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Issue IV October 2008
Contents
Königs-Schloss Neuschwanstein
From the Editor
2
List of Activities for October
6
Ladies’ Night Out Concert 13
Newsletter Contributors
2
October 2008 cont...
7
Discover Colours
14
IWG Board Members
2
List of Activities for November 8
Nuremberg’s Christmas Angel 15
President’s Message
3
Activities for November cont... 9
Your Page
16
A Warm Welcome to IWG
Newcomers
4
List of Activities for December 10
What We Did
17
Crail
4
Activities for December cont... 11
Photo Gallery
18
Amanda’s World
11
Book Discussion Groups
19
Christmas Cookie Favourites
12
Magical, Mystical Druidenhain 5
IWG Board Members
President: Karin Hesse. Tel.: 09132 734431, email: [email protected]
Vice-President: Vivian Widuch. Tel.: 09132747495, email: [email protected]
Treasurer: Mandy Huth. Tel.: 0151 10815706, email: [email protected]
Secretary: Julia Pluecker-Weule. Tel.: 09134 997558, email: [email protected]
Newcomers: Barbara Stoeffler. Tel.: 0177 8888 619, email: [email protected]
Programme and Events: Ana Sangirardi. Tel.: 0911 9373484, email: [email protected]
Newsletter, Public Relations/Media: Julie Kähler. Tel.: 09135 725373, email: [email protected]
Let‘s celebrate an evening of enchantment
with the Band ORANGE ...
October 11th, 7 p.m.,
at the Hotel HerzogsPark, Herzogenaurach.
Separate invitations will be sent out to you
nearer the date.
The IWG-Board is looking forward
to welcoming you!
Newsletter Contributors
Newsletter Committee:
This issue’s contributors:
Amanda Cartwright, Maggie Davison, Julie Kähler,
Tiina Kivikas, Beth Pessl-Rossi, Ille Prockl-Pfeiffer,
Helen Rogers, Raji Singam
Martina Pederson, Gerlinde Süß, Sally Wells
If anyone has any information, stories or ideas to offer
regarding the newsletter, please contact Julie Kähler at
09135/725373 or [email protected]
Deadline for the next newsletter:
30th November 2008
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Thank you for your help!
The views and opinions contained within articles in the
IWG Explorer are solely those of the individual authors.
Thank you. The IWG Board.
From the Editor
utumn (and on its tail winter) is fast approaching with its beautiful colours and darker evenings. Just the
inspiration we needed to come up with the themes for this edition of the Explorer.
Life is colourful, enjoy some mystical, magical and enchanting times with us this autumn. We have even chosen a fairy
tale setting for our Christmas dinner.
Enjoy reading,
Julie
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Do you have any ideas or inspiration for our next newsletter? I would love to hear from you - please mail me!
President’s Message
D
ear Ladies!
What a situation: I have just returned from our family
summer vacation at the North Sea and I am sitting at my
PC thinking about my letter to you for our 4th Newsletter
in 2008... This means the newsletter with events like the
dinner dance and the Christmas dinner. Time flies!
We have already had some great activities this year: Our
family BBQ, the Nuremberg rally, several Ladies’ nights
out at private homes. By the time this newsletter is sent
out to you, our charity workshop would have taken place.
I hope, lots of you took part. If you haven’t had time to
participate, don‘t worry, there will be more opportunities
to support your favourite charity.
This Christmas season the IWG will share a Christmas
market stand with the ZONTA Club Herzogenaurach
selling Gluehwein and cookies. So we will need some
of you ladies to donate a tray of home-made cookies, to
help pack them into little bags and we need volunteers to
spend some time selling them.
We are over 140 members, I hope, we will find enough
women to represent us at this great Christmas market.
The monies raised from this event will go to the girl’s
shelter in Herzogenaurach.
Very soon, our 2008 Dinner Dance „Life is Colourful”
will take place at the HerzogsPark. After last year‘s
feedback, we have made a few changes: Instead of a buffet,
a 4-course-meal will be served. And since most of the
replies requested a band with more modern dance music,
we have hired the Band „Orange” (matching our theme
;) ), some of you might already know the band from the
2007 Bergkirchweih evening! But don‘t worry, requested
Fox, Walz, Cha Cha and Rumba are on their list as well!
Besides music and dinner we will have another surprise...
Come and see!
It would be wonderful if we could welcome more of our
members to this event, since it‘s always more fun to party
with a lot of couples.
Have you you checked out our new website? Kevin
Bradenstein, Annette St. Quintin and Julie Kähler did a
marvellous job remodelling the site. With even a BLOG,
which was kindly set up by Blythe Butler before she
moved, we will really be up to date, please take advantage
of it! Passwords for the Member’s Area will be
distributed shortly.
www.womensgroup.de
We are hoping to hold a web-workshop for all of you
ladies who aren‘t familiar with using the site, especially
the BLOG (me included :) ).
I hope to see you soon at our dinner dance, have a
wonderful „Altweibersommer” and an enchanting
Christmas time!
