Germany :::: Deutschland ::::

t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject:

Have patience randyfan. xsHuRx, randyfan wants me to speed up and hurry to the WC06 (FIFA World Cup 2006) but I want to stop over at my grandparents first.

Have some sausages randyfan. I don't know if you can drink, but maybe you could get some too! Icon_favorites49

Today is Good Friday and I am trying to be an angel! Icon_angels11

Ashirox · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:31 pm Post subject:

SmileyC · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 9:39 am Post subject:

I really wanna watch VIVA WORLD CUP live. Are you gonna watch it, HX ?
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Ashirox · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:05 pm Post subject:

t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject:

My dad will be watching it! LOL

Today we will be visiting Sigmaringen, a very quaint city in the South of Germany where the history of my family is highly visible.

Below is the picture of the city hall:

Part of the city:

Sigmaringen is a city in southern Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, at the upper Danube, formerly Hohenzollern, capital of the Sigmaringen district.

It was first mentioned in 1077 and is particularly renowned for its wonderfully preserved Hohenzollern Castle.

On September 7, 1944, following the Allied invasion of France, Henri Philippe Pétain and members of the Vichy government cabinet fled to Germany and established a government in exile at Sigmaringen. Pétain returned to France in April 1945. French writers Céline and Lucien Rebatet, fearing for their lives because of their political and anti-Semitic writings, fled along with the Vichy government to Sigmaringen.

Sigmaringen was the birthplace of Ferdinand of Romania (1865-1927), king of Romania (1914-1927).

My dad's ancestors can be seen in the potraits displayed at Castle Hohenzollern:

Here's the website of part of my family tree:
http://www.hohenzollern.com/en/index.html
however, dad holds the title von Windemuth which is from the North of Germany. His family tree is huge and hohenzollern is just a small part. Their trade mark is their noses! Icon_signs48

which I hope I'm not getting it coz it's rather big! If you visit that castle, part of the wings are open for viewing.

I will show more of my history later on. I still can't get dad to share out his photo albums from his computer. Until then.....

t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject:

That's me running up to the Castle Hohenzollern. That side of the castle is private property.

:::::Onkle Karl's House::::::

Onkle Karl built this house from the exact blue print of my great-grandparents house (from Oma side). This house was built without a single nail involved. It's sad when my Uhr Oma passed away and a few years back that other older house (original one) was given to dad's cousin and he ran it down. It's a beautiful cottage facing a big field and forest. There were cherry trees and all kind of other fruit trees but this cousin chopped them all off! :icon_angry3: My grandmother is not very happy with him for destroying such an old property. Dad said one day he will buy that cottage when his cousin goes broke!

:::::: Uhr Oma's Mill ::::::

This mill is more than 500 years old. It was the first ever mill to have the patent and trade mark name muesli. When you eat muesli, you will know that it's history dated back to this mill. Since my Uhr Oma (great grandmother) passed away a few years back, this mill is now under the restoration and care of the United Nation.

Some of you may remember the story I told of my mom who found a errr... she thought it was horse hair but actually it was one of their ancestors who died in the mill incident. They kept the hair up in the attic as memory! Icon_emotions5

The mill is so huge and there are 4 storey basements which has been locked for many years. It is said more history will be revealed inside there but my great-grandfather put it in his will that only the 4 generations after his death will be able to expose what's inside. That means my kids' generation.

More soon. Sit back and have some hot cocoa.

SmileyC · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:56 am Post subject:

WOW They look so Ancient and Old. I like it !!

Yes I remembered that story. Scary !!! But the Topic's ignored now.
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Ashirox · Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:38 am Post subject:

very good sceneries and ancient stautes!
Are u in the red?
Is it that this place is good for tourism?
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teenfanclub · Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:09 am Post subject:

i have went to germany but not seen places you have shown they are beautiful
i wish we can stay more than 4 days but my mom have to go back reguarding some work :icon_angry3:
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Christine · Posted: Mon May 01, 2006 6:00 pm Post subject:

t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject:

Sorry... I've been ignoring this topic. Now I'm back.

SmileyC:

SmileyC · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

Ohh so those clothing are from Germany.

HX, Do you dare to explore your Oma's house for Secrets in the past ?? Icon_evil16

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t h e . d r e a m e r · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:50 pm Post subject:

SmileyC · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 5:03 pm Post subject:

Do they do Tap Dancing, Wait that's Ireland isn't it ?? Never mind.

When your children discover something inform to me immedeatly ! LoL
That's gotta be pretty exciting.
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S! · Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2006 9:22 pm Post subject:

wow~ Germany seems like a really nice place! Icon_emotions16

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