Christmas holidays start, Nicole. I hope you enjoy the both period !
I quiet understand you, what you are saying about big cities. Smaller cities have often a lot of charm and history! Exactly what we love, Ekaterina.
I am so happy you liked the links about Alfred Escher, because he really formed Switzerland. There were nobody comparable in Switzerland earlier, and I presume in the future, it is not possible to have such great visions and be able to bring all of them to bearth.
I believe ETH Zurich is well known over the world. It is a huge complex.
Exactly Exaterina, the rose field from Bulgaria. It was just kind of my memories, many years ago. As I was around 20 I worked for a trading company trading with Eastern countries. I knew about the roses from an ingeneer but I did not remember if it is Romania or Bulgaria. The smell of the roses must be so beautiful. My collegue and I got a little flacon with fragrance in it for a present.
Don't worry about temperature, it has changed a lot in Zurich, we have around 5 degrees plus at the moment, but snow will come back.
Have a pleaseant afternoon and a restful evening, Ekaterina.
@AM Nice to hear that you feel much better, AM! It looks like you are on a good way to get sound and healthy very soon. Take care, AM, and not yet big jumps!!!
@Ekaterina Aww! :) Tell your sister I send her a very big Thank you! :D
Don't worry, I will surely tell everyone about my time in Puerto Rico! Unfortunately, I have some time before I go...and so much to do here! :/ But I'll make it! :D
I'm glad the 'stache is gone. Though I'm sad the DH Race was cancelled yesterday. 
Hi Girls
ReplyDeleteToday is another day, another chance for everyone.
Enjoy the race and have fun!
@AM
All the best for your health, AM!! Take care.
@All
Have a beautiful day/evening and enjoy the race!
hi girls!
ReplyDeletecan´t wait for the next race!
today and tomorrow it is "nikolaus" here in germany! and the "nikolaus" comes home the little kids and bring some little presents to them! sometimes he comes today and sometimes first tomorrow!
i wish you all a great sunday!
@ Nicoletta Thank you so much!! I feel much better already but I still will take time to rest. Have a nice day and enjoy the race today!!
ReplyDelete@ Mel Oh I loved his mo and beard!! LOL
@am how to you feel today? much better, what do you think is the doc tomorrow saying?hospital or not?
ReplyDeleteget some rest and great sunday to you!
Hei girls!
ReplyDelete@Nicoletta thanks, have a nice day too!
@Corinna We call him Saint Nicholas (Nicolae) and he brings sweets and little presents on kids' boots, only if the boots are very clean and if the kids were good over the year! If they were bad Saint Nicholas put a stick for them in the boots! Even so, he always brings sweets! So I think he may bring me a stick but also sweets! Haha!
@AM altid mer!! LOL
@dana haha here it is nearly the same! but the kids don´t get a stick when they weren´t good all the year! then the "krampus" comes with the "nikolaus" also the saint nicholas!
ReplyDeleteit looks then like this!
http://www.lungau.at/typo3temp/pics/1cd20d8326.jpg
in austria the "krampus" is calling "perchten" and they are more scary then the german "krampus" down there is a pic!
http://www.wienweb.at/pictures/pict18/big/wg18098.jpg
http://www.soisses.at/wp-content/gallery/perchtenlauf-gmund-2007/krampus-perchten-gmuend-10.jpg
in austria there are also "perchtenläufe" there you getting run with the perchten and they follow you and then when it is bad you get some beats of him!
they are sometimes real bad! here in my region they all need a number like a bib! so you know who it is and when that one real bad hurts you then you can go to the director or to the police to tell them that! but thanks god that don´t happen to much! some years ago some of the austrians come to my region also with some dogs and they also let the dogs run after you and that is real bad! but since that thing with the numbers it is a lot better!
Hi Girls
ReplyDeleteYou brought me of an idea, look at my picture, isn't it a nice picture or not??
I think, a tiny St. Nicolas is an adequate pic for me. Ha, Ha.
Let's have a trial. If we can see something .....