Yours Karin
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A Warm Welcome to IWG Newcomers
D
ear Ladies,
My name is Gerlinde Süß. I grew up in Herzo /Niederndorf
and moved to Herzo/Hammerbach in 1994. I have been married
to my husband Kurt for 40 years. We have one son and three lovely
grandchildren.
I was educated as a business woman and worked in an Export
Department for 30 years. It was always very interesting dealing with
international customers.
However, 5 years ago I gave up my job to have more time to myself.
My hobbies are: sports, reading, travelling, cooking.
Currently I’m learning Italian, which keeps me busy.
I’m happy to be a member of the IWG and I hope to meet you soon !
Best wishes
Gerlinde Süß
Crail
I
visited Scotland this year and felt sure that I would hear
lots of tales about local myths and legends. After all
– we have all heard about the Loch Ness Monster (If you
haven’t – or if you would like to know if it’s true or not
see the film ‘The Water Horse’, that left no doubt in my
mind!). Celtic songs also often tell the tale of an ancient
myth or local legend. However, our bus tour of Glasgow
and trip around Edinburgh came up with nothing. We
didn’t even see a glimpse of anything strange in Loch
Lomond and despite being confronted by a slightly
agitated hippo in a safari park there was not a legend
in sight. So, I was delighted to spend a wee while in an
ancient fishing village on the east coast of Scotland called
Crail. Surely this gorgeous village with higgledy-piggledy
streets and houses, old harbour and (when we arrived)
thick sea mist was home to a legend or two. From our
vantage point in my cousin’s cottage on the cliff top we
looked through the mist at the small boats moored in the
old stone harbour, which was littered with lobster and
crab fishing pots. A short walk into the village revealed
a large Medieval market place with influences of Dutch
architecture here and there. No building was the same
– no regimented modern homes, if one cottage had a
similar neighbour then they would be painted different
colours and you could guarantee one would have a lower
roof or higher windows. This is a small village where
the shops still close for lunch, a place where thick fog
contrasts with palm trees and where flowers and gardens
bloom like I’d rarely seen. Here, surely, within these
ancient streets there must be a myth? ‘Yes – of course’,
I was told – we have the ‘Blue Stone’: The Blue Stane
(stone) is a large boulder which lies near Crail’s Parish
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Church entrance. Legend has it that the Devil flung it
here from the Isle of May to demolish the church when it
was being built. It is said that the stone split in two midair with the other half landing near Fife Ness. The dark
blue markings are said to be the Devil’s thumb print. This
is the only way locals can account for this boulder being
where it is as no other such stone can be found locally.
I was so glad to have found a legend – and even took
photos of the stone with my little devils sitting on it and if
you are ever in Scotland, perhaps having a round of golf
in St. Andrews, then make an effort to visit Crail and see
the Blue Stone and ancient harbour for yourself.
Amanda Cartwright
Magical, Mystical Druidenhain
W
e were looking for enchanting
ideas and fairy-tale locations
to go with this newsletter's theme
and Beth Pessl-Rossi suggested a trip
to Druidenhain in the Fränkische
Schweiz.
Just reading the name Druidenhain
conjured up something mystical. I
had never heard of it, but decided
to do some research before
contemplating a day trip there.
Let's look at the name Druidenhain
in more detail: Druiden-Hain.
Druiden – in English translates to
Druids - and Hain – comes from
medieval German and means
protected wood or group of trees.
Who were the Druids, anyway?
The Druids have always been
associated with mystical ancient
religious ceremonies, temples,
megaliths and stone circles. Just
think of Stonehenge or Avesbury
and you will begin to form a picture
in your mind. The Druids were the
priests who brought together all the
Celtic tribes and preserved their
common culture, religion, laws and
ways of life. The Druids were sacred
and as such very powerful. They
had ultimate authority over every
tribe, settling disputes and keeping
the peace. The Druids also had
freedom of movement throughout
the Continent. They left behind the
stone temples and started to use
natural shrines, springs and groves to
hold their rituals.
Caesar wrote that they:
"know much about the stars
and celestial motions, and
about the size of the earth
and universe, and about the
essential nature of things,
and about the powers and
authority of ' the immortal
gods; and these things they
teach to their pupils."
Druidenhain is an area of natural
beauty, situated in the Fränkische
Schweiz about 500m south west
of Wohlmannsgesees (Landkreis
Forchheim), filled with fir and beech
trees and a maze of moss covered
rocks and gigantic stones, of up to
5 meters high and between 2 and 6
metres across, some of which are in
long rows. They look as if they have
been placed there by human hand,
and indeed in 1989 the Geological
Institute at the University of Erlangen
carried out some research to try to
prove this, but no signs of human
intervention were found. The rocks
have even been given names and
each are associated with a story or
myth. The stones form a labyrinth
with the 'Taufstein' (baptismal stone)
in the centre.
The Taufstein is 4 metres long and
30 to 40 cm wide and has a hole
in the middle where the sun's rays
directly pass during sunrise at the
summer solstice and during sunset
at the winter solstice – just like the
keystone at Stonehenge!
