tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24150999573273130262024-02-20T02:19:36.578+01:00RO&rohttp://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tWrhJYk-UEQ/SYUC_9ux78I/AAAAAAAAAnU/ooaNWS605vE/S1600-R/header4.jpgUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-70137777342806788492009-09-03T23:21:00.003+01:002009-09-04T00:11:54.408+01:00Three weeks of fun!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkl03lXsHCbtHcP80SzHgK_AkN_krooQYFsFOvIfUUdz_KWvMtvEaJNrGyExgwqg-d5zF6neQDFfcQXaBzFhKRzxev76CrGkJROcYzgfIf-kUK-1jyvRefYx7XSCKabFxMvbsNLD_OoC8/s1600-h/IMG_3194.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfkl03lXsHCbtHcP80SzHgK_AkN_krooQYFsFOvIfUUdz_KWvMtvEaJNrGyExgwqg-d5zF6neQDFfcQXaBzFhKRzxev76CrGkJROcYzgfIf-kUK-1jyvRefYx7XSCKabFxMvbsNLD_OoC8/s200/IMG_3194.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378985586082722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeqsj2nSloV5Rqn4g8P_YojYBVbBx0TN3QGNXpCqptkXYxpY6qbcrI0KvguVeoCt-O4CZYNRhnxDz2KBrzayJLWpJhKFU0UEDTTcHjxt3jO1IrMmSA5xMmMYL_bldbV1ebNTp8pYNdvD6/s1600-h/IMG_3134.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeqsj2nSloV5Rqn4g8P_YojYBVbBx0TN3QGNXpCqptkXYxpY6qbcrI0KvguVeoCt-O4CZYNRhnxDz2KBrzayJLWpJhKFU0UEDTTcHjxt3jO1IrMmSA5xMmMYL_bldbV1ebNTp8pYNdvD6/s200/IMG_3134.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378982534853842" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEeLqxAtjOUY_G748kCudhFo5CxbA_F3Tg7dIgrsrzWf5pGiLYdvnjq56hFC-olcRbyXpAzzn_jlr0qCBDndjTI6KrCC4-vFZrA6rZYUFdNTWfeYIXLeXQKApsox4xlBga3Unjq390hWW/s1600-h/IMG_5041.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBEeLqxAtjOUY_G748kCudhFo5CxbA_F3Tg7dIgrsrzWf5pGiLYdvnjq56hFC-olcRbyXpAzzn_jlr0qCBDndjTI6KrCC4-vFZrA6rZYUFdNTWfeYIXLeXQKApsox4xlBga3Unjq390hWW/s200/IMG_5041.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378975089125410" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCrAjuhtF5PjU2WwrCuAGKGySEyZ3KObzNqqWrsYGNyjKjjZam-kgxHeidcBcQ3Qz5XFscNH1ItjPKytvpRENCtyz0dex6U9B5hXmaWPQfFpEJBcoSHLRT9zA1lTdiA3MPAj6HXjITYTV/s1600-h/IMG_5003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjCrAjuhtF5PjU2WwrCuAGKGySEyZ3KObzNqqWrsYGNyjKjjZam-kgxHeidcBcQ3Qz5XFscNH1ItjPKytvpRENCtyz0dex6U9B5hXmaWPQfFpEJBcoSHLRT9zA1lTdiA3MPAj6HXjITYTV/s200/IMG_5003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378962508592802" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bCrLCItCkeMKMFbVDPF5Dx_ZICPX3UZZcMDfjRO3CEb7LHMgiBU5DOJwBUzKEsnWW25lY3bE_POR7zwLowFgdM9Kac42mwMYP5ugo0rku67Zam5l9Sq8eHLNJ6b5B3mPCWVr4bhwSqvo/s1600-h/IMG_3103.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_bCrLCItCkeMKMFbVDPF5Dx_ZICPX3UZZcMDfjRO3CEb7LHMgiBU5DOJwBUzKEsnWW25lY3bE_POR7zwLowFgdM9Kac42mwMYP5ugo0rku67Zam5l9Sq8eHLNJ6b5B3mPCWVr4bhwSqvo/s200/IMG_3103.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377378960947544546" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Our second home is in Old Greenwich/Stamford, USA. For three weeks we enjoyed wonderful people, lot's of music, sea food, hot sun, blue water, Ben&Jerry's ice cream, deck parties, family feeling, squirrels, home made Japanese cuisine, Woodstock/Bethel, roller coasters, blueberries, and mainly friends. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-73386427271916684082009-09-03T22:14:00.006+01:002009-09-04T00:13:15.556+01:00A little update<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRL6qcUshcssF2cg2ENa5nJRVtBBECu1nX4K7K5P8cHe1n3YMiMs0KphLYfNjwKiFCrc8imZUK_vG4Yn20JTPFy1zeVPoyWnoeVkoGNJC8pIRVpzmWDt08FooGs-7f2HwzZtA1FK2BQxq/s1600-h/DSCF8486.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkRL6qcUshcssF2cg2ENa5nJRVtBBECu1nX4K7K5P8cHe1n3YMiMs0KphLYfNjwKiFCrc8imZUK_vG4Yn20JTPFy1zeVPoyWnoeVkoGNJC8pIRVpzmWDt08FooGs-7f2HwzZtA1FK2BQxq/s400/DSCF8486.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377369112820283538" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: lucida grande;font-size:100%;" >Wow, it's been a loooong time since I have posted last. Four months have passed . . . and we are doing great. In the meantime I have successfully completed the project in Neuhausen, slept three weeks with ro on our balkony -- due to perfectly star-clear summernights and exciting thunderstorms, have had a car accident with a deer :-(, moved out, and enjoyed three weeks in CT.<br />And at the moment I am in "Nowhere-Land". I am done with the "old" life, but have not arrived in the "new" life yet. A special situation, which gives you a lot of time to get ready for the jump. Yes, we are jumping again!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-41211886597142044962009-05-07T15:12:00.007+01:002009-05-07T16:01:24.865+01:00An adventures day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RgICDDLXVrxQG0y7RYNrlPcXg60YIUodifysqDe5y-YBK7NSbcaUFUXjfZZSsuJiweEi3TEKdI1a7rP8uzutN6pako6SwOw9O8WV3PK0fj6Dv9-2WtIibkJlnP32fHNFngVZzT3SyFMR/s1600-h/20090502_31.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0RgICDDLXVrxQG0y7RYNrlPcXg60YIUodifysqDe5y-YBK7NSbcaUFUXjfZZSsuJiweEi3TEKdI1a7rP8uzutN6pako6SwOw9O8WV3PK0fj6Dv9-2WtIibkJlnP32fHNFngVZzT3SyFMR/s400/20090502_31.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333095790962382610" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswICWkiXXSnP221aaSWkBwuigGRe3jBRs3-nVbIjA35_HYXy-ofxzPLE2Y-nDMQEZmRc3RhtRlCsA-Z6afN_GXwC0pqchzRAE_2vhXS5Neq0_A6h2JkdkzrmByH-o1a1e_wQ7ca2K-JpX/s1600-h/20090502_20.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswICWkiXXSnP221aaSWkBwuigGRe3jBRs3-nVbIjA35_HYXy-ofxzPLE2Y-nDMQEZmRc3RhtRlCsA-Z6afN_GXwC0pqchzRAE_2vhXS5Neq0_A6h2JkdkzrmByH-o1a1e_wQ7ca2K-JpX/s400/20090502_20.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333088119715009986" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Have you ever been to a "High-Wire-Garden"??? Well, we have. My sister and I gave our dad for his Birthday a gift certificate for him and his family to experience this adventure.</span><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I can only recommend that -- it was so much fun. You have to imagine being high up on a platform in a tree (of course you are saved to a rope). You look over to the other tree, and then . . . JUMP . . . just like Tarzan hanging on a rope. You climb from tree to tree and there are always different possibilities to get there. ro and I were totally in our elements as you can see.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtQYKM_IVOgcUAwAbiG1Ipx1db5ERZvmWJ0xja4-bwUZ0IXRKgmrugjReXkErErl485enfGK4VIjHWzehPRiO9BKKxfzXXKHWAAfJXmcnHRIUm4uCl_XEy6SuDHGh55A0dSbl-U0E_GvK/s1600-h/CIMG8774.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtQYKM_IVOgcUAwAbiG1Ipx1db5ERZvmWJ0xja4-bwUZ0IXRKgmrugjReXkErErl485enfGK4VIjHWzehPRiO9BKKxfzXXKHWAAfJXmcnHRIUm4uCl_XEy6SuDHGh55A0dSbl-U0E_GvK/s400/CIMG8774.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333094806209173538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NkfY4biffKKKmOUSDU6fipi34_yvcI00vFpbYECOLCH5KRt462MMM3hyphenhyphenUZp3c_Y5Nb-bhCH6AkVAo_TUkMXpkPagXVSFx-ECdtNOEZvQ1y2MTecuXifJlIhKoPnybGVgxoToz4eL5jE_/s1600-h/CIMG8790.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1NkfY4biffKKKmOUSDU6fipi34_yvcI00vFpbYECOLCH5KRt462MMM3hyphenhyphenUZp3c_Y5Nb-bhCH6AkVAo_TUkMXpkPagXVSFx-ECdtNOEZvQ1y2MTecuXifJlIhKoPnybGVgxoToz4eL5jE_/s400/CIMG8790.