Posts filed under 'Friends'
Thanks to these ladies (and 3 others who had to work that day) we had a successful cookies exchange party in the beginning of December.
Baking cookies in the weeks before Christmas is a big thing in central Europe. During the years I lived in Prague, I can remember the plates with up to 20 different kind of cookies, colleagues brought into the office.
Also in the region around Mistelbach baking is still a tradition in almost every household. Two years ago I started to try out some recipes and discovered the joy of baking. I never got more than 2 or 3 different sorts of “Krapferl” as they call it here. So therefore the idea of baking two dozens of one kind and than swap the cookies with other ladies in the neighborhood was a gift in this stressful period before Christmas
Continue Reading Dezember 28th, 2010
Language: English/German
When: Last Thursday of the month from 10:00 a.m. to noon
Where:Hotel zur Linde, Bahnstraße 49, 2130 Mistelbach an der Zaya
Contact: livinginmistelbach@hotmail.com
Continue Reading November 7th, 2010
Living in another country, and keeping in touch with good old friends, thanks to the internet, became much easier the last few years. Although… about 5 or 6 years ago, I moved from Vienna to Mistelbach and one of my dearest friends emigrated away from Belgium. We where both too busy and than too late to inform the other one and our mail returned. Several times I , googled her name without any results. As we do not have any common friends, there was nobody to ask. Until two weeks ago when I brook my toe and was obliged to rest, again I did some research and in half an hour or so her face appeared on my screen. YES ! We mailed back and forward and in one second my bad mood of the past to weeks was gone. I discovered that she started a business in organic products in Sweden, had a new partner in her life and was obvious very satisfied. Again I could confirm Bieke´s theory that if something you considered bad happens in your life (my broken toe), there has to be something good about it.
Happy to see you again Bieke!
Martine
Juli 29th, 2009