According to folklore Druidenhain
was a place of worship and ritual
for the Druids. At the beginning
of the 20th century the mayor of
Wohlmannsgesees came to the
conclusion that Druidenhain was
an ancient ceremonial site, although
its use has never been properly
explained or confirmed. Other
theories are that the Hain could have
been formed when underground
caves collapsed, or that it was a
medieval quarry.
Whatever its history Druidenhain
is a beauty-spot full of mystery and
folklore and well worth a visit.
How to get there: From Forchheim
follow the signs to Pottenstein
and take the B470 through
Ebermannstadt to Muggendorf.
There is a car park with rambler's
path which leads to Druidenhaid
(about 500m walk from the car park).
Wishing you a magical and
wonderful day out,
Julie Kähler.
References: Britannica.com, wikipedia,
Tourist Information Fränkische Schweiz.
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List of Activities for October 2008
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Date
Event
Contact
Description
Every Monday,
9.30 – 11.30 am
Toddlers Group
Erlangen East-side Region
Julia Pluecker-Weule
09134 997558 or
[email protected]
Every Tuesday,
9.00 am
Laufgruppe –
Running group
Every Wednesday
Jogging groupMeilwald, Erlangen
Every Wednesday
Toddlers Group in
Nuremberg
Christine Edgar
09132/736947 or
[email protected]
Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Anne Ammon
0911/699145 or
[email protected]
any time
Golf flights
Thursday,
2nd October,
7.00 pm
Ladies’ Night Out:
Piano-Cello Evening with
Duo Meanas
in Herzogenaurach
Monday,
6th October,
9.00 - 11.00 am
Yoga class at the
Begonozentrum,
Erlangen
We meet at the Evangelische
Gemeindehaus in Neunkirchen
am Brand.
For more information please
contact Julia.
Join the running group every
Tuesday at the Gilgenweiher in
Herzogenaurach.
Join the jogging group every
Wednesday at the Meilwald
parking lot.
RSVP to Chandrika.
A chance for your child to make
new friends and for you to meet
other Moms.
For more details please contact
Anne.
If you want to play 9 or 18 holes
and need a partner, please contact
Karin Hesse
Not to be missed! Enjoy a fantastic
musical evening with international
buffet - please bring a special
appetizer. Piano and cello concert
performed by the superb ‘Duo
Meanas’, max. 20 persons.
See programme on page 13.
RSVP ASAP.
Learn the ancient Indian art of
spiritual practice and meditation.
RSVP by previous Thursday.
Tuesday,
7th October,
9.30 am
Silk Scarf Painting
Thursday,
9th October,
9.30 am
IWG Coffee Morning in
Erlangen
Karin Hesse
09132 734431 or
[email protected]
Maruja Habeder
09132/9790 or
[email protected]
Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Jeanette Edelmann
0911353568 or
[email protected]
Aun Breuer
09131 502465
0162 4889295
[email protected]
Learn the basic technique of silk
painting on a scarf. Cost € 10
including all material. Limited to
max. 4 people. Please
RSVP to the host by 6th October.
A great chance to meet old friends
and meet new ones whilst enjoying
breakfast. We especially welcome
new members to the group. Please
bring something for the breakfast
buffet.
Please RSVP by 7th October.
A big thank you goes to adidas AG
who sponsors the IWG Explorer by
taking over the print and mailing costs!
October 2008 cont...
Date
Event
Contact
Description
Saturday,
11th October,
7.00 pm
Dinner Dance Life is Colourful!
Karin Hesse
09132 734431 or
Monday,
13th October,
9.00 - 11.00 am
Yoga Classes in Erlangen
Indulge in an evening of
colours, music and enchantment
at the HerzogsPark Hotel,
Herzogenaurach. Invitations
were sent out at the beginning of
September. Reservations accepted
until 7th October.
For further information, please
contact Karin.
Learn the ancient Indian art of
spiritual practice and meditation.
Thursday,
16th October,
7.30 pm
BUNCO at Birgit’s
in Herzogenaurach
Friday,
17th October
7.00 pm
French Cooking Class
Veronika Walther
09132 4298
[email protected]
Monday,
20th October,
9.00 - 11.00 am
Yoga Classes in Erlangen
Thursday,
23rd October
Book Discussion Group 1
Thursday,
23rd October,
7.30 pm
Saturday,
25th October,
6.30 pm
Book Discussion Group 2
Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Maruja Habeder
09132/9790 or
[email protected]
Susanne Hehn
09132 745747 or
[email protected]
Deb Bayer
[email protected]
Wednesday,
29th October,
9.30 am–12.00 pm
[email protected]
Ladies’ Night Out with
Thai buffet in Jan Thana in
Nuremberg
“Strohsterne Basteln”
(Christmas Decorations)
at Jeanette’s house in
Nuremberg
Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Birgit Zander-Maron
09132 747772
[email protected]
or
Liew Walker
[email protected]
Jeanette Edelmann
0911 353 568
[email protected]
It’s BUNCO time! Come and try
your luck with this easy dice game!
It is fun, so be one of the lucky 12
ladies that get a spot! Don’t forget
your € 5.00 to play!
Please RSVP by October 14th.
