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The "Plauderbank" invites visitors to sit down and put a stone on the installation’s user interface. Its specific weight launches the playback of an audio story for Plauderbank guests to enjoy. These offerings are a mix of historical accounts, folksongs sung by children, and personal narratives. Anyone who’d like to contribute content is cordially invited to visit the recording station set up in Kunsthalle.
Foto Credits: Vanessa Graf
Get into the Holiday Spirit, Vancouver!
The Vancouver Christmas Market (VCM) follows the centuries-old tradition of a German Christmas market and brings all the cultural delights at this time of the year from Deutschland to all families from every community in this part of the world to help celebrate the holiday season. Besides Christmas-themed food and entertainment, the VCM promises to offer the best shopping experience you’ll have all season as well.
This year as was last year, the location of the Vancouver Christmas Market is at the open plaza area right next to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre (QE Theatre). It is a good location and just a short 5-minute walk from the Stadium-Chinatown Skytrain station and readily accessible to buses including some Northshore lines.
As suggested by VCM which tries its best to follow sustainable eco-friendly principles, the best way to get the market is by making use of public transportation. Though parking is also conveniently located including one that is right underneath the QE Theatre should you decided to drive.
This QE Theatre location is also where the First nations Aboriginal Pavilion was during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. In fact, the founder and president of VCM, Mr. Malte Kluetz indicated that he was inspired by that global sporting event that further established the City of Vancouver as an international destination to setup a world-class Christmas market with ideas based on his homeland country of Germany.
So what can be found inside the Vancouver Christmas Market?
With 45 vendors participating this year, many of then from Germany and Austria, the VCM offers a sampling of products, services and entertainment from the Bavarian country and surrounding regions. Here, you will find Bavarian Weisswurst, German Bratwurst, Swiss chesses, salted Bretzels, waffles, cinnamon bakeries, fine Belgian chocolates and the many different varieties of hand-crafted and painted chocolate candies.
Yes, there is a Carousel ride which is Vancouver’s first and only Christmas Carousel at $3 per ticket or 5 tickets for $10 too. Information for rates, tickets, prepaid special groups (of 20 people or more) and a 2-for-1 lunch pass (for downtown workers) are available at the Vancouver Christmas Market web site at vancouverchristmasmarket.com.
New this season is a FREE RE-ENTRY offer. You paid once for admission and you will receive a re-entry pass that allows you to come back anytime you want for the entire season which opens its gates from November 24 to December 24, 2012, 11am-9pm with early closing on Christmas Eve (Dec 24) at 6pm.
The Vancouver Christmas Market is largely an out-door venue, so dress appropriately. Kaethe Wohlfahrt, Germany’s top Christmas ornament and décor company which sells hundreds of unique and one-of-a-kind Christmas decorative items, is the only shop sheltered inside a building that is part of the QE Theatre complex. Many of the outdoor shops are housed inside wooden huts. Washrooms are outdoor temporary toilets.
No Christmas tree, either real or fake is sold at the market, so don’t come shopping for that and you won’t be disappointed. At the market, you will find many finely-crafted Christmas items on display with everyone seemingly having a story to tell and an old-world tradition beckoning you to find out more.
The VCM is a licensed premise, so alcoholic drinks are available for those who can be proved themselves to be 19 or over. Glühwein and a popular variant, the Feuerzangenbowle with a rum-soaked sugarloaf set on fire and dipped into the wine (usually red) are also served at the market. Adhering to the principle of sustainability to reduce waste, these popular German Christmas beverages are served in recyclable mugs. After your enjoyment, you can return the mug to get your $2 mug deposit back.
However, due to food and liquor licensing, no dogs or other pets are allowed with the exception for guide dogs. The market is also easily wheelchair accessible.
There is a live stage which features live bands, dancers and entertainment by artists and groups from such countries as Bulgaria, the Ukraine, Germany, Estonia and others. The Santa’s Brass Band plays traditional Christmas tunes with a toe-tapping rhythm that sees many visitors dancing with their partner around the stage.
And yes, this is a suggestion for the organizer - The melodies from ‘The Sound of Music’ would seem to fit in the market very well and indeed one would feel that ‘the hills are alive’, perhaps we might see (and hear) some of that in the future? On the other hand, the Vancouver Christmas Market is certainly teeming with life with a constant stream of visitors milling about the merchant stalls on Sunday afternoon Nov 25. Mr Kluetz said he expects to have 160,000 visitors this year. The 2011 attendance was 130,000.
Besides merchandizes from European producers, there are also no shortages of local and fair Trade goods including Fraser Valley honey, products from Ecofair Tarding and Tradewinds, woolen hats and clothing from Namaste National Products etc. And speaking of honey, Germany is the biggest honey-tasters in the world, proclaimed one of the honey vendors at the market.
Frohe Weihnachten! Merry Christmas, Vancouver!