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333094816064278386" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-14754256834560613842009-04-14T15:33:00.003+01:002009-04-16T17:11:36.829+01:00Summer feelin'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7__R2INi5yCLuSoBgz3Fxm2xAXC7XfDDuhAhtQVi-HHXjdlKgH3rrU21wYtd3GV5eBYoJ6w4LB7AvVwFL35Ev3r-Y9gnt0YsVCi-yYJPJSa24nwyk0jhh0-QMZmlR3m4NMbekSoIKXJr/s1600-h/IMG_1499.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7__R2INi5yCLuSoBgz3Fxm2xAXC7XfDDuhAhtQVi-HHXjdlKgH3rrU21wYtd3GV5eBYoJ6w4LB7AvVwFL35Ev3r-Y9gnt0YsVCi-yYJPJSa24nwyk0jhh0-QMZmlR3m4NMbekSoIKXJr/s400/IMG_1499.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298472200494946" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7bp-sk5tY-kiXHgVpIOw47B39FTpwJAwGOvA1CpjFb_r8zel9oZKxTOqTLcMYdRYWukiootnhjOUhOKq9zqw0NujhDredKtgQutvrkvouscn1xaeXutdUqRwB1YS5RuOuwzf4Ts8-6fK/s1600-h/IMG_2561.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR7bp-sk5tY-kiXHgVpIOw47B39FTpwJAwGOvA1CpjFb_r8zel9oZKxTOqTLcMYdRYWukiootnhjOUhOKq9zqw0NujhDredKtgQutvrkvouscn1xaeXutdUqRwB1YS5RuOuwzf4Ts8-6fK/s400/IMG_2561.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325298476280414754" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >We had a wonderful Easter -- For the last three weeks we have had temperatures between 70 and 75° Fahrenheit. The cleaned up balkony with it's little table, the first herbs and colourful hammock seems huge and inviting at these temperatures. Meanwhile the vegetation is all green, flowers are in colours, people are in their best moods, and the farm animals around us have babies. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >I took a few days off to spend some time with the people I love. In the short time of a few days I have been very active -- we did horseback riding and biking in Brandenburg, canoeing in </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreewald">Spreewald</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >, and rock climbing at the </span><a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family: lucida grande;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbsandsteingebirge">Elbsandsteingebirge</a><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . couldn't have gotten more out of this summer weather!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-66086136419740545332009-03-16T17:53:00.002+01:002009-03-16T18:15:51.090+01:00Balance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyJGTFDmkhBAgkYG0TBvJKLGxzMRIeEzVhgzEyb-pAkKCAI4bzdubgEkkoWz7vI5yATeMKOJXJTRovRE0GRDUpK1LyoDfbuDyCsWzKAtbfercN4nz-J8EblFiqVk1zNzgWWKgvxVDEpmR/s1600-h/pferd.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZyJGTFDmkhBAgkYG0TBvJKLGxzMRIeEzVhgzEyb-pAkKCAI4bzdubgEkkoWz7vI5yATeMKOJXJTRovRE0GRDUpK1LyoDfbuDyCsWzKAtbfercN4nz-J8EblFiqVk1zNzgWWKgvxVDEpmR/s400/pferd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5313830497662531378" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">I think I found my balance to my mother- and social worker role. On the back of a horse in nature I can only be myself. That's just as important. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Ich glaube ich habe meinen Ausgleich zur täglichen Mutter- und Sozialarbeiter Rolle gefunden. Auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes kann ich einfach nur ich selbst sein. Das ist genau so wichtig. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-83236860867134541992009-03-02T19:47:00.004+01:002009-03-02T22:13:14.673+01:00Fasching/ Mardi Gras<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fd3WqBdfKzpuqiqJ2GJHljfenRZaqK4xKND7uzC9o5BgBCkDPGVYV6ziWaBsgYkFJ_Sud01IZRwcZK4KIvK1J7heCEtB0Z2cdanZHNAVrLSeO7I5w-dgi0NUyASIjWBK-s0dda5oVEad/s1600-h/IMG_1223.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fd3WqBdfKzpuqiqJ2GJHljfenRZaqK4xKND7uzC9o5BgBCkDPGVYV6ziWaBsgYkFJ_Sud01IZRwcZK4KIvK1J7heCEtB0Z2cdanZHNAVrLSeO7I5w-dgi0NUyASIjWBK-s0dda5oVEad/s400/IMG_1223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308664855378043218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Hallo! Darf ich mich vorstellen . . . ich bin der Seeräuber und mache Jagd auf jedes Gummibärchen. Also her damit, sonst geht's euch mit meinen zwei Säbeln an den Kragen! </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-family:lucida grande;" >Hello! May I introduce myself to you . . . I am a pirate and I go hunting for gummy bears. So, give me your gummy bears! Otherwise you are in for it now! </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-9884814638328391352009-02-13T08:26:00.003+01:002009-02-13T13:57:24.153+01:00Juggling Convention in Dresden, Germany<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9GvPW2Lcq859qpB2pyy2wYhhRkpHHJLlRLUHDKez0mV4R-2CmZhSsAAscnj8wurKo0MLjj12j4mlVN6By8JnFSSbNT_bsd2FH1aPLi2-mw6cr8aWnkttNziI28TMn4r_Cwtl7H7bYjJ6/s1600-h/CIMG8085.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9GvPW2Lcq859qpB2pyy2wYhhRkpHHJLlRLUHDKez0mV4R-2CmZhSsAAscnj8wurKo0MLjj12j4mlVN6By8JnFSSbNT_bsd2FH1aPLi2-mw6cr8aWnkttNziI28TMn4r_Cwtl7H7bYjJ6/s400/CIMG8085.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302181059405080050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdVuL_tVYKE3pUJ4WUm8UZIIocTTmga_7zUr4gAPPf6QBiu6QQ_y-OEsIxwkZNpdW06-x53UnKdUeX3fmssS2L7wZx7_LQnP_cyrWV75PvobUA0HgWduh248d3JOdE3pfm7wt0j1wuJT7/s1600-h/IMG_1064.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzdVuL_tVYKE3pUJ4WUm8UZIIocTTmga_7zUr4gAPPf6QBiu6QQ_y-OEsIxwkZNpdW06-x53UnKdUeX3fmssS2L7wZx7_LQnP_cyrWV75PvobUA0HgWduh248d3JOdE3pfm7wt0j1wuJT7/s400/IMG_1064.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302181063750973122" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:lucida grande;" >The gym was built into the ground. When we came in the main entrance, we found ourselfs already on the first floor. Straight ahead was a huge window from where you can look down into the hall. We came in and automatically saw this enourmious glas front, which gave us the first impression -- hundreds of juggling clubs, - balls, and - rings flying through the air. It looked amazing!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:lucida grande;" >Last weekend nearly hundred jugglers got together in Dresden, which is known as one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. Of course Ro&ro in the midst of it all !!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-family:lucida grande;" >ro walked on walking globes and on a rope. But most of the time she was busy with her new friend she found. I took advantage and tried to find new juggling tricks I could use and teach my students. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Die Halle war in den Boden hineingebaut. Als wir in durch den Haupteingang hinein kamen, satnden wir bereits im ersten Stock. Direkt vor uns erstreckte sich ein riesiges Fenster, durch welches man hinunter in die Halle blicken konnte. Wir traten also ein und sahen automatisch diese reisen grosse Glasfront vor uns, welche uns den ersten Eindruck verlieh -- Hunderte von Jonglierbällen, -keulen und -ringen flogen durch die Luft. Es sah einfach genial aus!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Letztes Wochenende trafen fast 100 Jongleure in Dresden, eine als der schönsten Städte Deutschlands bekannt, zusammen. Natürlich waren RO&ro mittendrin !!! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >ro lief übers Seil und auf Laufkugeln. Aber den grössten Teil der Zeit verbrachte sie mit ihrem neuen Freund, den sie da kennen lernte. Die ganze Halle machten die Beiden unsicher. . . </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Ich nutzte die Gelegenheit aus und versuchte neue Tricks zu ergattern, welche ich in meinem Projekt nutzen und den Teilnehmern beibringen könnte. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-55536596095628578882009-02-05T22:00:00.005+01:002009-02-05T22:41:07.955+01:00Tree house discovered/Baumhaus entdeckt<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcWwKZ-6nSnP7Vigl8JX05gp4NKpVAwiMqD4AbRsa7wtgQx3jN-4jPU8wIcu3qSVGPUAVDAQ4ELhp3c2suq-CmdHBfyTCc1RV4ZQJ6k8U91biL-pyz-b2alUTRu7aXL8XwfFxVt71V_mN/s1600-h/IMG_1052.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcWwKZ-6nSnP7Vigl8JX05gp4NKpVAwiMqD4AbRsa7wtgQx3jN-4jPU8wIcu3qSVGPUAVDAQ4ELhp3c2suq-CmdHBfyTCc1RV4ZQJ6k8U91biL-pyz-b2alUTRu7aXL8XwfFxVt71V_mN/s400/IMG_1052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299422947957636722" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7faW9Z__3nP-47LwrkFznuDAXkwIDG5ItEk9gi1YJ1HgUPDDhuteuMkL9f8xFP2pljl5gCPaJ7k8ZmtgTubviIxEFzpZUVjVekqKPIgxqjrXmulexAmFH4eXF9iekAexYhcD-G9YvASE/s1600-h/IMG_1046.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC7faW9Z__3nP-47LwrkFznuDAXkwIDG5ItEk9gi1YJ1HgUPDDhuteuMkL9f8xFP2pljl5gCPaJ7k8ZmtgTubviIxEFzpZUVjVekqKPIgxqjrXmulexAmFH4eXF9iekAexYhcD-G9YvASE/s400/IMG_1046.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299422935326616594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Sometimes when everything gets to be too much you need to get out in nature to breath some fresh air. And if you do so and start to relax, you begin to become open for new things that might come along. . .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >On one of ROro's "fresh-air trips" two days ago we discovered a tree house, not very far from where we live. There is something adventurous about tree houses and we definitely found our playground in our little village. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Wenn einem alles anfängt über den Kopf zu wachsen, sollte man manchmal in die Natur verschwinden, um etwas Frischluft zu atmen. Und wenn man dies tut, fängt man an wieder empfänglicher für neue Dinge zu werden , die eventuell deinen Weg kreuzen könnten. . .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Auf einem von "ROro's-Frischluft Ausflug" haben wir ein Baumhaus entdeckt. Dieses ist sogar ganz in der Nähe unseres Hauses. Baumhäuser haben so etwas abenteuerliches und laden zum klettern und träumen ein. Ich bin mir jedenfalls sicher, dass wir unseren Spielplatz hier in unserem Dorf nun gefunden haben. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-20025587925622566872009-01-17T16:24:00.006+01:002009-01-18T02:18:39.304+01:00My Job<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LLAov8IjUyd9vAKldq18btEqctBnUOuJ4YwF1BzWwwlvLKRDzbff-xqwfDEs0HMu1_BW62zrgRgYKEy5603YUxVAUMZ7XHVZgwM2-8yvEojgSTlXtY9-IeNbY3rOre1oACcHUYntnidB/s1600-h/IMG_9893.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6LLAov8IjUyd9vAKldq18btEqctBnUOuJ4YwF1BzWwwlvLKRDzbff-xqwfDEs0HMu1_BW62zrgRgYKEy5603YUxVAUMZ7XHVZgwM2-8yvEojgSTlXtY9-IeNbY3rOre1oACcHUYntnidB/s400/IMG_9893.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292286122191394386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceWymRAUZLYHAEL_ErEOFvYatakSv8mHSIC5CTTJ1N8F-X_3x5PvBP5sHz4GvcuqREsCgHSojPoo8gVUQijTqwwVZsXsJ1y4AlM9bqfMk5bf808C94BL5Hn5mVQFkb6x8KpdAq3nT2F_k/s1600-h/IMG_0018.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhceWymRAUZLYHAEL_ErEOFvYatakSv8mHSIC5CTTJ1N8F-X_3x5PvBP5sHz4GvcuqREsCgHSojPoo8gVUQijTqwwVZsXsJ1y4AlM9bqfMk5bf808C94BL5Hn5mVQFkb6x8KpdAq3nT2F_k/s400/IMG_0018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292286120295639794" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Es war ein sonniger, warmer Tag im September 2008, als ich zum ersten Mal vor dem Schloss und dem dazugehörigen Zirkuszelt stand. Nur 6 Wochen später sollte ich es als Arbeitsstelle betreten. Mit dem heutigen Tag bin ich schon seit 3 Monaten dabei. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Mein Job ist es ein Projekt zur beruflichen Orientierung von Jugendlichen zu leiten. Das pädagogische Mittel ist die Zirkuspädagogik. Das Projekt ist auf 10 Monate angelegt und beschäftigt 12 Jugendliche im Alter von 18-24 Jahren. Gearbeitet wird in 4 Modulen: Zirkustraining, Werkstatt, betriebliches Praktikum und individuelle Qualifizierung.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >1. Beim Zirkustraining haben Teamarbeit und Motivation oberste Priorität.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Zielorientiertes Arbeiten und der gemeinsame Erfolg bei der Präsentation fördern</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Selbstbewusstsein und Zielstrebigkeit, elementare Fähigkeiten für den Berufseinstieg.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >2. Im Werkstattprojekt erwerben sie, z. B. beim Bühnenbau, in Licht und</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Tontechnik oder in der Kostümschneiderei handwerklich-technisches Wissen.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >3. In einem betrieblichen Praktikum sammeln die Teilnehmer Erfahrungen in der realen</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Arbeitswelt und erlernen verschiedene Bearbeitungsverfahren.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >4. Individuelle Förderung/Beratung: Den Jugendlichen werden Grundkenntnisse in Deutsch, Mathematik, Arbeitsrecht und EDV vermittelt. Ausserdem bekommen sie eine</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" > individuelle Berufsberatung. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >So lautet die Beschreibung des Projektes. Mit anderen Worten, dies ist was von mir als Projektleiterin erfüllt werden muss. An meiner Seite habe ich einen Tischler und einmal pro Woche einen staatlich anerkannten Artisten. Wir arbeiten zusammen mit dem Job Center, welcher uns die Jugendlichen vermittelt. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Für mich ist es ein harter Einstieg ins Berufsleben, aber ich liebe die Herausforderung und daran zu wachsen. Und da das Projekt gut läuft, gehe ich davon aus, dass ich der Aufgabe gewachsen bin.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">It was a warm and sunny day in September 2008 when I first saw the castle and the circus tent that belongs to it. Only 6 weeks later I happened to have my first working day there. Today it has been 3 months already.<br />My job is to manage a project of professional orientation for youngsters. The pedagogical method is social circus/circus pedagogy. The project is running for 10 months and occupies 12 young adults in the age of 18-24 years. We work in 4 modules: circus training, industrial education, internship, and individual support/counselling.<br /><br />1. In the circus training we consider teamwork and motivation as our biggest priorities. Goal oriented working and shared success during shows develop self esteem and a strength of purpose.<br />2. During industrial training the participants gain practical and technical knowledge while doing light engineering and set building.