Learn how to prepare a 3-4 course
autumn menu “a la francaise”. It
will be served with an aperitif and
French wine. Veronika will be
teaching at Heidi Teufel’s kitchen
in Falkendorf, Bergstr. 14. Limited
to 10 people, 15 € p.p.
RSVP by 14th October.
Learn the ancient Indian art of
spiritual practice and meditation.
Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Plan to join us at Jan Thana in
Nuremberg.
Located at Wurzelbauerstr. 2.
The restaurant can seat 25 people
so please reserve your place
by contacting Deb or Liew. A
guaranteed fun evening out!
Material can be provided or you
can bring your own.
RSVP by 24th October.
Disclaimer
The IWG would like to point out that it cannot accept responsibility for any damage or
injury caused by members or guests at any of its events.
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List of Activities for November 2008
Date
Every Monday,
9.30 - 11.30 am
Event
Toddlers Group
Erlangen East-side Region
Contact
Julia Pluecker-Weule
09134 997558 or
[email protected]
Every Tuesday,
9.00 am
Laufgruppe –
Running group
Every
Wednesday
10.00 am
Toddler’s Group in
Herzogenaurach Area
Christine Edgar
09132/736947 or
[email protected]
Katrina de Laat
[email protected] or
0160 9099 2034
Every Wednesday
Jogging groupMeilwald, Erlangen
Every Wednesday
Toddlers Group in
Nuremberg
any time
Golf flights
Tuesday
4th November,
10.00 am–1.00 pm
Sushi cooking course in
Erlangen
Tuesday
4th November,
7.30 pm
Newcomers Meeting
Birgit Christopheri
09132-7411958
0170-9094024
[email protected]
Thursday,
6th November,
12.30 am
Lunch in Nuremberg let’s speak German –
Wir sprechen Deutsch!
Maggie Davison
0911 3506930
maggie_davison@yahoo.
com
Friday,
7th November,
5.30 pm
Couples Italian Evening Out Mandy Huth
0151 10815706
[email protected]
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Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Anne Ammon
0911/699145 or
[email protected]
Karin Hesse
09132 734431 or
[email protected]
Marissa Springer
09134 7650 or
[email protected]
Description
We meet at the Evangelische
Gemeindehaus in Neunkirchen
am Brand.
For more information please
contact Julia.
Join the running group every
Tuesday at the Gilgenweiher in
Herzogenaurach.
Bring your toddler to meet new
friends and enjoy some adult
conversation for yourself! First
meeting: 5th November, Am
Mühlweiher 12a in Weisendorf.
After that, location TBA.
Please RSVP or for more
information contact Katrina.
Join the jogging group every
Wednesday at the Meilwald
parking lot.
RSVP to Chandrika.
A chance for your child to make
new friends and for you to meet
other Moms.
For more details please contact
Anne.
If you want to play 9 or 18 holes
and need a partner, please contact
Karin Hesse.
Learn how to prepare Sushi in
a state-of-the-art kitchen! Cost:
8 € + material, max 20 persons.
At the Küchenstudio Am Berg,
Bergstraße 4, 91054 Erlangen.
RSVP by 30th October.
A chance to meet some new
friends, find out about the area
and ask all those questions you
need answers to.
Please RSVP with Birgit.
Would you like to practise your
German? This is a good chance for complete beginners as well as
for native speakers. Location to be
decided.
RSVP to Maggie
Enjoy an evening of wine, cheese,
and appetizers at a spectacularly
authentic market, Di Dio in
Nuremberg. Opportunity to
purchase Italian products as well.
Cost: approx. 12€ per person.
RSVP by 4th November.
Activities for November 2008 cont...
Date
Event
Contact
Description
Thursday,
13th November,
7.00 pm
St. Martin’s Dinner
at Bayerischer Hof in
Herzogenaurach
Thursday,
20th November,
7.30 pm
Friday,
21st November,
6.00 pm
Book Discussion Group 2
Birgit Christopheri
09132-7411958
0170-9094024
[email protected]
Susanne Hehn
09132 745747 or
[email protected]
Sandra Gava
09132/745563
(after 6:30 pm)
[email protected]
Let’s celebrate St. Martin’s Day in
this great restaurant. Limited to 20
people,
RSVP by 5th November.
For more details, please contact
Susanne.
Wednesday,
26th November,
7.30 9.30 pm
Unique advent wreath
variations
Thursday,
27th November
Book Discussion Group 1
Saturday,
29th November,
10.00 am–12.00
pm
Unique advent wreath
variations
Not always pasta Italian cooking class in
Münchaurach Eisgrund 13, Aurachtal
Session 1
Session 2
Ana Sangirardi
0911 9373484 or
[email protected]
Maruja Habeder
09132/9790 or
[email protected]
Ana Sangirardi
0911 9373484 or
[email protected]
Master the mysterious art of
Risotto, and learn how fight the
winter blues with Tiramissu. Join
Sandra and Simone for a night
of Italian cooking, wining and
dining - either as a trainee cook,
or as “buongustaia”. Max. 8 people
- Cost € 6.
RSVP by 18th November.
Are you looking for an alternative
to the classic advent wreath?