Have problems, try again, wanted to show the pic with the comment.
ReplyDelete@nicoletta how cute! i love it!
ReplyDeletemy little niece is coming soon and then she get also something form the saint nicolas but she is to young that he is really coming home, she just get something from us to play
@Corinna We have "capra"-the goat, but is more funny than scary and it's peaceful, not like your krampus! LOL
ReplyDelete@Nicoletta So sweet! I love your pic!!! LOL
Okay, Ladies, sorry but I am SO happy that No shave November is OVER!!! I hated that facial hair!!! I like him clean-shaven! :D
ReplyDeleteHello Girls
ReplyDeleteWe call the St. Nicolas in Swiss German "Samichlaus" and he has his own Tram with the name "Märlitram" in Zurich during Christmas time.
Little children have so much fun to ride with that Tram. The Samichlaus is the driver and there are always two angles on board. They serve Christmas cookies and peanuts, sing Christmas songs with the children and tell them a Christmas fairytale.
Here a link:
http://www.energy.ch/programm/id/maerlitram-in-zuerich/
Enjoy the race and enjoy St. Nicolaus Day tomorrow!!!
Seems like Aksel and Kjetil will do pretty well. Kjetil did an awesome run!!
ReplyDelete@ corinna I'm feeling better so I hope that my doc dont put me in a hospital. The strange thing is that I feel much better at night then during the day!! LOL
@AM Kjetil was great on this first run, Aksel the same! Good job!
ReplyDeleteYou'll be fine, baby, you'll see! I have this feeling! ...mer!! LOL
@dana and am yes real good job of both, so let see what the second run will bring
ReplyDelete@am i cross my fingers for you that you don´t need to go to the hospital! haha so you feel goog during the night but this is a good thing so you can sleep good! or?
@ Corinna Hi girl! How are you? How was your day? Ready for a new week of work?
ReplyDeleteTake care with those Krampus tomorrow! Haha!
@dana this krampus are today and tomorrow. but thank god i´m in work tomorrow and there are nothing of them! i know some couple of years ago we went for a walk with the dog, my neighbour and i and suddenly 15 of these krampus were only 100 m away from us with sticks and iron chains in their hands, we run so fast into the next street and hide us behind a big hedge and thanks god they didn´t find us, i called after this my dad and he came with the car and was driving beside us with it, bc the dog needed to go and do what he had to do!
ReplyDeletethe good thing is that during the day they are not here only when it is getting dark and only from 5 pm to 9pm!
@dana oh i forget my day was great so far, my little niece was the whole afternoon here and we had played and was out in the snow
ReplyDeletebtw i had written you a e-mail
i´m a bit confused!
ReplyDeletethe austrian commentators said that als and jm are going to marry next year in may on maui, bc there she is during the summer and train a lot there! does someone else heared something about this?
i think they just make a joke, bc they talked before about the wedding from lv and that maria riesch is going to marry next year and i think that they maybe mean that it would be funny when also jm and als are going to marry next year and bc of jm train a lot in maui that there would be the perfect place for it
@am did you heared something about this on the norway press?
ReplyDelete@ corinna NO I haven't heard anything about a wedding in the norwegian media!!!! If Aksel has any plans on marry this woman I dont think he so stupid that he's doing something like that without living with her for a while - in the same country. But that's just my opinion!! LOL
ReplyDelete@AM.
ReplyDeleteI think you're sleeping right now and visit your doctor after you get up.
CRP is just one of the materials to judge the health, but AM, so long as I know, 80 is considerably high. But CRP is always changing and it depends on the condition, so I suppose it is lower than 80 now. I do hope you will not have to stay in the hospital for some days, but in case if your doctor likes to check your condition a little more, please be kind to let him do so, please. I really want you to spend such a beautiful season in good health, AM !
@dana.
ReplyDeleteI learned your city of Campina, dana ! Campina has longer history than Tokyo.
First I didn't know Ploiesti is the first oil-refinery spot of the world and it was the mid 19th century until you imformed us. Then, I thought I liked to know more about your place.