<br />3. An internship gives the idea of a real working environment.<br />4. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Individual support/counselling means individual career counselling and teaching basics in math, German, computing, etc.<br /><br />That is what the description of the project says. In other words: This is what is expected from me as the manager. In my team I have a carpenter and once in a week an artist. We cooperate together with the job center which provides us with the participants.<br /><br />For me this is a huge step into the business world. But I love the challenge because this gives me the chance to really grow. And since the project is running well, I get the feeling that I am big enough for this challenge.<br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-22690006773570108872009-01-10T13:50:00.003+01:002009-01-17T16:17:34.644+01:00Review 2008<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7JIbgQ2bnIFLvsNur1FlrnMp3iCpn9sFVUUUEDuKr8ZR2YRQ0QsvpwwrgwclZrsa7HZcq0KPdgEK3NixI0iI4tyz2kZVBHLf1WGyvNKczs6eon3zz67P-a8YEyda6f5oC-55lxRLgZWV/s1600-h/IMG_3547.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji7JIbgQ2bnIFLvsNur1FlrnMp3iCpn9sFVUUUEDuKr8ZR2YRQ0QsvpwwrgwclZrsa7HZcq0KPdgEK3NixI0iI4tyz2kZVBHLf1WGyvNKczs6eon3zz67P-a8YEyda6f5oC-55lxRLgZWV/s400/IMG_3547.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292245881228253570" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:78%;" > <span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">photo taken by MA</span></span></span><br /><br />Since a new year has just started and I slowly get settled in my new life, I start thinking about the year 2008. . .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >2008 was probably the toughest year for me in the 27+ years I have been living in this world. It is a gift to not know on January 1st, what the next 364 days will have in store for you.<br />Nevertheless, my year started great and ended great. What has happened in between is a different story. . . </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Now I have reached 2009 and I can say I am happy again. I want to thank all the people who helped me getting there. I appreciate</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" ></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" > your advice, your criticism, your compliments, and every helpful hand</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. Thank you.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Da das neue Jahr nun begonnen hat und ich mich in meinem neuen Leben so langsam eingewöhne, beginne ich über das letzte Jahr nachzudenken. . .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Das Jahr 2008 war wahrscheinlich das schwierigste Jahr in meinen 27 Jahren, die ich nun schon in dieser Welt verbringe. Man kann von Glück reden, dass man am 1. Januar noch nicht weis, was die nächsten 364 Tage mit sich bringen werden.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Nichtsdestotrotz begann mein Jahr positiv und endete genial! Alles was dazwischen passierte ist eine andere Story. . .</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Mittlerweile habe ich 2009 erreicht und kann endlich sagen, dass ich wieder glücklich bin! Ich möchte mich gern bei allen, die mich auf diesem Weg unterstützt haben, bedanken. Eure Ratschläge, Kritiken, Lobe, die helfenden Hände und euer Verständnis in manch unangenehmen Situation weis ich sehr zu schätzen. Vielen Dank. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-3721543008384827762008-11-26T16:54:00.004+01:002008-11-26T18:55:39.812+01:00What will it be like. . . ?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKFTDo-D9nqIXx3mw_aOrCgTYiC6fiYPh0-UogUsLo6ld1kcDzcoyE6fpigDWVlAczTxNzVFdTGEwDZCHOP8Bv7pvECa4d35g5uvx1Maiw_lHX8fIrfyH2mvWpyLqD7nwrb4mg4zOUMPi/s1600-h/IMG_0777.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWKFTDo-D9nqIXx3mw_aOrCgTYiC6fiYPh0-UogUsLo6ld1kcDzcoyE6fpigDWVlAczTxNzVFdTGEwDZCHOP8Bv7pvECa4d35g5uvx1Maiw_lHX8fIrfyH2mvWpyLqD7nwrb4mg4zOUMPi/s400/IMG_0777.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272995608321687218" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . to have our own car??? We'll find out soon!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Unfortunately I cannot avoid being a car owner. My job is 15 km away from my house. An apartment closer to where I work was impossible to find. Not even my bike could help me. Therefor I am now driving a car around. I already experienced the major expense of registration and insurrance. But I also feel more independent as a benefit of the car. Anyway -- RO and ro are having a car now. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-4254722490424802822008-11-25T22:16:00.003+01:002008-11-25T22:35:02.116+01:00Wintereinbruch/ Onset of Winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdasz90XhhWT_Fvt8clA1FoZTBCFmALF7l8ImFcdSoNJOCZYPUtrRfaL9f3iKUJ_Alr6v3ud7HAxEUy1_f4DcqYTx6_VMfN15nBn9U_gE1mH3l2d3wyeF_E9-cyo87P_ghmuFdl6QamO50/s1600-h/IMG_0768.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdasz90XhhWT_Fvt8clA1FoZTBCFmALF7l8ImFcdSoNJOCZYPUtrRfaL9f3iKUJ_Alr6v3ud7HAxEUy1_f4DcqYTx6_VMfN15nBn9U_gE1mH3l2d3wyeF_E9-cyo87P_ghmuFdl6QamO50/s400/IMG_0768.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272708427992066882" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XKCyjfIzxBdoObSJE5HzAsiq3LNrKlM5b25MoDQEjC__2KFQ7WmVSJ0N_4lqt9FTqWn3YtnHP9h0tfeI6ZkcMgLSQlCuXDP0TX5eGQ8u9zle2T3UzKnKm3deYixNKuGeoTvLTUbiH4HS/s1600-h/IMG_0752.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0XKCyjfIzxBdoObSJE5HzAsiq3LNrKlM5b25MoDQEjC__2KFQ7WmVSJ0N_4lqt9FTqWn3YtnHP9h0tfeI6ZkcMgLSQlCuXDP0TX5eGQ8u9zle2T3UzKnKm3deYixNKuGeoTvLTUbiH4HS/s400/IMG_0752.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272708425447321826" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153); font-family: lucida grande;">It started to snow on Friday. It is weird what snow can do. I stepped out into the day light after my training in the circus tent and everything was covered in white. There is such silence out there . . . almost like the snow is swallowing all noise. Especially here in the country side. The world seems peaceful but unfortunately really isn't. Anyway ro and I had a lot of fun yesterday in the snow making snow angels, having a snowball fight and taking a ride (well ro took a ride, I had to pull. . . ) on our slide through the snowy forest. Would be cool if Christmas is covered in snow as well. We'll see. . .</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-18690528767666474712008-11-09T16:21:00.005+01:002008-11-17T21:03:19.042+01:00Riding lesson for ro/ Reitstunde für Ronja<embed src="http://www.veoh.com/veohplayer.swf?permalinkId=v16554483Qqa59RTe&id=1908580&player=videodetailsembedded&videoAutoPlay=0" allowfullscreen="true" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" width="410" height="341"></embed><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Watch <a href="http://www.veoh.com/videos/v16554483Qqa59RTe">ro's first riding lesson</a> in <a href="http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos.html?category=category_family">Family Videos</a> | View More <a href="http://www.veoh.com/">Free Videos Online at Veoh.com</a></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Viele Dinge mussten wir aufgeben für das Land, wie zum Beispiel das musizieren in der Musikschule. Dafür haben wir hier andere Möglichkeiten, unter anderem auf dem Rücken eines Pferdes sitzen zu können. Wenn alles gut klappt, kauf ich ro und mir ein Pferd und wir reiten zum Kindergarten und zur Arbeit. Bei den Benzinpreisen von heute . . . macht das durchaus Sinn.