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Helau!

2/18/2010
Helau is the typical Karneval greeting It is like Halloween and Mardi Gras rolled all in one.  We were in Dusseldorf for the weekend and we saw people in costume the whole time (maybe some people never even went home!).  It was just one big street party- there was music playing, people dancing and singing all night long!...

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Christmas Market Commentary

2/12/2010
Hosanna just uploaded this video I'd forgotten all about from when we went to the Nuremberg Christmas Market.  I hate the sound of my voice but you can see how crowded it was plus Leslie and Hosanna always provide the laughs! ...

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Spring break is just around the corner, right?

2/03/2010
It has been so crazy, snowy here since I've been back from Spain.  There has been snow on the ground since December and I've seen the sun one time the whole month of January (even though it was on the coldest day of the winter so far at like -15 Celsius)! I've never seen this much snow in...

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