Anne Rice's advice on being / becoming a writer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw2KXX7Wr...

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A chocolate map

On Thursday the Halloren Chocolate Museum in Halle/Saale will show a historical piece: a 3-dimensional chocolate map of Halle in the year 1952, the year the Halloren Kugeln were created. The map is 2,20m wide. Houses, streets and blocks show the city center in chocolate glory. Come and visi...

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A Country House by Erdmannsdorff

In 1780 the younger brother of Prince Franz of Anhalt, Johann Georg of Anhalt (1748-1811), engaged Friedrich Wilhelm of Erdmannsdorff as architect for a new country house within the Gartenreich at Wörlitz. He created an English landscape garden in the northern part of Dessau and built some more classical houses as part of the garden plan. The 'Georgium' is one of the most important gardens within the Gartenreich itself! Johann Georg was a Prussian general and also founder of other parks and notable buildings around Dessau (Georgengarten...

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Frauen-Zimmer-Geschichten

Morgen kann man an einer kostümierten Stadtführung in Halle teilnehmen. Zum letzen Mal in diesem Jahr findet die Frauen-Zimmer-Geschichten-Führung statt. Startpunkt ist das Marktschlösschen. Beginn ist 14 Uhr. Um die bedeutende Hallenserinne und Sehenswürdigkeiten entdecken zu können, meldet man sich unter: 0345/1229984 Die Teilnahme kostet 8...

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A most extraordinary thing happened

Here is a wonderful video I wanted to post for ages... Enjoy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on9U_tdRIeU&feature=youtube_gdata_play...

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European Heritage Days - Ausstellungen zu historischen Themen in Sachsen-Anhalt

As part of the European Heritage Days, here some tips on German sights, especially in Saxony-Anhalt. Sorry, this post is only available in German and I don't plan to translate it. but Google will... ;-P In der Alten Elementarschule Quedlinburg, in der St. Cyriakus Straße 2, sind von Mo-Fr 10-16:30 historische Klassenzimmer und Unterrichtsmaterialien zu sehen. Ebenfalls in Quedlinburg: Historische Glaskunst in der Galerie 7kunst am Word 28. Di-Fr von 11-18 Uhr. Und gleich nochmal Quedlinburg! Im Schlossmuseum gibts die Schau 'Otto und die Liebe - Kaiserliche Hoch-Zeiten in Quedlinburg'. Di-So 10-18 Uhr. Die Franckeschen...

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