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >With our move into the country we had to give up many things, for example playing music at the music school. Therefore do we have other cool options to spend our free time with. One is to go horse riding. If everything turns out well, I am going to buy a horse for ro and me. That way we can take the horse to day care instead of the car. This makes even sense considering the high gasoline prices of today.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-16742049398297856492008-11-05T14:37:00.001+01:002008-11-09T16:10:48.763+01:00Moved/ Umgezogen<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRG4uvwAXSjF6fvpFer21fzANjTMpjXbD6cN63Kv2mZvNpZIzjlnXCZDJPPClTiM89m_rUy00o0rMGTjGYeTgbLdl4lR1zKosezF51JuWZ8UTd2vx2ovvACbw9SaYQkFDNrfN4cE7caPR/s1600-h/IMG_0676.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRG4uvwAXSjF6fvpFer21fzANjTMpjXbD6cN63Kv2mZvNpZIzjlnXCZDJPPClTiM89m_rUy00o0rMGTjGYeTgbLdl4lR1zKosezF51JuWZ8UTd2vx2ovvACbw9SaYQkFDNrfN4cE7caPR/s400/IMG_0676.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266652269895597202" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yeWg4ARtoK9QOcOWvlppq_xcsSSWAUg_87JPxdYxYpfpf0H62B1VA3dvRbeSLYUyiB8w2rn9t3lDE89sEpKD2GtK2izRP_l0DvwKuuuokBHNEABaBM1she016_gPoyE3wy-GM_vENQ7h/s1600-h/IMG_0673.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1yeWg4ARtoK9QOcOWvlppq_xcsSSWAUg_87JPxdYxYpfpf0H62B1VA3dvRbeSLYUyiB8w2rn9t3lDE89sEpKD2GtK2izRP_l0DvwKuuuokBHNEABaBM1she016_gPoyE3wy-GM_vENQ7h/s400/IMG_0673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266652277574321330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Für die, die es noch nicht wissen: Wir haben die Großstadt verlassen. . . und sind aufs Land gezogen in Brandenburg. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Den Arbeitsvertrag, den ich mit der USA hatte, musste ich noch bevor ich die Arbeit antreten konnte, aus verschiedenen Gründen kündigen. Obwohl ich Jahre auf dieses Ziel hingearbeitet habe, hatte ich keine Zeit diesem geplatzen Traum nachzutrauern. . . denn ein neues Jobangebot ließ nicht lange auf sich warten. Allerdings ist dieser Job nicht in Berlin, sondern mitten zwischen Bauernhöfen in Brandenburg. Die Entscheidung musste schnell fallen und ich entschied mich dem Angebot zu folgen, dafür Berlin zu verlassen und auf's Land zu ziehen. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Die Umstellung ist groß. Auf Dinge, die in der Großstadt als selbstverständlich erschienen (bunte Menschen, Kultur, öffentl. Verkehrsmittel, Läden um die Ecke, usw.) muss plötzlich verzichtet werden. Dafür haben wir auch einige Dinge hinzugewonnen (Natur, Ruhe, Platz, Hundekackefreie Wege). </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Für Klein ro allerdings ist diese neue Welt eine Bereicherung. In ihrer kleinen Naturkita mit nur 12 Kindern und 5 Schafen nebenan hat sie sich sofort wohlgefühlt. Mit einer neuen Freundin im Dorf entdeckt sie nun das Leben auf dem Lande. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Ich glaube, mir tut die Ruhe nach 5 Jahren Großstadt auch gut, nur fühl ich mich noch nicht so. Aber ich bin geduldig . . . </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >For those who don't know it yet: We left the big city. . . and moved to Brandenburg in the country. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >I had to quit </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >the contract of employment I had with a company in the US, even before I had the chance to start the job. But this is another story . . . </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Even though I worked on that goal over the past years, there was no time for being sad about this sudden change. Because immediately another job found his way to me. However, this job is not in Berlin, but in between farms in Brandenburg. The decision had to be made quick. I decided to take on the new challenge, to leave Berlin and to go rural. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >The adjustment is huge. Things that you start to take as granted in a big town like Berlin (colorful people, culture, publ. Transportation, stores around the corner, etc.) you have to now abstain from. But therefore we won new things (nature, calmness, space, dog pup free roads). </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >For little ro is this new world an enrichment. Immidiately she felt comfortable in her new small nature-day care with only 12 kids and 5 sheep in the neighbor property. And with her new friend in our cottage she is now discovering the world in the countryside. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >I believe that this peace here is doing good for me too, after 5 years of living in Berlin. Unfortunately I am still waiting to feel this way. But I am patient . . . </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-20187572362296711172008-10-01T21:32:00.002+01:002008-10-01T21:45:05.786+01:00Colours of the fall/Farben des Herbstes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1BY4JEkEg9qtpCxKRsa4ZUd1j-4n5lJl7z7uETUyPM5Wxk3knzvkJ3rl4DP_QOInj_ZnyFg5ghWbrZqFcEZPOG2lTkq39cqbn5vr9PMnT08Nlaq3p6aOWmqPlV-NaDu355Az3v808yJi/s1600-h/IMG_2414.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1BY4JEkEg9qtpCxKRsa4ZUd1j-4n5lJl7z7uETUyPM5Wxk3knzvkJ3rl4DP_QOInj_ZnyFg5ghWbrZqFcEZPOG2lTkq39cqbn5vr9PMnT08Nlaq3p6aOWmqPlV-NaDu355Az3v808yJi/s400/IMG_2414.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252286957769577074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sqk9nifU0EeHamNZfORBFfkhnq_F7C649XZQV7W5_ozmQ07cwPNrSKRlJvH3SJyD9ATrGcoMVRKn0qJLSd-Q5WvCQ1AKJzWygzBDPy_B6h6Tl9N_geF5HGVnl-qyv6YXg7JdwplD83t9/s1600-h/IMG_2438.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sqk9nifU0EeHamNZfORBFfkhnq_F7C649XZQV7W5_ozmQ07cwPNrSKRlJvH3SJyD9ATrGcoMVRKn0qJLSd-Q5WvCQ1AKJzWygzBDPy_B6h6Tl9N_geF5HGVnl-qyv6YXg7JdwplD83t9/s400/IMG_2438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252286963226079506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">Connecticut is part of the New England States. It is been known for the beautiful colours that come out in the fall. We went for a walk last weekend and enjoyed a calm fall day. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Connecticut ist Teil der New England Staaten. Diese sind bekannt für ihre bunten Farben, die jedes Jahr im Herbst zum Vorschein kommen. Letztes Wochenende sind wir spazieren gewesen und haben einen ruhigen Herbsttag genossen. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-32807805744143352122008-09-29T21:05:00.003+01:002008-10-02T02:43:19.334+01:00Taking a break<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEO_5e8VuCN4Cz7cPcLVURqqY4Ga-mUaGzBaGIWO7b71NbY55I0qoTnCtY6JkYlzEj_uFDoXJpTpr__ujg4yzqUyEPDx105gcoXfe4y189bigZdtiZ2oAvh3Ke6lQ1zzWTfI9iW5OGKDy/s1600-h/IMG_2454.