Allow yourself to be inspired
from unconventional shapes,
new materials and ideas. 1st
day: Theory, 2nd day: Practice.
Cost: € 20 + materials. Address:
Stielwerk, Am Tennenbach 2
91054 Buckenhof. [email protected] for inspiration.
RSVP by November 21th.
I Feel Bad About my Neck by Nora
Ephron.
Practice session.
RSVP by November 25th.
The Fifth of November
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason, why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot.
Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder, treason and plot!
A stick or a stake for King James’ sake
Will you please to give us a fagot
If you can’t give us one, we’ll take two;
The better for us and the worse for you!
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List of Activities for December 2008
Date
Every Monday,
9.30 – 11.30 am
Event
Toddlers Group
Erlangen East-side Region
Contact
Julia Pluecker-Weule
09134 997558 or
[email protected]
Every Tuesday,
9.00 am
Laufgruppe –
Running group
Every Wednesday
10.00 am
Toddler’s Group in
Herzogenaurach Area
Christine Edgar
09132/736947 or
[email protected]
Katrina de Laat
[email protected] or
0160 9099 2034
Every Wednesday
Jogging groupMeilwald, Erlangen
Every Wednesday
Toddlers Group in
Nuremberg
any time
Golf flights
Tuesday,
2nd December,
7.30 pm
BUNCO
in Herzogenaurach
Wednesday,
3rd December,
10.00 am
Trip to the Christkindl
Market in Nuremberg
Jeanette Edelmann
0911 353 568
[email protected]
Thursday,
4th December,
9.00 am and / or
3.00 pm
“Cookie Wrapping for
Charity”
Karin Hesse
09132 734431 or
[email protected]
Friday,
5th December,
10.00 am
Christmas Cookies
Exchange
Petra Flinspach-Malessa
09132/ 737 613
[email protected]
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Chandrika Dasgupta
09131/6055834 or
chandrikadasgupta@
hotmail.com
Anne Ammon
0911/699145 or
[email protected]
Karin Hesse
09132 734431 or
[email protected]
Elsabe O’Connor
0170 769 1344 or
[email protected]
Description
We meet at the Evangelische
Gemeindehaus in Neunkirchen
am Brand.
For more information please
contact Julia.
Join the running group every
Tuesday at the Gilgenweiher in
Herzogenaurach.
Bring your toddler to meet new
friends and enjoy some adult
conversation for yourself! Please
RSVP or for more information
contact Katrina.
Join the jogging group every
Wednesday at the Meilwald
parking lot.
RSVP to Chandrika.
A chance for your child to make
new friends and for you to meet
other Moms.
For more details please contact
Anne.
If you want to play 9 or 18 holes
and need a partner, please contact
Karin Hesse.
It’s BUNCO time! Come and try
your luck with this easy dice game!
It is fun, so be one of the lucky 12
ladies that get a spot! Don’t forget
your € 5.00 to play!
Please RSVP to Elsabe.
Stroll with friends through the
famous Christkindl Market in
Nuremberg. Meeting point:
Schöner Brunnen at the
Hauptmarkt. Afterwards we can
go to a restaurant for some lunch.
RSVP by1st December.
Help to wrap the sponsored
cookies that Zonta and IWG
will sell at Herzogenaurach’s
2008 Christmas Market. While
wrapping we will definitely have
a fun time, sipping Glühwein,
chatting, listening to Christmas
songs and enjoying the wonderful
smell of so many different
Cookies! RSVP to Karin.
Please bring 2 dozen of your
favourite homemade Christmas
cookies and 12 copies of the
recipe. To take the cookies home,
bring a container.
RSVP by 3rd December.
Date
Activities for December 2008 cont...
Event
Contact
Description
Tuesday,
9th December,
4.00 – 6.00 pm
Glass Making course,
Erlangen
Ana Sangirardi
0911 9373484 or
[email protected]
Wednesday,
10th December,
7.00 pm
IWG Christmas Dinner
Invitations to follow
Great idea for a Christmas
decoration or presents: This 2
hour session will give you a brief
intro on glass and glass making.
At the end of the course, you will
bring home your self-made all
year round deco ball. Mothers
may bring along their children
of 7 years and above (younger
children are afraid of fire, so
it’s not advisable to bring them
along). The course has an intro
and “theory” in German, but it’s
really hands on. Someone will
surely help translate. Min. 5, max.
8 participants. Cost 9€.
RSVP by 2nd December.
Please reserve the 10th December
for our IWG Christmas Dinner
at the castle “Schloss Thurn” in
Heroldsbach. We are looking
forward to welcoming you at this
very special occasion.
Invitations to follow.
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Amanda’s World
ou know I’ve always fancied
having a go at something like
the Paris – Dakar road race or even
a whiz around a racing track. I am
quite competent with a car's engine
– well you soon learn when the old
banger that is your first car needs
some work doing on it and you can’t
afford the garage bills. And I’m sure
I’m not the first girl to have had the
odd boyfriend who likes to tinker
over an engine. So when it came to
knowing if a piston needed changing
or the exhaust had a hole in it, then
my ears were pretty in tune with the
messages sent to me. But now – now
we have these flashy cars, brand new,
serviced regularly and with a piston
or fan belt no where to be seen and
it starts to get a little harder. Can’t
just whip off your tights anymore to
replace the fan belt – everything is
cased within a rather clean looking
moulding.
