the masks

" the most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role... you give up your ability to feel... and in exchange... put on a mask."

By: Jim Morrison

i was cleaning when suddenly Michael's collections of masks get my attention, he bought these from his previuos travels except the one from Venice, Italy (1st photo) we bought it on our trip there.

if you were to choose to wear a mask, which one will you pick? and why?

a year older

I really don't know what to post for my birthday, but since my blog is about traveling so i thought of why not post my favorite places that we visited in some of our trips.

so guys... enjoy viewing the pics and if you want you can guess which country it is ;)

i would like to thank you all my dear friends in blogging world, especially my buddies and my family in Salitype :) you guys rock! love you all mwah! :) and to all my blogging buddies, readers and followers... thank you everyone for making my site meaningful and colorful, you guys are my inspiration in writing :)

my family i love so dearly... my 3R i love you so much.... i'll see you all soon...

my husband Michael... i love so much... thank you for always being there mein Schatz... my journey in life had never been so wonderful until you came into my life.... Ich Liebe Dich...

i asked him this morning if he's going to bring home a boquet of flowers for me because it's my birthday... and he answered me... "yes lovely... i'll buy you "Blumenkohl" in English: cauliflower ;) there he goes again... with his 99% shit in the head! hayyyy... ;)

Happy Birthday To Me! ;)

"walking in a winter wonder wolfenbüttel (land) "

Sunday yesterday, we went in the city to buy some of the ingredients i need for my Empanadas. My brother in law and his wife will be back soon from Norway, and we invited them for dinner.


Never seen the city like this before full and surrounded of snow! last year there was snow also but not so extreme like this, so off we go with our winter jackets and went to the city. This is the first time i saw the historical city in snow, the Fachwerkhäuser especially the Rathaus (town hall) looks more beautiful and enchanting with snow.


talking about winter wonderland? :) we made a joke to my brother in law, that they should go home now because there's more snow here now than in Norway ;) so guys.. come with me... let's take a walk in winter wonder Wolfenbüttel (land) ;)

i heard in the radio that morning... the DJ is asking a man... if how did the snow affect him... the man just simply answered... "ruhig bleiben... und Die Landschaft genießen..." in English: just stay cool.... and enjoy the landscape... :)

Happy New Year!!!

as part of the show a stilltwalker

When you hear the words new year definitely the first thing will come out to your mind is fireworks. When i think about fireworks i always remember our trip to Hannover with Mutti. It was our birthday gift to her on her last years birthday. That was on the 30th of August 2008 in Hannover, we watch the 18th International Fireworks Contest.

Philippines won the third place, Denmark got the second place and France won the first place. Philippines is just few points ahead against Canada, Portugal is also one of the participants in the said contest.

Happy New Year everyone!!! :)

got to go guys, it's time to watch "Dinner for One"! *winks* :)

the count down is on! i'll see you all next year! :) mwah!

Oh Tannenbaum! Oh Tannenbaum!

"oh, Tannenbaum... oh Tannenbaum... Der Weihnachtsmann geht Äpfel klauen.."

in English: " oh, Christmas tree... oh Christmas tree... Santa goes to steal apples"

Ok, Das ist nur Quatsch"! ( nonsense ) my husband use to sing this traditional Christmas song, and i thought that's the right lyrics ;) but then i just learned lately that he changed the lyrics of the song! oh, that's one of his 99% shit in the head! ;)


So, how we celebrated Christmas? Michael, me and Mutti (my mother in law) had a nice dinner together, my brother in law are in Norway with their friends, Mutti is bit sad but she said she understand them, because Michael and me are also not here on Christmas for the past few years. Michael baked goose (not whole, only breast) with fresh vegies and fruits i bought in the market a day before. It was excellent! never eat goose before, Mutti likes it also. "Danke mein Schatz für das wunderschöne Weihnachtsessen"! ;)

Like last year, Mutti read to us a verse from the Bible which tells how or why there's christmas, and then like last year, she asked me or requested that i sing a Christmas song. Ok, i can sing... i am a member of a church choir before long time ago. And yes... Mutti likes my song and it brings tears in her eyes everytime i sing, or maybe it's the spirit of Christmas.

Our Tannenbaum maybe is not so grandiuos or not so tall like the others, but it brings joy and peacefulness everytime we sit on our sofa and just staring at it (except when there's fußball). The decos are not all natural but the apples are real fresh from the market. We wanted to put real candles but because of security, we just put electric lights.

This Christmas tree will be standing here in our living room until my birthday ;) when? i won't tell you Lol! :) ok here's a clue, after three kings one day more then it's my birthday :)


From Wolfenbüttel with Love, we wish you all enjoy the rest of the holiday season and may you all have a Blessed and a Joyous New Year! :)

ok, got to go guys i have to watch out that Santa won't steal apples on our Christmas tree ;)

hope, peace, love and joy

may you find all these in this time of the year.... happy 4th advents day!

reflection

" the real man smiles in trouble, gathers strenght from distress, and grow brave by reflection"...

by: Thomas Paine