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlEO_5e8VuCN4Cz7cPcLVURqqY4Ga-mUaGzBaGIWO7b71NbY55I0qoTnCtY6JkYlzEj_uFDoXJpTpr__ujg4yzqUyEPDx105gcoXfe4y189bigZdtiZ2oAvh3Ke6lQ1zzWTfI9iW5OGKDy/s400/IMG_2454.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252366015730997362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"> photo</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">taken by MA</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" ><br />Since things are getting a bit difficult and stressful, we are using a three week gap to get out of our German life. We do have the possibility now and then to hop into another life over in the USA -- to get gas and to take a deep breath. At this point I want to thank all my friends in CT, who provide us since 7!!! years with such wonderful hospitality. We so appreciate this, because without them we wouldn't have had this "escape-life".</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Seit die Umstände in Deutschland immer mehr die Form von Stress annehmen und enormen Druck aufbauen, haben wir unser drei-Wochen-Loch genutzt Deutschland den Rücken zu kehren. Wir haben ab und zu die Möglichkeit in ein anderes Leben in den USA zu schlüpfen -- um auftanken und mal wieder richtig durchatmen zu können. An dieser Stelle möchten wir uns bei all unseren Freunden in CT, die uns immerwieder seit 7!!! Jahren mit warmer Gastfreundschaft empfangen, bedanken. Wir schätzen das sehr, denn ohne sie hätten wir nicht dieses gesunde "Ausweich-Leben".</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-77581149406874613482008-09-02T14:44:00.001+01:002008-10-03T14:45:26.587+01:00Walking Globe/Laufkugel<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZRNqWG-bOt1_maLqwMztTEx3q_HiE6RmlxOTgRnLeBIXQx1wgTTtHf3BnXpsJAW_2qZg0yw0i2bEqlrOdEu_G94H1OVA_nOBOd_gQtFXbjqjGTdormvHHVlh0FS28KbSSa1GDGyTGFnT/s1600-h/RO&ro+Laufkugel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZRNqWG-bOt1_maLqwMztTEx3q_HiE6RmlxOTgRnLeBIXQx1wgTTtHf3BnXpsJAW_2qZg0yw0i2bEqlrOdEu_G94H1OVA_nOBOd_gQtFXbjqjGTdormvHHVlh0FS28KbSSa1GDGyTGFnT/s400/RO&ro+Laufkugel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252560035059834978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOT4uNf7XXMsYG2DnyUBX53jRdd8XWnQdrKTIMCwR1svB0KTXSNm-0by4GjIzZNxuSzyTSkVaXVoAkAgSs7o8nGEMKaHLYYyinpIgFHMkGtE2SGiuVzCtrzu6UphHe_NE0Pn0FEOfsI8xX/s1600-h/Ronja+Laufkugel.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOT4uNf7XXMsYG2DnyUBX53jRdd8XWnQdrKTIMCwR1svB0KTXSNm-0by4GjIzZNxuSzyTSkVaXVoAkAgSs7o8nGEMKaHLYYyinpIgFHMkGtE2SGiuVzCtrzu6UphHe_NE0Pn0FEOfsI8xX/s400/Ronja+Laufkugel.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5252560034863726722" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:78%;">Photo taken by Zirkus Weißensee</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:lucida grande;" >I remember when I started juggling. I was about 16 years old. I was crazy about learning it. So I took every opportunity to juggle -- mostly with my rolled-up socks until I got my first juggling balls.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-family:lucida grande;" >Now, after four years of being on earth the Magic of Circus has caught Little ro! I took her several times to my circus workshops so she had the chance to get to know RO's circus world. The walking globes have caught her attention most and within days she learned how to walk on them. Now every time we see a globe she has to take the opportunity to keep practising her new circus element. That reminds me of how it started with me. I am just wondering when I have to buy the first walking globe. So in a way I hope she switches to juggling. . .</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-21409185016007314072008-08-23T14:13:00.002+01:002008-08-23T14:28:38.236+01:00What is the best medicine against frustration?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpJgct8W8BFTv11iw_emeesa-u26gAqVVXvb3bdhyphenhyphen-7BkvbhBqk5peWqWlrYCABNPQfTndM3vLtCJKegbriDgLSw5ACoVAAzL9HmLPANbNKDDlbXaxL1ufztyDCqw13vjjAJYew1JKSdR/s1600-h/IMG_3897.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFpJgct8W8BFTv11iw_emeesa-u26gAqVVXvb3bdhyphenhyphen-7BkvbhBqk5peWqWlrYCABNPQfTndM3vLtCJKegbriDgLSw5ACoVAAzL9HmLPANbNKDDlbXaxL1ufztyDCqw13vjjAJYew1JKSdR/s400/IMG_3897.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5237702317741239730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Chopping wood!!!!</span><br /> <span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Since Sarah is coming back to Berlin in December to live in her trailer, she needs wood for heating. So we spent the whole day chopping wood. Man, do I feel better now! ;-)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-178968855937078262008-08-20T19:01:00.003+01:002008-08-23T01:28:28.445+01:00The end of the summer?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOTOpAP8sWFR7Bq1SyXRTWe580rxJkKfGIKGVNVq_8L_hZhmm_r0CLkaMPEJIfBOrI37-Iafy18Mhn1pnI24ww810pL8CXI6LzAwmBCMxgB8xDMUhmRQod73Jw9wy4OI2ZOhqnQEDIujO/s1600-h/IMG_3650.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFOTOpAP8sWFR7Bq1SyXRTWe580rxJkKfGIKGVNVq_8L_hZhmm_r0CLkaMPEJIfBOrI37-Iafy18Mhn1pnI24ww810pL8CXI6LzAwmBCMxgB8xDMUhmRQod73Jw9wy4OI2ZOhqnQEDIujO/s400/IMG_3650.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236661931603132306" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdFSqIe6ck8cYQv3dapdX0vFyk-qOddCrXZ1x4-bbUJkCTAEj0oTQHFCepzygBRjAnQ1rv2jHKZlVpocVQ1a0yARaEcOudhpzZUgJJtimYbr_UXv7yRjUty2VcvCHtsQ1CxmhyUaFjVll/s1600-h/IMG_3655.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqdFSqIe6ck8cYQv3dapdX0vFyk-qOddCrXZ1x4-bbUJkCTAEj0oTQHFCepzygBRjAnQ1rv2jHKZlVpocVQ1a0yARaEcOudhpzZUgJJtimYbr_UXv7yRjUty2VcvCHtsQ1CxmhyUaFjVll/s400/IMG_3655.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236661937312947970" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" > </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-family:lucida grande;" >Last week we had typically beautiful summer weather. We enjoyed the warm sunrays at the water playground around the corner. This week, though, already seems like fall. It is chilly, rainy, and it even has the characteristic autumn smell in the air. I know that with the end of the summer there will also come big changes for us. The fall will have some major surprises in store. I am not sure if I am ready for them yet. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Letzte Woche hatten wir typisch, wunderschönes Sommerwetter. Wir haben die Tage auf dem Wasserspielplatz ganz in der Nähe genossen. Diese Woche allerdings scheint es schon Herbst zu sein. Es ist kühl, regnerisch und es gibt sogar schon den charakteristischen Herbst Geruch in der Luft. Mir ist bewußt, dass mit dem Ende des Sommers uns auch große Veränderungen bevorstehen. Der Herbst wird einige Überraschungen bereit haben. Ich bin mir aber nicht sicher, ob ich schon bereit dafür bin. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-67362328212973708092008-08-13T21:35:00.004+01:002008-08-23T01:30:14.038+01:00Trapez/Trapeze<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB2nbJ76DiFNNcfQwx9a3fbTxcQ3ZvTNdKB4-tUXTJwyKgSWY97YpVYc8QN15TYckBYfulNbS6jwARgzluCfKra88nVdMKYu2JLMpxaNYSygS10Y6YeGj6jJbtPd3OjnSaJwBFM67Xsub/s1600-h/IMG_3525.