So whilst on a journey from my
parents' house to my sister's, with
my mum chatting away and the
kids (blissfully) quiet-zoned into
Nintendo land, I was rather troubled
by the shuddering the car was
making. During our crossing of the
rather beautiful river Severn Bridge
I was not enjoying the scenery at all
as I was having to focus a great deal
on the shuddering and now periodic
cutting out of the engine. I finally
drew my mum’s attention to the
problem and we focused on trying to
reach a service station, alive.
Now you see, power steering is all
very nice and comfortable – but
not when you lose engine power
on a corner – which was now my
problem with every corner we came
to. Luckily, I’m not one to panic
under such circumstances – unlike
my mum. We stuttered onto the
service station forecourt and I began
searching through the modern day
equivalent of the engine – the car
computer – which told me I needed
to put 1 litre of oil into the car
urgently.
Now the previous day I’d had a little
message telling me to book the car in
for a service – which I decided, since
we were in the UK, could wait till
after our holiday. It didn’t tell me to
top up the oil, no little light flashed
up to warn me. I’d obviously put the
car under a great deal of stress (not
to mention my mum). Has it really
come to that ?– Are there so many
people who can’t put oil into a car
making it necessary to take it in for a
service to do the job? Once topped
up and given some time to let the oil
run through, we were comfortably on
our way again.
This has got me wondering – maybe
it’s time for a car service workshop
with the IWG. After all most of us
make long journeys in our cars, but
do we all know how to top up the oil
or change a wheel? Do we all know
how to tell if something needs urgent
action and if it is necessary to call
for help – do we know the German
words??
Amanda Cartwright
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Christmas Cookie Favourites
The following recipes were passed onto me by my mother-in-law (Schwiegermutter) many years ago when she became
ill and was no longer able to bake these wonderful Christmas treats for the family. Since her passing, I have proudly
taken on her tradition of baking these cookies for the family each year.
I was amazed to find that the recipe for our family favorite, Peanut Blossoms, dates back to the 9th annual Pillsbury
Bake-off Contest which took place in 1957. Clearly a lasting favourite………. enjoy!
Sincerely,
Maggie Davison.
(1) Peanut Blossom Cookies
In addition to the ingredients below you will need approx. 36 Hershey®'s Kisses® milk chocolates*, unwrapped. Recipe
makes about 3 dozen cookies.
BAKE at 375o for 10 – 12 minutes, or until golden brown.
Sift together:
1.3/4 cups sifted All Purpose Flour**
1 teaspoon Soda
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Cream together:
1/2 cup Butter
1/3 cup Peanut Butter. Gradually add
1/2 cup Sugar
1/2 cup firmly packed Brown Sugar, creaming well.
Add:
1 unbeaten Egg and
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract; beat well.
Blend in:
The dry ingredients gradually; mix thoroughly.
Shape:
Dough into 1-inch balls using a rounded teaspoonful for each. Roll balls in sugar and place on greased baking sheets.
Bake: In moderate oven 375 o for 10 – 12 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven. Immediately top each
cookie with a solid milk chocolate candy kiss, pressing down firmly so cookie cracks around edge. Remove from
cookie sheets when cool.
*Hershey’s Candy Kisses available at:
http://www.americancandy.de/advanced_search_result.php?osCsid=e0845e18de8cb7d3bb09c9f0efbde704&keywords=hershey
**If you use Pillsbury’s Best Self-Rising Flour, omit Soda and Salt.
(2) Peanut Butter Snowballs
Ingredients:
1 cup Confectioners’ Sugar
1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
3 tablespoons Butter (or Margarine) softened
1 pound white Confectionery Chocolate
In a mixing bowl. Combine Sugar, Peanut Butter and Butter; mix well.
Shape into 1 inch balls and place on a waxed paper-lined cookie sheet.
Chill for 30 minutes or until firm. Meanwhile, melt the white Chocolate in a double boiler or microwave-safe bowl.
Dip balls and place on waxed paper to harden. Makes about 2 dozen.
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(
3) Mexican Wedding Cakes
Ingredients:
1 cup Butter, softened
1/2 cup Confectioners’ Sugar
2 cups All Purpose Flour
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 cup finely chopped Walnuts
Beat together Butter and 1/2 cup Sugar until creamy and fluffy. Gradually mix in Flour. Stir in Vanilla, Salt and
Walnuts. Using level tablespoonsful of dough, shape into balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets. Bake in preheated 400
degree oven 10 to 12 minutes, or until done but not browned. Remove from cookie sheets and cool completely. Roll in
Confectioners’ Sugar. Makes about 4 dozen..
