August 14th, 2011 by admin
Another Jura Volksfest is here again. The annual celebration of the famous fair in Neumarkt i.d. Oberpfalz (Upper Palatinate) is currently going on. This afternoon we witnessed the Festzug or parade which took place in the Altstadt or Old City. I read over the local newspaper that more than a hundred groups participated during the parade. It was again another success!
If you happen to live near the are, the festival will last until the 22th of August.
I believed the images I took today will explain more about the Festzug. Enjoy the festival!
horse carriage with colorful decors on it.
tractors and other farm machinery also participated during the Festzug.
these girls are wearing the Bavarian costume called Dirndl.
August 13th, 2011 by admin
It seems that I am quite busy for the past weeks. I want to do a lot of things but my power won’t allow me to do everything. That is the advantage if we don’t have a boss..right guys? Anyway, I can’t wait for another trip to come next month. I will be visiting Vienna for the second time and also Budapest in Hungary and other places in this area. I can’t thank enough my sponsors for this coming trip….just kidding guys.
I can’t stay too long enough now. It is past midnight and I need to wake-up early later to do some errands. I also need to get ready for a weekend trip with friends. Again, thanks for the donors…just kidding guys! I am thankful to all good friends around who always invite me in their trips.
For now, I am sharing an image from Vienna, Austria. The building you see in the background is the Hofburg Palace.
someone’s striking a pose in front of Hofburg Palace. taken during my first visit last June 2007.
Hofburg Palace is a palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria.
August 13th, 2011 by admin
It is not so heavy as our old one. It is not so big and most of all the pictures on the screen are very clear because of better resolution. Last year, hubby disagreed that we will buy a new flat LCD TV. Until the analog connection was shut-down last June of this year, hubby realized that our new LCD TV is very much better compared to our old one. We just need one of those flat tv mounts so that we will have more space in the living room. All my stuffs there just made our living room smaller. I wish I have time to rearrange everything next time. During winter time maybe when I can stay most of the time in the house.
Happy weekend everyone!
August 10th, 2011 by admin
My friends Joy and Ritz were satisfied and happy with our dinner (which is too early at 4:00 PM) during our short trip to Munich last Aug. 9, 2011. After our sightseeing in Nymphenburg Palace, also known as Nymph’s Castle, we proceeded to Hofbräuhaus in Munich, Germany. The waitress who was wearing a Dirndl, the traditional costume of Bavaria, told us that it will take 15 to 20 minutes for our order to be served. I already expected it longer since there are a lot of customers and tourists who are trying to experience and to taste Bavarian delicacies. At least, my friends were satisfied with what we had eaten…and me too! We proceeded for more sightseeing at the Old City especially in Marienplatz.
it was my second dining in Hofbräuhaus last Aug. 9, 2011 but had been to this place for some times already.
The Staatliches Hofbräuhaus in München (state court-brewery in Munich, also Hofbräu München) is a brewery in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, owned by the state government. The Hof (court) comes from the brewery’s history as a royal brewery in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
The Hofbräuhaus in Munich was one of the beer halls used by the Nazi Party to declare policies and hold functions. On February 24, 1920, Adolf Hitler proclaimed the twenty-five theses of the National Socialist program at the Hofbräuhaus, which reconstituted the German Workers’ Party as the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, known as the Nazi Party. Hundreds of tourists visit these sites, including the Hofbräuhaus in Munich every year. One author claims that some of the first violent attacks on Jews took place at the Hofbräuhaus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofbr%C3%A4uhaus
August 3rd, 2011 by admin
San Remo, also written as Sanremo is a city on the Mediterranean coast of western Liguria in north-western Italy. It is known as one of the best tourist destination in Italian Riviera. It is located near the border of France. No wonder it just took us some minutes to drive from Sanremo to Menton in France.
Our visit to this city was a very memorable one. We had a lot of fun during that time. We had a very good tour guide during our visit here. He pointed to us the Villa Nobel, the house of Alfred Nobel where he lived the last year of his life. Other sights we saw were the Sanremo Casino, the shopping district in this city and a lot more.
I would love to experience the sunset walk in my next visit. Here are few of the images I took during our visit last spring 2011.
a fountain in the city centre.
the shopping street with famous Italian designers.
you can always see clothes hanging on Italian windows…this is good in saving energy.
horse carriage with colorful decors on it.
tractors and other farm machinery also participated during the Festzug.
these girls are wearing the Bavarian costume called Dirndl.