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Ray Van Eng is an award-winning photographer, journalist, Internet publisher, screenwriter and movie & TV producer. One of his videos is currently on view at the Hava Nagila Exhibit, Museum of Jewish heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. from Sep 2012 to May 2013.
Darren and Mike gave me a mesh tunnel made for pets at Christmas time, thinking that when the kittens got old enough to use it, I could take them outside.
I put it in the closet, and then promptly forgot about it!
I was delighted to find it again!
Ozzie has been on the mission from hell to get out. Once he's out, he totally freaks, and wants to get back in....but he still wants to go, and if I'm sitting on the front porch and Vinny can see me, he about looses his mind, because all he wants to do is be with me!!
I knew that Vinny would be a good canidate for the tunnel. He is so mellow, and would be content to just be near me and take in all the smells and sights. I thought Ozzie would be somewhat resisitant to being restrained, and probably try to claw his way out, but I was wrong!
Both of them really seemed to enjoy the whole deal. They spent about an hour laying in the sun and watching the house sparrow that's nesting in the bird bottle hanging on the porch post fly back and forth.
Of course now, everytime I go anywhere near the front door, they think they're going out!
As for the rest of the crew.....Floydd wants out, but he would NOT be content to be confined, so I take him out for the occasional stroll through the garden under tight supervision.
Simon, Sally and Dora seem to have absolutely NO desire to check out the great outdoors, which is more than fine with me.
And of course Leo and Stella can pretty much come and go as they wish during the day,by using the cat door, which has been fixed so they can get in, but not back out.
Stella can actually pry the door open, even if it's setting is on one way.......she was smart enough to figure out that if she pulls the flap TOWARDS her, she can then slip her head underneath and make her escape. All my other cats so far have not been able to figure this out, as the natural inclination is to just sort of head-butt the flap and push out.......but I've been watching Vinny and Ozzie. I have a feeling that it's not going to be long before they too figure out the secret. I think they are up there on the Kitty IQ scale!
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One Life Beautiful - Julie Giroux
I'm told every day is a new experience, so I'm trying to make the most of it.
Welcome to India, via train. Where safety is not a concern.
Experience India on your iPhone as this an iPhone wallpaper.
iPhone wallpaper for fans by TDjunkie.
Seen as how the Arigna Mining Experience was mention in the comments from our Journal.ie article we may as well post a few images from the tour. This photograph shows a long stretch of tunnel at the beginning of the tour, back in the day the tunnel was much smaller.
We pray for Cristian, a little boy we sponsored in Honduras, with our children over dinner so often. We talk about the things he likes and ways to make his sponsorship successful. This is a photo Kristi took in the Carlos side of The Compassion Experience.
Photo taken inside The Compassion Experience inside the "Carlos" side when it was at North Side Baptist Church and such a great experience.
Sponsorship | The Compassion Experience, Compassion International
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10/09/2018, Europort, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
A Damen designed & built ASD 2810 Hybrid tug.
Completed in February 2015 by Damen Galati, Galati, Romania (1241)
294 g.t., 145 dwt. and 61 tonnes bollard pull, as:
'Multratug 28' to 2016,
'Experience' to 2016,
'Svitzer Experience' to 2016 and
'Experience' since.
We celebrated Daniel's birthday with a permanent vacation in Palm Springs.
Endless Summer
September 2012
When I received my kaleidoscope crystal vision glasses i knew right away those have to be styled up with my Jim Morrison tee and my favorite Frankie B. Jeans. To me Jim Morrison invented some styles not only music! The tight leather pants he wore which ever since have been associated with Rock stars. His Chelsea boots mixed with his Bohemian shirts always gave an elegant feel.
He once quoted “Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts” and it’s one of my favorite quotes as I personally have had bad experiences in the field which led me to barely cutting my hair now.
Spikes Bracelet: Style Royale
Angel Wings Ring: Style Royale
Black Lace Bracelet: Francesca C
Glasses: Future Eyes
Heart Rings: Wish Handmade Jewellery
Bag: Lady Dior Limited
Bow Jeans: Frankie B
Jim Morrison Top: Forever21
Shoes: Nichii
usually the Famous Grouse experience is staggering through the streets at 2am followed by a battering from the wife and a stonking great hangover the next day. but today was different...
Parking up at the Glenturret distillary on a freezing cold morning we were out for a hill walk rather than a dram, but not before being greeted by this guy.
I was fortunate to be able to attend a concert last Sunday afternoon in Cardiff's St David's Hall. As can be seen on the ticket, the concert was by Sir Karl Jenkins, the renowned Welsh composer. It was a wonderful experience although I was not too happy to be amongst large crowds of people who were not wearing masks.
Scarlet & Turk (Turquoise) and a resident Crayonologist demonstrate how crayons are made in a live theatre show.
The Crayola Experience, a 60,000-square-foot space at 30 Centre Square in downtown Easton, features 26 attractions for kids to explore art and technology, express their creativity, and experience color.