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under the Eiffel Tower, Paris

The end of this year...

a couple more steps 

and we come into the new year ... 

What will be?

MERRY CHRISTMAS

May  Christmas bring you happiness and many dreams come true,

and may the joy you spread

throughout the year come back to you...

Merry Christmas and

a Happy New Year

2014

"Christmas to me is a celebration, which includes spending time with my family, decorating the Christmas tree and the entire house, inside and out, and shopping, for the people I love. Doing this with the people I love is what means the most to me.

Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. We usually gather and celebrate in my house with my two children and 4 grandchildren.  My sister, use to come as well… We spend the day baking cookies, making fudge and preparing a big Christmas dinner, with all the trimmings. The children love to see each other. They spend the day playing games and sharing their new gifts and toys that Santa Claus brought for each of them. They get so eager to decorate, that it is hard to restrain them.

We try to change the decorations, which we put out every year. The men finish up just about the same time as, we women and then it is time to decorate the tree together. The children love this the most. The tree is always real, and is usually six to seven feet tall. Most of the ornaments have been collected over the years and are very old. They have become real family treasures. We all have a favourite one that we each put on the tree. All the children put their First Christmas ornament on the tree that I brought, as a gift.

I am not usually a shopper, but during the Christmas season, I actually enjoy shopping. During the Christmas season, I love to shop. The stores are so beautifully decorated and very festive. I can easily get carried away, with spending so much money. I must admit the thought of spending too much money hardly comes to mind. I can just picture of look on the faces, of my family and that brings me so much joy. 

I feel so fortunate, to have my family throughout the year, but especially, at Christmas time. When showing, my family just how much I love them and what exactly they mean to me. That is so very important to me. Christmas, for me is about being with family, loving each other and showing each other just exactly how we all feel."

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ON  THE  STREET

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I'm sorry for my absence on

"The weekend reflections"

already several weeks.

 I have had a spinal injury

and it takes a time for be well again...

Wishing you a wonderful weekend...

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Indian Summer 

in my city

Taken  with my cell phone 

Have a nice sunny weekend !

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Sweet sunny day in Budapest

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              at Chocolate and Candy Festival

Have a great weekend

Beautiful world

The World is a Beautiful Place

& I  am no longer

afraid about it...

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Bratislava, Slovakia

Morning walks  in my beloved city....

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"An early morning walk is 

a blessing for the whole day"

- Henry David Thoreau -

with my coffee

Have a nice weekend

Twins

My newborn granddaughters

They are so sweet, 

but it takes all my time now...

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Bratislava, Slovakia - Concert Hall

A former Baroque granary built in accordance

with an order of Maria Theresa in 1773.

In 1913 - 1919, they turned an object

in neo Baroque style with

Rococco and Art Nouveau elements.

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The Reduta Building, the present place 

of activity of Slovak Philharmonic,

is the most important and representative

point of curtural and social life

in Bratislava's old city centre...

Sweet Days - Chocolate and Candy Festival in Budapest

Sweet Days ...

Chocolate 

and Candy Festival

in Budapest

20th - 22th September 2013

The event for those of us

with a sweet tooth

Budapest's annual Chocolate Festival promises 

to be sweet culinary event that

offers participants a chance to experience

everything cocoa products have to offer...

For three days,

chocolate will be featured in all its magnificient

and tasty forms...

I'll be there!!!

this time centred around

dark chocolate - my favourite...

Why People Don't Tell The Truth

The most dangerous untruths are truths moderately distorted. 

~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Everyone  tells a white lie on ocasion,

it 's just a question of why...

Some white lies save relationship,

some ease a hectic situation,and

others buy us time or a good feeling...?

The list could go on forever.

Stretching the truth is a natural component

of human instinct because it's the easy way out.

We all do  it, so there is no reason 

to deny it.

Honestly, I think the world is probably a better place because of our white lies.

As long as we aren't hurting others 

or breaking the law,these

innocent lies can make life more pleasant. 

They can absorb potential friction between our 

varying personalities and

vacillating moods as we nudge into one 

another on that quest through our

daily routine.

Most of these white lies only

stretch an interpretation of what 

the truth actually is anyways.

Given our ridig optimism to each lead

a tailored ideal life, white lies simply

cushion us from ourselves...

However, it can destroy years of friendship ... 

 if only  it was a real friendship?


With lies you may get ahead
in the world 
 but
you can never go back....

~ proverb~

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Polus City Center

is a shopping mall in Bratislava,

opened in November 2000.

It was the first modern

shopping mall in Slovakia...

The centre, with an area

38,500 m2,

houses a hypermarket, a cinema

complex, 139 retail shops

and several restaurants

and bars...

Part of the complex are

two high-rise office towers:

"Milenium Tower I" (80m)

and "Milenium Tower II"

(100m)

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Modern Architecture in Vienna

In Vienna, you encounter all architectural styles of European history.

Well-known highlights such as the Gothic St. Stefhen's Cathedral 

and the Baroque Schönbrunn Palace draw

tousands of visitors every year.

Off the beaten path, however, you can discover 

important archcitecture of modern times - from Otto Wagner's 

art neuveau buildings to posmodern statements

and current architecture as well...

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