The most of Japanese thinks that the oil is produced and refined only in the Arab nations, the USA, the former USSR, and the North Sea, and a few knows about the things related in Austria.
I live in Shibuya-ku(ward). There are 23 special wards in the central of Tokyo and Shibuya-ku is located in the center area of it. I looked up Internet to find some web-site, but there seems not so good site at this moment. But I guess you remember the movie about the most famous dog in my country. The name is " Hachi " and the movie about the story Hachi was produced by the American film company some years ago, and the real location of the story is at Shibuya Station.
I was so tired yesterday. The place of funeral ceremony is a bit far from here, but his 80 years old widow was very very pleased with my visit from Tokyo. and it was funny that she worried about my 2-day visit and when I left the place and promised her to visit the next day, too,she told me, " Yuko chan(it means "dear", and I think similar to chen in German, however I'm not sure of the spell), as soon as you arrive your home, I think you must leave your home for here. " ....., so I joked her that " Don't worry about it, we live in the same time zone. " It was nice she understood the joke and looked she liked it.
Have a beautiful new week, dana !
@Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteAt first, I love to say congrats to Dani ! He ran to the finish on Sunday and I feel it great, Nicoletta !
and, I'm so much impressed with you at your remark on my mother, Nicoletta. ..... I was thinking of you during 2-day funeral ceremony last weekends to control my emotion. I thank you very much for your warm-hearted care for me, Nicoletta.
Then, thanks for the links about Escher and Zwitzerland ! I'll check one by one when I have a time. They seem very attractive for me to see, because I'm really fond of knowing and thinking about history ! and it is nice that I can talk with you about them, Nicole !
Have a pleasant new week, Nicoletta !
@Giffy.
ReplyDeleteI learned it is also the same in the US. in black with pearl.
btw, Giffy, I know that all men are created equal in your country. and meanwhile in Japan, all men are cremated equally. It is our law. I went to the cremation place on last Sunday(yesterday) and it was the 2nd time for me. The place of location is different from my mom's, but cremation is cremation. I know it's our law and think it is the best way in my country , but it's a tough to be there, however the relatives must attend it if one attends the funeral. So I seriously think about attending the vigil only in the future seems the best for me, at least now I'm thinking that way. sorry for an interesting topic, Giffy. ...
Have a happy new week in lovely month, Giffy !
@corinna, @dana, @Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed quite a lot about krampus, capra, and Samichlaus ! As my country is not the Christian nation, I didn't know about them. I think if I visit my friends in Germany in December, I think I knew them. But I'm very happy to learn about them from you !
In Japan, we have a grand and great Christmas season in December, and I think I once posted the text here that I was educated in the Christian institute from kndergarten to Uni, so I know about it, but most of Japanese people do not much about it and simply enjoy Christams as the biggest seasonal event of the year.
Hope you all enjoy the snow, dear corinna, dana, and Nicoletta !
@Mel.
ReplyDeleteHow are things going on? Mel ? I hope you feel fine with the shoulder and the situation of your work.
btw, Mel, I tried CLBYSGRL555@yahoo.com to let you know about the amusing days of my country which I'm sure you find interesting, but in vain. Again due to my pc and my pc skill, I think so. Although I'm still selecting which ones will be possible for all of us to enjoy, I love to let you know when I decide which ones are the nicer. So maybe, I'll post it here during this month. Anyhow, the site you posted takes me to the page of the precious blog and it doesn't look the place to post them now. ...
Hope you enjoy the new week, Mel ! Even if there are anything you don't like, we are with you, so talk to us.
@ Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for your nice words!! This afternoon I will go to the doctor. Now I
'm feeling so much much better, I just have some cough, and that is of course bc I still have a cold and that the infection is still there. But I feel so much better and I'm still a very good girl and spend some time on the couch to rest, Ekaterina!! LOL A nice day to you and a big hug from me goes from the north to Tokyo!!
