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kindigoMy first family is family Jürgen Schmiedgen in Crottendorf, Annaberg, Saxony, Germany, in the Erzgebirge (or Ore Mountains). For the uninitiated, that's town/municipality, district, county, and the country. It's like right on the border of the Czech Republic. That's it!
In the mountains, I think about 2100 feet above sea level (I'll have an excuse for being tired all the time; not enough air! XD). So apparently it rains all the time in Germany (in fact Eastern Germany (that's me) recently got flooded); I get moderate mountain climate.
33 inches of snow in March! o.m.f.g.
All the pictures are bloody gorgeous. *claps for mountains* I do so love winter and it's sure to be spectacular up there!
Population 4,225. Bigger than Elk Rapids, smaller than TC. Yay, it's rural.
Hubertusburg, Albrechtsberg Castle, Lingner Castle, Pillnitz Castle and Rammenau are all in Saxony (!!!yay!).
"There is a rumor that Germans have no sense of humor. This is absolutely false. They do have a sense of humor, in fact there is even a non-translatable word for their sense of humor, "Schadenfreude"....it literally means "joy for another's misfortune", which is why Mr. Bean is more popular in Germany than in Britain. Germans do not feel any sympathy for Mr. Bean. They are not laughing with him; they are laughing at him...
"For real German profanity is anal and not coital. Germans do not say "F*ck!" when they are angry or disappointed, they say "Sh*t!". Likewise they do not describe a person they are not particular fond of as a "M*ther-F*cker!" but instead as an "A**hole!". Some say it was no wonder that Sigmund Freud "discovered" the concept of anal fixation; his first patients let out their frustration in the German language...
"...Real Germans are cleanliness fanatics...Real Germans consider holiday (vacation) time a God-given right, and sometimes I have the feeling that some of them are convinced that it has been incorporated into the German Constitution, if not the Holy Bible (Thou shalt have 30 days paid vacation time)..."
And yeah, just to be a complete dork, Annaberg has a crest, with a lion rampant on a field of predominantly Or, gules, and sable tinctures (I'm not a Gryffindor though...oh well. Gold and red are cool colors anyway).
... -_-;;;
/geek
In the mountains, I think about 2100 feet above sea level (I'll have an excuse for being tired all the time; not enough air! XD). So apparently it rains all the time in Germany (in fact Eastern Germany (that's me) recently got flooded); I get moderate mountain climate.
33 inches of snow in March! o.m.f.g.
All the pictures are bloody gorgeous. *claps for mountains* I do so love winter and it's sure to be spectacular up there!
Population 4,225. Bigger than Elk Rapids, smaller than TC. Yay, it's rural.
Hubertusburg, Albrechtsberg Castle, Lingner Castle, Pillnitz Castle and Rammenau are all in Saxony (!!!yay!).
"There is a rumor that Germans have no sense of humor. This is absolutely false. They do have a sense of humor, in fact there is even a non-translatable word for their sense of humor, "Schadenfreude"....it literally means "joy for another's misfortune", which is why Mr. Bean is more popular in Germany than in Britain. Germans do not feel any sympathy for Mr. Bean. They are not laughing with him; they are laughing at him...
"For real German profanity is anal and not coital. Germans do not say "F*ck!" when they are angry or disappointed, they say "Sh*t!". Likewise they do not describe a person they are not particular fond of as a "M*ther-F*cker!" but instead as an "A**hole!". Some say it was no wonder that Sigmund Freud "discovered" the concept of anal fixation; his first patients let out their frustration in the German language...
"...Real Germans are cleanliness fanatics...Real Germans consider holiday (vacation) time a God-given right, and sometimes I have the feeling that some of them are convinced that it has been incorporated into the German Constitution, if not the Holy Bible (Thou shalt have 30 days paid vacation time)..."
And yeah, just to be a complete dork, Annaberg has a crest, with a lion rampant on a field of predominantly Or, gules, and sable tinctures (I'm not a Gryffindor though...oh well. Gold and red are cool colors anyway).
... -_-;;;
/geek
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Date: 2006-05-22 03:46 am (UTC)