Category Archives: Lifestyle

Giant Paella Piriapolis

Every year, early to mid of December, the Uruguayan tourist season (temporada) is opened in Piriapolis with a „Giant Paella“ festival. The 2020 season was opened on the 18th of December 2019, our 52nd marriage anniversary. The giant paella, a … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 3

If you have been following my blog for awhile, you will know that we love to go out for lunch or dinner. But in the long run, this can be quite expensive! At the beginning of the blog, I often … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 2

Here comes my second part of the cookbook series. Actually, it’s crazy who thinks they have to publish a cookbook. In the following, you can see some of them which are not known to everybody and are not used in … Weiterlesen →

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Cookbooks – Part 1

Without question I AM A COLLECTOR and friend of interesting things, I love history and I am a fan of good cuisine, according to the motto: „Life is to short for bad food or wine“! During the last 60 years … Weiterlesen →

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Corona Virus – Street Art

At the moment, the world has turned to Corona. Everybody knows „The Virus“. Covid-19 stands for COrona-VIrus Disease, 2019. I don’t want to write about the Corona Virus, many many other, much more predestined, people have done this already.   … Weiterlesen →

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Corona – Uruguay is Different

With these „German Air Force Plane Hospitals“, Italian seriously ill corona infected people are flown to Germany. So positive such mutual help in hardest times. Friday, 13th of March 2020. The date will be marked in the memory of all … Weiterlesen →

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Fake The Wine Connoisseur

My last article about the wine connoisseur has brought a lot of comments. Thanks for that. Anyway, I want to stick to the content, but I have to admit that some people’s knowledge of wine, or what they think they … Weiterlesen →

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Wine Connoisseur

„But where there is no wine, the charm of life dies“.  Anyone who can agree with this quotation from the Greek tragedian poet Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) is well on the way to become a wine connoisseur. Bust … Weiterlesen →

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Just a Birthday Lunch

Recently I could enjoy and healthy celebrate my 75th birthday. WOW – what a number. It is  unbelievable how quick years are gone and time is running. Especially if you feel (in your brain) like a youngster. So, what to … Weiterlesen →

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Overaged Red Wine Use

This is how a good red wine reduction should look like, see further down. A very good friend asked me yesterday what to do with overaged wine, which has a bit of an ugly taste. If it would be the … Weiterlesen →

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