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteYou never stop to amaze me! You like to know and learn about everything! Is there something uninteresting to you in this world? Kidding, of course!
I've heard before about Shibuya and Shibuya Station! And I found some images of Shibuya Christmas, I'm sure you recognize the places! There are beautiful!!!
http://gojapan.about.com/od/tokyophotogallery/ig/Shibuya-Christmas-Pictures/
And some wonderful pictures of Cherry Blossom in Tokyo! Don't you feel their sweet fragrance?
http://www.japan-guide.com/blog/sakura10/100405_tokyo.html
I'm glad you went slightly over the sad atmosphere at the funeral, I know it wasn't easy for you!
And I'm sure you were a very elegant presence there! But were you a good actress, as you wanted?
Have a beautiful day, Ekaterina! Hugs!
@AM
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you feel better! Take care of you if you want to get Rudolph as a Christmas present! LOL
LKH
@Nicole & Nicoletta
Congrats on your name's day! We celebrate all the ppl named Nicolas, Nicole, Nicoleta, Nick etc! Hugs and kisses!
@All have a wonderful Monday!
@ dana Yeah, Im waiting for Rudolph to come home so we can start celebrating the christmas!LOL I think I will let him make the christmas dinner this year! LMAO Or maube we should do it together bc he likes when we make the food together. Spending time together in the kitchen with a good glass of wine, talking, kuddeling and so on... Haha
ReplyDeleteLove you so much my angel! I will send you an e-mail as soon as I've seen my doc today!! LOL
@am.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad to know you feel much better now, am ! I think the worst condition seems to be over and you head to the full recovery.
I hear this winter in Europe is very severe and I imagine the air in the up north is stern, aber Stern must be beautiful there, am !
I wish you'll be able to enjoy the beautiful winter in your place. Visiting doctor is the first step for the best preparation for Christmas ! Please continue to take good care of you, dear am ! Hugs !
So...it's definitely no any fun walking to class in the snow! And I learned that college students have a fear of ice patches! Which we should! Those things are DANGEROUS!!!!!!
ReplyDelete@dana Really? There's a day to celebrate my name?! AWESOME!!! :D
ReplyDelete@Nicoletta and Ekaterina
Hi! I don't believe I ever officially introduced myself! :D Well, I'm Nicole and I'm the young'un of this bunch! :D I'm also the bodyguard, so watch out! :D
Have an awesome Monday Ladies!
Hi Girls
ReplyDeleteHappy Santa Clause Day to all!!
I am enjoying may name's day too!! Ha, Ha. Thanks Dana!
@Ekaterina
I am happy to hear that you feel well after the busy weekend and especially after attending the funeral.
Making a little joke about time zone with the widow is a wonderful sign that you are fine.
Please take your time with all the links about Alfred Escher. I feel a bit guilty because everone, especially you, coming from such a hudge country, has much more to tell about your history.
So, I am collecting the links about Ploiesti and Tokyo, and hopefully I can read them soon.
In Switzerland, snow disappears and we have some dark and rainy days. Grrrrr!! Not so inviting.
Have a peaceful evening and a wonderful week, Ekaterina Chan!!
@dana.
ReplyDeleteIt is YOU who always make me amaze, dana !
How do you find these site !?
If you click "More Christmas in Japan Pictures", you find the pic of Ebisu. It is my address in Shibuya-ku.
In the site of sakura(cherry blossom in Japanese), you see Meguro River. Meguro is neighboring ward to Shibuya. It is true that people in my country enjoy watching cherry blossom. In Tokyo the cherry blossom season is from late March to early April and not only the famous spot, but also even at the entrance of our house, there is the cherry blossom tree which is loved by all people walking on the road along our house.
Thanks for these links, dana !
The nearest station from our house is Daikanyama, 3 minutes walk, and from Daikanyama Station, it takes only 2 minutes to Shibuya Station. I'm very much honored that you like the pics of my place, dana !
and I honestly thank you for thinking about me at the funeral..... and I think I was doing well as an actress...;-)))My role was to keep the atmosphere there friendly with the least conversation. Because I didn't think I
could learn by heart the long lines. ...:-)))
Have a beautiful evening in snow possibly, dana ! Now I take a bath and go to bed. Good night, and Hugs !
