I know there are another couple of days of Advent to go but I feel as if Christmas begins today as I am travelling to spend my “happy feast days” with the parentage and other family members in just a few hours.
The list of Advent things to do has been slowly achieved:
Advent wreath made and [...]
Filed under: Seasons on December 23rd, 2007 | 5 Comments »
For unto us a teabag wrapper hath been restored:
Day 6: Zeit der Kraft – time of strength/power. I can’t remember the taste but the wrapper says it was raspberry, rhubarb and chilli flavour. The wrapper smells pleasantly of vanilla. Make of that what you will.
Filed under: Food, Seasons on December 22nd, 2007 | 2 Comments »
My gentle reader has asked for an update on my Advent tea-drinking activities. I confess to being quite astonished that the good ee – or anyone for that matter – is remotely interested. I was berating myself earlier for inflicting such matters upon my readership. I wondered if I should continue and was in a [...]
Filed under: Community, Food, Seasons on December 19th, 2007 | 4 Comments »
This news hot off the press: in fact the press release is dated 6.12.2007 so we’re back to anticipating events again – pre-hot off the press…
The Christmas Tree, which is a gift from Norway to the People of the United Kingdom in gratitude for our efforts against Nazism in World War II and for providing [...]
Filed under: Seasons on December 5th, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I thought I would share my Advent tea drinking adventures with you thus far:
Day 1: Johannisbeere Früchtetee – blackcurrant fruit tea
Day 2: Weißer Tee – white tea
Day 3: Früchtetee mit natürlichem Erdbeer-Cranberry Aroma – fruit tea w natural strawberry and cranberry aroma
Day 4: Rooibos Wildkirsche – Rooibos wild cherry
Day 5: Earl Grey
It is such a [...]
Filed under: Food, Seasons on December 5th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A little seasonal news for you: I have learned that a “refuge”* is to be set up in Salzburg town centre where women can leave their male partners for a few hours while they do their Christmas shopping. The men will be able to play computer games, read the newspapers or have a drink with [...]
Filed under: Austria, Seasons, Words on December 5th, 2007 | 4 Comments »