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24 Dec 21, 4 tweets, 2 min read
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 Christmas Eve muddle. OH announces 9:30 'walk dog, I'm off to Munich'! On plus side remembered I needed Kicher Erbsen, chick peas for hummus, & fresh bread so dashed 1st to small village supermarket hoping something on shelves before they close at 13:00 till Monday🙏
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 Luckily some basics available in supermarkets, but only just. Then took off for walk in drizzle, seeking shelter of forest from wind. Bavarian radio announcing 'Last Christmas' was #2 in UK charts.
God is large in Nature, if you want to see God larger, stand by a cross
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 Back home & unpack food. Got given a cloth bag as Christmas 🎁🎁 from village bakery. No fresh bread until Monday but thinking about Weisswurst & Brezn for tonight's 'humble' Christmas Eve meal. Sausages, mash & sauerkraut still very traditional here in Bavaria.
More to come..
4. Unexpectedly Amazon announced book ordered on Tuesday being delivered so that great news as I had a card to give our fantastic postman. Had been filming squirrel stealing bird food. Delighted to get book from @languagesecret1. Perhaps too late for me but exactly my approach

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30 Oct 21
One of most horrific events I have witnessed was British Petition system after Brexit with call for People's Referendum. How can anyone claim that Democracy exists in UK?
Not perfect, but let me tell you about Bavarian petition held about same time & has to do with this video
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25 Sep 21
Going to my German village supermarket in next hour. Anyone thinking food shortages and petrol shortages are rampant here too like me to video the empty shelves and petrol station queues? Perhaps Daily Express reader out there?
OK, I'm sure the requests are leg pulling but here you go, own fault.
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24 Sep 21
Brexit Revenge, guess I deserved it for being totally over the top last few months, provoking them.
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