Ladies’ Night Out Concert
Programme Chamber Music Concert on 2nd October.2008
Duo Meanas ( Violoncello: Christine Werner, Piano: Jelena Roos )
Caix d'Hervelois (1670 – 1750) Second Suite for Cello and Piano
Prélude
Tambourin
Musette
Air de chasse
Plainte
Gigue
L. v. Beethoven (1770 – 1827) Sonate in g-minor, op 5/2 for piano and cello
Adagio sostenuto e espressiovo
Allegro molto piú tosto presto
Rondo (Allegro)
Interval
J. G. Rheinberger (1839 – 1901) Sonate in G major, op 92 (1875) for cello and piano
Non troppo allegro
Canzonetta (Andantino)
Vivo
The musicians are not charging an entrance fee, but a small contribution will be much
appreciated.
Thank you.
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Discover Different Colours
Colours in a different way…
Discover them!
B
lue’s the colour of the sky. In the
morning, in the morning, when
we rise.
That’s the time, that’s the time I love
the best…
I love this song from Donovan. He
shows us that colours are in our
life, everywhere, important, they
surround us, they can heal us, they
can help us to discover ourselves.
This is why I love to use colours in
my coaching work in many different
ways, especially in the TIMEROOM
of the hotel HerzogsPark in
Herzogenaurach.
The Timeroom is a very special and
unique room in the congress center
of HerzogsPark, as you can see in the
picture.
Created for mediation and relaxation
for guests and anyone who wants to
enjoy a quiet moment far away from
the busy world.
The timeroom invites you to
experience time, sensations and
colours individually. It’s the path
to your own inner-self and special
colours could help you on your way.
Are you wondering how I do this?
Come and experience it with a
colour meditation, perhaps with
your favourite colour. I will let you
into the whole world of your colour,
plunge into it in different mental
ways. Hear about the special healing
power of this favourite colour, the
history behind it and how to use
it in your life. There will be special
music from the waves of the colours,
that will support you also. During
meditation in the time room the
lights constantly change between
all the colours of the rainbow, from
blue to green to red to yellow. So you
can also have colour therapy there at
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the same time. After meditation or
relaxation with me in the time room
you will feel in balance, relaxed, able
to concentrate and creative. You are
free and open to new impulses!
Welcome to the Timeroom!
By the way, if you want
therapeutic colour therapy, there
is a physiotherapy practice at
HerzogsPark (Peter Friedl) with a
room where you can have special
colour therapy. Just enquire about it.
If you are unsure what colour you
should use for a particular illness,
don’t hesitate to ask me. We can have
a consultation beforehand.
The use of colour therapy is a truly
holistic and powerful therapy which
dates back thousands of years.
Evidence of this can be found in
ancient texts from India, China and
Egypt.
Colour is simply light of varying
wavelengths and, as such, is a form of
energy that is used in colour therapy.
As we all know, light energy affects
all living cells.Used in the right way
the different frequencies of light can
have a deep and healing effect on all
human beings.
Colour therapy can be used for any
problem, whether it's physical, mental
or emotional. Colour energy can be
a catalyst for our healing processes
and encourages normal and healthy
bodily function and supports medical
treatment as well.
As with any therapy, each therapist
may have their own style , however
a number of common methods are
used as follows:
• The placing of coloured silk or
tissue on the body
• The Directing of coloured light
on the body
• Solarized water
• Meditation of colour breathing.
The capacity for health and well being
is within us all - let colour therapy
help you to fulfill your potential.
On the other hand, as a stress
relaxation trainer I also offer a whole
day with colours… On this day you
can discover colours from every
side, not only from the medical and
meditation sides.
Colour has been investigated and
used for more than 2000 years.
Throughout history different
civilizations have experimented and
learned a lot about colour. We are
still learning today about how colours
affects us and it's importance in our
lives.
Experience this for a whole day….
Find out about your favourite colours
and their importance to you. This
doesn’t mean cosmetic and clothing
colours, there are specialists for that.
It means your colours for different
times and different moods. You can
discover a lot of methods used in
Art therapy, painting with different
materials, colours and music, eating
colours and what that means and how
this can help you to live healthily….
I could tell you a lot more but
there are other articles ….if you
have questions just ask me, phone
me or mail me! You can make an
appointment for yourself or for a
group, we can find out and discover
more.
Colours can brighten up your life use them!
Ille Prockl-Pfeiffer
Nuremberg’s Christmas Angel
Der Rauschgoldengel
A
t the end of the 1700’s there once lived a master
craftsman named Hauser in Nuremberg. Hauser was
a respected and admired member of the community. But
one day he lost his only daughter, a lovely little girl, to
a sickness. Already a widower Hauser lived alone from
then on.
So overwhelmed by his loss, Hauser forgot his work, his
friends, his life. He seldom left his small house and sat
for hours next to the small bed, where his daughter spent
her last days, staring down and occasionally stroking
the pillow as if he could still comfort her. He could find
no solace through God or his religion. Eventually he
resigned his membership to the Journeyman Society,
finding no point in standing at his workbench and getting
no satisfaction from his craft. During the day the sunlight
from his window pained him, and at night he feared the
darkness when his sadness would overwhelm him again.
And so time passed.