@Dana
ReplyDeleteAs I said before, when I have time I have to look for some infos about Romania, and especially Ploiesti.
Do you have these huge fields with roses, supposed to make fragrance of them?
Eastern countries are in general beautiful, I now already some parts of Hungary and Tschechien (Prag) and South Bohemia.
Have a wonderful evening, Dana.
Ha, Ha, Ekaterina is "on the road too"....
ReplyDeleteYes, regarding the race, I forgot to say. The Vikings were great!!!
But my special highlight was Dany Albrecht. He was just great. Nobody did expect that he is already so good on skis.
That was absolutely nice, that he got a standing ovation from the collegues and the spectators.
@AM
Hope for you the meeting with the doctor was good. I presume, you are on a good way and it looks like, Rudolph can "fix" the rest. Ha, Ha!
Take care, AM!
@Nicole
ReplyDeletePleased to meet you Nicole!
My real name is Nicole too, so we are already two enjoying our name's day!
Be carful with the ice patches. You need good boots!
Have a pleasant day!!
@Corinna
ReplyDeleteThat is wonderful that you had yesterday a goodtime with your niece. Little children in that age are so cute.
The story with the weird the perchten sounds aweful. That is a good solution with the numbers. Some people are just crazy if they wear a mask and a coustume!!
Hopefully you had a quiet Santa Clause day and had not to run away from the perchten?
@Nicole & Nicoletta
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you enjoyed your name's day! I've thought of you the whole day! LOL St. Nicholas brought me sweets, he knows I love them! Haha!
@Nicoletta
our commentators talked so nicely about Dany Albrecht! I watched him with so much admiration! I'm happy for him!
@Ekaterina
I just search Shibuya and I found those links! I love all the pics of Tokyo, there's so much light and so much color! And I found some pics of Ebisu Christmas Lights! They're beautiful!
http://gojapan.about.com/od/tokyophotogallery/ig/Tokyo-Ebisu-Christmas-Pictures/Tokyo-Ebisu-Christmas-4.htm
I remember I saw on tv a report about Cherry Blossom from Japanese Embassy in Bucharest! It was a real holiday! They have there a few cherry trees. Here the cherry blossom season is almost in the same time as in Tokyo!
And I found a very interesting page about Shibuya Fashion!
http://www.japaneselifestyle.com.au/japan_picture/shibuya-fashion-thumbs-39-page-1.html
I'll search more about Shibuya-Tokyo-Japan! It's exciting! I love it!
Sleep well, dear Ekaterina! Hugs!
@am i be sure that they just make a joke! i can´t say why but my feeling is like that! how do you feel today!
ReplyDelete@nicoletta i had a quite working day today with out perchten or something like this!
hope everyone had a great day
@ Nicoletta and Corinna
ReplyDeleteToday I went to see my doc and it seems like my CRP has gone up from eighty to ninetyfour. My doc didnt understand one bit of it,. LOL He checked my lungs and he couldn't hear one singel biip. But it may be some of the infection that's still there. He said I shall NOT bother about that high siffer bc it's nothing dangorous. I feel in good shape and that is he main thing!I justhave to be patient and take one day at time and everything will be ok!! LOL And Rudolph will help me with the rest. Hehe
@am ok i think it doesn´t sounds so bad!
ReplyDeleteso take some days more rest and i be sure you will be fine again!
@ Corinna I feel fine! Today was the first day in abou wo weeks that I didn't need to sleep during the day. So I think I'm in the right direction. I still have some days left on my medicines and I still have a cold. So like you say, I will take a few more rest days and I'm back in business!! LOL
ReplyDelete@dana.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the links of my neighbor ! and I'm very happy you like my place.
