General

Happy New Year from Oberursel, Germany

ByMaria December 31, 2021

As it is such a mild Silvester Day (New Year’s Eve), we might spend some of the evening on the balcony. Our daytime temperature was 14°C.

I took a stroll through the nearby forest earlier, and heard crane formations (or wild geese) heading for warmer climate. Usually, this only happens in October.

There won’t be much partying tonight as our daughter has to catch an early flight to Washington, D.C. tomorrow morning. Something good will come out of this – my family will be spared from watching me dance to Abba at 2:30am. 🙂

Happy New Year to all my friends, contacts, and readers, out there!

Anything Japanese | General

Japanese Zen Wisdom
ByMaria September 4, 2008September 26, 2008

The filigree lattice of a dead leaf There is really nothing you must be. And there is nothing you must do. There is really nothing you must have. And there is nothing you must know. There is really nothing you must become. However it helps to understand that fire burns, and when it rains the…

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China | General

Chinese Solar Power Pioneer wins Alternative Nobel
ByMaria September 30, 2011March 16, 2020

Some of you might wonder why I would report about Huang Ming receiving the 2011 Right Livelihood Award (a.k.a. alternative Nobel prize). My blog is usually about Oberursel, tourism, and my own trips. But one of those trips took me to Mr. Huang’s home in 2005. Starting fall 2003, I started tutoring his daughter who,…

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Oberursel

Bike Race Through Oberursel on 1 May 2022
ByMaria April 25, 2022May 5, 2024

We long-term residents of Oberursel are familiar with this annual event. For the newcomers to Oberursel and vicinity, this might prove to be a challenge to get in and out of Oberursel on that day. Some roads will be blocked for traffic as early as 8:53, and some until 13:16. From my experience, it is…

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Places of interest in and around Oberursel

Film about Life in Oberursel
ByMaria January 16, 2018April 28, 2018

Thinking about moving to Oberursel? Then have a look at this film published by the city of Oberursel. If you lived here once and miss it, you will enjoy it as well. I’ve lived here for 22 years, and call this my home. Click here for the movie: http://www.oberursel.de/tourismus/information/oberursel-im-film/

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Germany

Hurricane Warning for Germany
ByMaria February 28, 2010October 20, 2018

I have been through minor and major earth quakes as well as typhoons in Japan, experienced hurricanes on the East Coast of the United States, so this Orkan warning (hurricane) for Germany did not really worry me, but only surprised me. While I was talking to a childhood friend in Texas, she asked me if…

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Korea

Excellent Customer Service in Korea
ByMaria May 9, 2012May 9, 2012

Five weeks ago, in a rush to get to Seoul’s Incheon Airport, we left our daughter’s travel companion Winnie the Pooh behind. He remained at K-haus Gwanghwamun in Seoul until the hotel manager, Ms. Lee, and I cleared by e-mail his transport to Germany. There were at least a dozen e-mails as I had hoped…

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