Plaudereien aus dem Nähkästchen
During the seaon time flies by. So many things to do, so little time to be merry as we want to have it so very cosy during the holidays. And thanks to all the nice advent calendars for us sewists and embroiderers we are daily inspired to even more decorations and presents.
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If you are still looking for nice designs after the black friday sale frenzy then you can enjoy now several free advent calendars:
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It was a sunny friday for me but a dark one for my purse. Thanks to Thanksgiving and the following Black Friday sales I had to do some shopping especially embroidery designs … Perhaps you want to join me?
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Countdown to advent calender time is 14 days and of course even adults do like them still.
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Today it is time to go home. It has been a very interesting and wonderful week of vacation!
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After having visited so many sights yesterday the children wish for some shopping today. So we decide to walk the avenue of liberty (pt. Avenida da Liberdade) nearby. Even though the trees are almost leafless it is beautiful to walk beneath them and to look at all the different statues dedicated to liberty.
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It’s the first day starting with sunshine – good for visiting two world culture heritage places: the Jerónimos Monastery (pt. Mosteiro dos Jeronimos) and the tower of Belém (pt. Torre des Belém). Both buildings had survived the big earthquake of 1755. Nevertheless the fortified lighthouse is only a replica build in 1846 as the original was destroyed by Napoleon’s invasion.
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After some shopping a visit to the old castle San Jorge is due which looms over our flat only 200 m airline 90 meters above us, around 900 meter to walk.
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The view from our flat shows the elevator de Santa Justa sehen, also called Elevador do Carmo was build in 1902 and is 45m high. From there it is said that you have a wonderful view to the castle San Jose, so we decide to have a look today.
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The day starts again with rain, really heavy rain. So what should we do? Visit the ozeanium, of course, as we are very fond of aquariums (therefore we visit each year in Denmark the ocean museum in Esbjerg)!
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