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpB2nbJ76DiFNNcfQwx9a3fbTxcQ3ZvTNdKB4-tUXTJwyKgSWY97YpVYc8QN15TYckBYfulNbS6jwARgzluCfKra88nVdMKYu2JLMpxaNYSygS10Y6YeGj6jJbtPd3OjnSaJwBFM67Xsub/s400/IMG_3525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234104964474953234" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytVXgvX2M4LP05rEPRsLkS7RT7E_ueN12bfrinIpK1RHnlyLCfrhpFF8YnI3qTficvvCy3SFgSo6XGCbzSog3T_D8w1nGJ23bMq1k-tYfpH7yuQ7NboHH96umvjqDocXFsx8bjRVL_Q4O/s1600-h/IMG_3531.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytVXgvX2M4LP05rEPRsLkS7RT7E_ueN12bfrinIpK1RHnlyLCfrhpFF8YnI3qTficvvCy3SFgSo6XGCbzSog3T_D8w1nGJ23bMq1k-tYfpH7yuQ7NboHH96umvjqDocXFsx8bjRVL_Q4O/s400/IMG_3531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234104965306424546" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iYguIc6OeYwbIf-ZrrFEOlE3LDiOJGeAdZP6NO4pf4O336sL3cqVFBI-I4l0BjYPqDdwpL-crwiI4ZFAvE1wDSBoT_YaaTfykGMkk3HqObLLxv1z9QmjmpXG0FKc85N_x7Rq5sJu9bKo/s1600-h/IMG_3574.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3iYguIc6OeYwbIf-ZrrFEOlE3LDiOJGeAdZP6NO4pf4O336sL3cqVFBI-I4l0BjYPqDdwpL-crwiI4ZFAvE1wDSBoT_YaaTfykGMkk3HqObLLxv1z9QmjmpXG0FKc85N_x7Rq5sJu9bKo/s400/IMG_3574.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234104966225525426" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjWZiGs0x5GhWKS8jf01vevmH6hOJQZashsM4PZbHRGdGrJG6Y4Y6WCh5VSeiHELD8mz7XyIzfdfPMkOcb7okuRp9XeFNDVBWPWiqDhYC8PDcyAEG0RqZtPoPNiHJUgc7EcbEAtU27Eju/s1600-h/IMG_3579.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijjWZiGs0x5GhWKS8jf01vevmH6hOJQZashsM4PZbHRGdGrJG6Y4Y6WCh5VSeiHELD8mz7XyIzfdfPMkOcb7okuRp9XeFNDVBWPWiqDhYC8PDcyAEG0RqZtPoPNiHJUgc7EcbEAtU27Eju/s400/IMG_3579.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234104970775599058" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-family:lucida grande;" >Zur Zeit haben wir Besuch von unserer Zirkusfreundin Sarah. Zusammen mit ihr haben wir heute ihre Freunde beim trainieren in der Trapezhalle besucht. Klein-ro konnte natürlich nicht anders als dieses faszinierende Gerät auszuprobieren. Ein Trapez erfordert viel Konzentration, Kraft und vor allem Schwindelfreiheit. Klein-ro hat sich wacker geschlagen und freut sich schon auf Samstag. Denn da werden wir in das Wintergarten Varieté gehen, um die professionellen Trapezkünstler zu bestaunen und neue Tricks abzugucken. ;o)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Our circus friend Sarah is here to visit us for a few days. Together with her we visited two friends of hers, who practiced in the trapeze gym. Little-ro couldn't hesitate to check out this faszinating apparatus. A trapeze needs concentration and strength. And, you have to be especially careful not to get dizzy. Little-ro was very brave on the trapeze and is now looking forward to Saturday. We will go to the Wintergarten Varieté to watch the professional aerial acrobats and to copy some new tricks. ;o)</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-331763247102926762008-07-13T19:02:00.005+01:002008-07-14T00:35:26.037+01:00Theodor<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3U0ipOOR3dRzAnO57ydJtNbQ_mc972UumLpo_bdVZ9NZcJ7E25x8Rxe6NZfMIwWZyBGz8C-_hg-3GN9eu25Nt70BM954mp3SYq8uaH1ikP85wd1fJG_SJNG-uHr9n5iQR5EAaWajudJX/s1600-h/IMG_9485.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV3U0ipOOR3dRzAnO57ydJtNbQ_mc972UumLpo_bdVZ9NZcJ7E25x8Rxe6NZfMIwWZyBGz8C-_hg-3GN9eu25Nt70BM954mp3SYq8uaH1ikP85wd1fJG_SJNG-uHr9n5iQR5EAaWajudJX/s400/IMG_9485.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222560805574862130" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMAPBvatx1nSbRaXitu78rQUkeWAcGvpnMOcNfHjdLrmYRDEhIZjxWtvhbgrAhLXltay3Bt4mvFjmJ6ELy7w7c-eDE2XozbLqN2AAzE8ojaPYTyIXhoyYmlt1SziYJJKLpXzMxR9my01r/s1600-h/IMG_9492.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMAPBvatx1nSbRaXitu78rQUkeWAcGvpnMOcNfHjdLrmYRDEhIZjxWtvhbgrAhLXltay3Bt4mvFjmJ6ELy7w7c-eDE2XozbLqN2AAzE8ojaPYTyIXhoyYmlt1SziYJJKLpXzMxR9my01r/s400/IMG_9492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222560806574099810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Today we created Theodor the sock-snake. He is fresh and funny and he loves to read good night story's to ro.</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >Heute haben wir Theodor, die Socken-Schlange, kreiert. Er ist frech und lustig und liebt es die Gute Nacht Geschichten unserer ro vorzulesen. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-32917588329592320882008-07-01T11:03:00.003+01:002008-07-01T11:58:02.621+01:00In Action<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbx9I3hVlm9VmBga5VOyTBrfO1806lVnsEfAxXiUE-8SXkFpxHy5rPjJ0VhMUwkZ9nGQA-jkqWjqGUFiRe_0S43nkndd47aFPBL-P390-azcKMGVOimtzNv07gPe5MDeQiMbVtgz9wpY2/s1600-h/IMG_9291.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqbx9I3hVlm9VmBga5VOyTBrfO1806lVnsEfAxXiUE-8SXkFpxHy5rPjJ0VhMUwkZ9nGQA-jkqWjqGUFiRe_0S43nkndd47aFPBL-P390-azcKMGVOimtzNv07gPe5MDeQiMbVtgz9wpY2/s400/IMG_9291.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217988343517568482" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z4yg23KOceYEMG0B11WOb3OsrA7atnlU2OUtS4CYh9RFLob5w2kN9JVW1PDmzXzdr405fy7f0__3CfDUDZKeg0PFcJMh1_w5vQTsWxqEKaqjRWQOdS-XDPAptcuvkbj-GGnbLcONxAeg/s1600-h/IMG_9368.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-z4yg23KOceYEMG0B11WOb3OsrA7atnlU2OUtS4CYh9RFLob5w2kN9JVW1PDmzXzdr405fy7f0__3CfDUDZKeg0PFcJMh1_w5vQTsWxqEKaqjRWQOdS-XDPAptcuvkbj-GGnbLcONxAeg/s400/IMG_9368.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217988364629091058" border="0" /></a><br /><a style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 153, 153);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A1UxKrZvx1_QjnACq6v2TRk9DG8_WV1Arbn9-bly2tKmuWgeSHnn9O2J-1ywBNU2Hq-eIQVqmpu9Qs-xnNw7DT_yINnfnK0pp9b5C4GCNK2PSb2hq3E7xz5LO1gFwvWOUzVUCndBrxnE/s1600-h/IMG_9311.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A1UxKrZvx1_QjnACq6v2TRk9DG8_WV1Arbn9-bly2tKmuWgeSHnn9O2J-1ywBNU2Hq-eIQVqmpu9Qs-xnNw7DT_yINnfnK0pp9b5C4GCNK2PSb2hq3E7xz5LO1gFwvWOUzVUCndBrxnE/s400/IMG_9311.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5217988382217040610" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 153, 153);font-family:lucida grande;" >Last weekend my friend invited me to go on a trip in a motor boat. I didn't know that Berlin has so many water canals. There are three rivers flowing through Berlin and about 300 lakes in and around Berlin. All these are connected by water canals. There is an area only 18 minutes by subway away from my apartment that is an especially beautiful area. The people call it "Little Venice". That's where we took our trip in a motor boat. I think it is wonderful that a city like Berlin (3,4 Million citizens) has nature spots like this. And I already know what I will surprise my parents with when they come to visit me next week.<br /><br /> <span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 0);">Letztes Wochenende wurde ich zu einer Motorboot Fahrt von meiner Freundin eingeladen. Ich hätte nicht gedacht, dass Berlin aus so vielen Kanälen besteht. Es gibt drei Flüsse, die durch Berlin fließen und ca. 300 Seen in und um Berlin. Alles ist verbunden mit Kanälen. Nur 18 Minuten mit der S-Bahn entfernt von meiner Wohnung gibt es eine besonders schöne Gegend. Die Leute hier nennen sie "Klein Venedig". Diesen Ort haben wir per Motorboot erkundet. Ich finde es sehr angenehm, dass eine Stadt wie Berlin (3,4 Mio Einwohner) Naturgebiete wie dieses hat. Und jetzt weis ich auch schon mit was ich meine Eltern, die nächste Woche zu Besuch kommen, überraschen werde. </span><br /> </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-72290194545835796912008-06-02T10:05:00.003+01:002008-06-02T10:46:16.092+01:00Kindertag/Childrens Day<a style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9-8by_Bu4I8FcZuOtrCH4MRkr1ptvQwnhctfClSyBCad6Yp3SuLiHZoZvK6kYlYcv2aitpMQWFRkoOwRTRJjEJZtycninuNOrImifSl11qWD5IjcWsldGDM4WOaCGpGYMYgqoFX7BT0y/s1600-h/IMG_9016.