But, dana, generally speaking, the city in my country looks rather ugly, I think. Every time I visit Europe ( I've never been in the US yet ), I think its city, town and village are real treasure. I mean all the buildings there have dignity & elegance. As I mentioned, we opened the country to the whole Europe & the US only about 130 years ago. Since then, we have changed our lifestyle dramatically in the way of the then advanced nations such as Germany, France, GB, and so on. But we failed to design the pretty cities like in Europe. I feel some parts of the city look nice, but it's hard to say that the whole balance is nice.
btw, dana, I'm thinking about the 2nd attempt of sarmale. First I'll visit DARIE, but I have to attend the annual class reunion party from my elementary school on Saturday. So I plan to visit DARIE in 18th. I type this text while looking at my schedule, and after having meals there I visit one of the best grocery stores and buy the cabbages. Attention please, dana, it's not a cabbage, but cabbages. The new enamel storage container is large enough for the couple ! Very much excited even before I start it !
Have a nice day in pretty Campina, dana !
@Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed very very much with the 3 links related to the modernization of Switzerland, ETH, and Herr Escher. I really thank you very much, Nicoletta ! All are so interesting. and I found the name Gottfried Semper in ETH site. I've known his name for years already, because he was the architect of Semper Opera in Dresden.
btw, Nicoletta, I think you are talking about the damask rose. Alexander the Great first found the small pink rose in Damascus on the way to the east or back to the west, and then he brought back it to the place, now in Bulgaria. In Japan people only talks about the damask rose fields in Bulgaria. But I can easily guess that damask rose is cultivated also in other area in eastern Europe. and yes, I think eastern Europe is full of beautiful places with historical interest. I visited Prag in August and thought it beautiful.
It's cloudy in Tokyo with the temperature around 7C - 14C. Don't collapse please, Nicoletta, but we call it " cold ". .....
Hope you have a fine day, Nicoletta !
@Nicole.
ReplyDeleteHi ! Nicole ! It's Ekaterina. very happy to see you !
Nicole, I'm already looking forward to your report from Pureto Rico. Caribbean Sea sounds fascinating. But it seems there are many things to be done before the Christmas holidays start, Nicole. I hope you enjoy the both period !
Best regard from my baby sister to your Dina !
@Nicoletta.
ReplyDeleteI think I had better be careful.
It is between +7C and +14C. and we call it cold. Japanese are short of courage. .....
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteI quiet understand you, what you are saying about big cities. Smaller cities have often a lot of charm and history! Exactly what we love, Ekaterina.
I am so happy you liked the links about Alfred Escher, because he really formed Switzerland. There were nobody comparable in Switzerland earlier, and I presume in the future, it is not possible to have such great visions and be able to bring all of them to bearth.
I believe ETH Zurich is well known over the world. It is a huge complex.
Exactly Exaterina, the rose field from Bulgaria. It was just kind of my memories, many years ago. As I was around 20 I worked for a trading company trading with Eastern countries. I knew about the roses from an ingeneer but I did not remember if it is Romania or Bulgaria. The smell of the roses must be so beautiful. My collegue and I got a little flacon with fragrance in it for a present.
Don't worry about temperature, it has changed a lot in Zurich, we have around 5 degrees plus at the moment, but snow will come back.
Have a pleaseant afternoon and a restful evening, Ekaterina.
@AM
ReplyDeleteNice to hear that you feel much better, AM! It looks like you are on a good way to get sound and healthy very soon.
Take care, AM, and not yet big jumps!!!
@All
Have a happy day!!
@Ekaterina
ReplyDeleteAww! :) Tell your sister I send her a very big Thank you! :D
Don't worry, I will surely tell everyone about my time in Puerto Rico! Unfortunately, I have some time before I go...and so much to do here! :/ But I'll make it! :D
Have a great Tuesday Ladies!
The unbelievable story of Daniel Albrecht's comeback. Worth to translate with google. Hope you like to read it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.skionline.ch/index.php?section=news&cmd=details&newsid=21594&teaserId=14
maybe this link is better:
http://www.skionline.ch/national