Monday, December 27, 2021

Which Champagne For New Year? And Which Travel Resolutions?

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  G H Mumm Champagne Brut Cordon Rouge.  Photo by Angela Lansbury. My husband chose this Champagne for Christmas. Champagne comes from the C...
Sunday, December 26, 2021

New Year Resolution? The easiest languages to learn? What about Spanish, Norwegian and Esperanto?

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Flag of Spain Babbel gives a great analysis of several easy to speak languages.  Surprisingly, the Scandinavian languages are easiest. Norwe...
Saturday, December 25, 2021

Christmas Food and gifts Around the World: UK, USA, Europe and Singapore - turkey, Yule Cake and stollen

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UK In the UK the usual Christmas dinner is turkey with roast potatoes, sprouts, and cranberry sauce.  Christmas pudding is served with custa...
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Update on Holland Village - Restaurants, Food, Furniture, Fun, Clothes

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On our way to my medical appointment in Jellita, we planned to have lunch in Holland Village. We were going to the Bagel shop but it seems t...
Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Stollen - yes' you can buy it in Singapore. At Cold Storage, Jellita, worldwide, or make your own.

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Stollen - German Christmas cake, log shape, with a marzipan centre. In the huge Cold Storage at Jellita I asked an assistant to point out th...
Friday, December 17, 2021

Tosca singing Rumania Rumania (Live) - do you like Romania, Yiddish, Italian opera singers?

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Is travelling to Romania on your wishlist? Do you have fond memories of Romania, or Yiddish of Klezmer music? This lady sings amazingly. her...

Romania Song Translated polyglot, including Yiddish (based on German), Hebrew, Russian, Romanian (based on Latin/Romance)

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  The Romanian flag The first verses are in Yiddish which is based on German, whilst the later verses wich you can hear in some versions are...