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC9-8by_Bu4I8FcZuOtrCH4MRkr1ptvQwnhctfClSyBCad6Yp3SuLiHZoZvK6kYlYcv2aitpMQWFRkoOwRTRJjEJZtycninuNOrImifSl11qWD5IjcWsldGDM4WOaCGpGYMYgqoFX7BT0y/s400/IMG_9016.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207209596449703650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Gestern war bei uns in Deutschland der Kindertag. Es war ein heißer Sommertag und gemeinsam mit meinen Eltern und drei Freunden von ro haben wir den Tag mit Spiel und Spass im Park verbracht. </span><br /> <span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">ro hat auch endlich ihre lange ersehnten Inline Skates bekommen. Von nun an heißt es mit Mami Inline Skates fahren üben. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Yesterday was Childrens Day in Germany. It was a hot summer day. And we celebrated the day together with my parents and three friends of ro in the park, where we had a lot of fun.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">ro got her Inline Skates that she had wished for for a long time. From now on our afternoons will be busy with practising how to inline skate. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-27738552309405159862008-05-23T20:37:00.010+01:002008-05-23T22:15:58.826+01:00Social Circus<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY-j6wCoXhrmDVqW4vfL7Nk40SsGaGGCoM4xEJEE3P0GbbpF5Sh74Iat-M1fi1lMKKx9tM_HzlvgbH6GeNIL1mwT60Q4bplnCoYNAxoWATHox82LvNGdDu8MRPD-lkba59rS33oM2ywj1/s1600-h/IMG_8439.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY-j6wCoXhrmDVqW4vfL7Nk40SsGaGGCoM4xEJEE3P0GbbpF5Sh74Iat-M1fi1lMKKx9tM_HzlvgbH6GeNIL1mwT60Q4bplnCoYNAxoWATHox82LvNGdDu8MRPD-lkba59rS33oM2ywj1/s400/IMG_8439.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203667395186771602" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmMNGAnwp4hZsjrGZ1xZNr8je5Qanf8-bzTazS_RTjFLeP5yF9kvama28410r-fhC9aP0kPpw4L4qj02EC8k2t0y-f3yp7vwgqnmku2Aiv2Ta7fsAQUInIMv99zQMvsFljD5oeIewfDwp/s1600-h/IMG_8492.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmMNGAnwp4hZsjrGZ1xZNr8je5Qanf8-bzTazS_RTjFLeP5yF9kvama28410r-fhC9aP0kPpw4L4qj02EC8k2t0y-f3yp7vwgqnmku2Aiv2Ta7fsAQUInIMv99zQMvsFljD5oeIewfDwp/s400/IMG_8492.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203667403776706210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb116n7wnZyU9QsKSxb993BMZumtw6XCzm3hgeeUQp_LA8SjDbjWSC2oiMAK8q86NYjVXrfObbf1LJXH0DaTsr5en7YbjKQgAAiQimU9GAsqyE90PZLKILSDHK-EmXv8B5G0jDn7zYhee/s1600-h/IMG_8865.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMb116n7wnZyU9QsKSxb993BMZumtw6XCzm3hgeeUQp_LA8SjDbjWSC2oiMAK8q86NYjVXrfObbf1LJXH0DaTsr5en7YbjKQgAAiQimU9GAsqyE90PZLKILSDHK-EmXv8B5G0jDn7zYhee/s400/IMG_8865.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203667408071673522" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"> <a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7-G_8XieP8ePZp6Goa-rr5e0bW09SistEjnbU5KPWquSlVJ5QhFr2mnn3gFxYULD3cMoX5zPosRH9TNjt3GThxKLM0SDTDTQ_0o0ZurTGklTN2rkNTYTKfiy7xKOlM3N5SSJs9327Gpq/s1600-h/IMG_8544.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv7-G_8XieP8ePZp6Goa-rr5e0bW09SistEjnbU5KPWquSlVJ5QhFr2mnn3gFxYULD3cMoX5zPosRH9TNjt3GThxKLM0SDTDTQ_0o0ZurTGklTN2rkNTYTKfiy7xKOlM3N5SSJs9327Gpq/s400/IMG_8544.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203667416661608130" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >IMAGINE</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . a place where people are happy.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . where you can live your dream.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . where there is action in the air.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . where the world still works with people sharing and being fair to each other.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . a world that is not black or white, but colorful.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . that's where I was the past week!!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >I teach a circus class every friday for two hours. And with these kids I went to southwest Germany to participate at a social circus festival. It was a big event -- 300 kids and 50 circus trainers worked one whole week on a show.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >I don't get paid with money for what I was doing there the past week. But when the kids stand in the middle of the stage surrounded by the colorful lights of the circus and when suddenly the spot light shines down on them a dream comes true -- they look at me and there is this special spark and endless pride in their eyes -- that is my payment!!! </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >If I can somehow pull this thing off and survive financially with a circus for and with kids </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:lucida grande;" >. . . that's how I want to get paid for the rest of my life. That means fulfillment for me.</span><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2415099957327313026.post-23861685429034856712008-05-08T21:02:00.008+01:002008-05-08T23:13:49.841+01:00Memories/Erinnerungen<a style="font-family: lucida grande; color: rgb(102, 51, 51);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DTLPiTJPvWDGV0TQECMe76cK_HHw2UQFvB4bE9j0f4hmCgrVh3aKJI51S-zFdIhaRCYHjFXc561FCUSjNFFiQdZ6sjkAXXVxy7dqoZeFok698deN3Wr9SVN_Y8p17XzRifzs8HTM_7gN/s1600-h/IMG_8253.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9DTLPiTJPvWDGV0TQECMe76cK_HHw2UQFvB4bE9j0f4hmCgrVh3aKJI51S-zFdIhaRCYHjFXc561FCUSjNFFiQdZ6sjkAXXVxy7dqoZeFok698deN3Wr9SVN_Y8p17XzRifzs8HTM_7gN/s400/IMG_8253.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5198100655387300850" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:lucida grande;" >I took this picture last week only five walk minutes down the street from my parents' house. I am in love with this "peace" of land. This is more than just a photo for me. That's where I walked together with my grandpa as a little girl while he made me sensitive to all the noises of nature. One night when I was about ten years old -- wearing my pajamas and a sweater on top because it was getting cool at night -- he took me to this place where we were very quiet so we could listen to the nightingales sing. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 51);font-family:lucida grande;" >It also reminds me of the foggy mornings when I took my bike to school and passed that tree, my favorite tree, every day. Even back then I thought I should catch that image in a photo one day to keep me reminded of what was important to me 15+ years ago, what affected and will always be part of me.<br />What you see on the photo is what my child eyes saw. I was always amazed by this land. This photo I took for myself -- a gift to me.<br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3