One night after hours of worry and toil Hauser fell into
a shallow sleep. Suddenly the door flew open. A gentle
figure dressed in a beautiful golden robe and surrounded
by a golden glimmer entered the room. As he looked
closely he saw that the garment was of the Nuremberg
sort and the figure had neither arms nor hands but instead
radiant wings. An angel stood before him! The angel
moved toward him, sat next to the bed and bowed her
head. When he saw the angel’s face he realised that it was
his lovely little daughter sitting next to him. She smiled
and told him how happy she was and how well she felt
and she begged him to stop feeling sorry for her and to
stop crying for her.
He promised, then suddenly woke up and saw he was
alone again, as always. He smiled happily though when
he saw that the house door stood open and a golden glow
was still shimmering in the room. He felt so full
of hope and light that he found no more sleep that night,
always picturing the lovely face before him. At dawn
Hauser went to his workshop and searched for a piece of
linden wood. He was not accustomed to working with the
soft wood and it took him some time to find the perfect
piece, but as he searched his will to live seemed to flow
back into him and suddenly he saw a new purpose to his
life. His one desire was to try to carve the image of his
dear daughter’s face as he saw her the night before.
As Hauser worked over the next few days he became more
and more content. The face emerged out of the wood as
he had wished but then he found he wasn’t finished. He
fashioned shimmering wings from gold tinsel and created
the pleated golden gown his angel wore from fine brass
plate. He was so deeply involved in his work that he
didn’t hear his friends knocking on his door. They were
concerned about their good friend who they hadn’t seen
for days, but became aware that he was working busily.
Finally he opened his door and welcomed his friends and
the sunlight back into his life. He told them how his little
daughter had visited him in the night as an angel and
showed them his handiwork. They were so impressed by
the beauty of his creation that they immediately saw a way
to help their friend who had fallen into a state of poverty
since the loss of his daughter.
Hauser felt closeness to his daughter and joy whenever
he worked on his angels and he had made so many by the
time of Advent that his friends suggested he open a stand
at the Christmas Market. The Rauschgoldengel became so
popular that Hauser’s livelihood was secured for the rest
of his life. Each year in Nuremberg you can still find the
same Rauschgoldengel for sale at the Christkindlmarkt.
Beth Pessl-Rossi
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Your Page
Some of the German festivals and traditions celebrated this quarter:
Mid - October (11th) is the date for our dinner dance. This is becoming a tradition for the IWG!
St. Martins - 11th November - Check out the procession in your town or village and don’t miss our goose dinner
(see programme of events for more details).
Advent: 1st Advent is on the 30th November this year- marks the start of the pre-Christmas run up. Most German
families have an Advent wreath “Adventskranz”, traditionally a wreath of pine branches, berries and cones, which is
decorated with 4 candles - one for each of the Advent Sundays. Every Sunday a candle is lit (all 4 being lit on the 4th
Sunday of advent) and a lot of Christmas cookies and Stollen is eaten. An Advents calendar has 24 compartments,
usually filled with chocolates, and one door is opened every day of December to count down until Christmas. - Several concerts and carol services are held on the 3rd Sunday in Advent.
St. Niklaus - 6th December - German children leave their shoes outside before going to bed (5th Dec.)and, if they
have been good, will find them filled with sweets the next morning.
The Christmas Market in Herzogenaurach is being held from the 5th - 7th December. Come along and support
our group with its Christmas Cookie charity event. Other towns have Christmas markets throughout the Advent
period. Look out for the Rauschgold Engel in Nuremberg.
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What We Did
News from Eastside/Erlangen IWG ladies
On a lovely warm evening in early June the Eastside/Erlangen
ladies turned out in numbers (at least 50% of the group) to
attend a gathering at the former Guttenburg Schloss.The
Schloss is now home to Linda Eviston and her family and
we were well looked after by her and two of her children.We
enjoyed drinks, a vegetarian buffet, strawberries (of course),
lots of catching-up and even an impromptu piano recital, all in
magnificent surroundings.During the evening the possibility
of future get-togethers was discussed including a new book
discussion group, and a karaoke night, so watch this space and
get the vocal chords in training.
Big thanks to Linda for opening her beautiful house to us for
the evening and here’s to the next.
Prost! Sally Wells
IWG Rally in Nuremberg ,20th July, 2008
It was such a fun day! Meeting point at „Schöner Brunnen“ at the market place in Nuremberg city centre. The sun was
shining, as if ordered for the rally. Mandy stood there happy and smiling with lots of questionaires and for those who
left their pen at home an extra pen to write the answers.
I, being a local German and having grown up in this area, thought that it would be easy peasy to answer all the
questions... Well, I was taught better! After we got lost on our way to „Hexenhäusla“ we found a wonderful rose
garden in the grounds of the castle that I had never seen before. The kids had lots of fun finding and answering all the
questions. They were so busy that they didn’t even realise they hadwalked all over town for about three hours. Nothing
hurt exept for maybe their stomachs for all the ice cream they had eaten during the rally.
Mandy did a fantastic job organising and finding the routes. The meal afterwards at „Hexenhäusla“ was a real treat, too.
Thank you Mandy for your committment to arrange such a well organised and varied day.
Martina Pedersen
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Photo Gallery
Jeannette’s Sri Lankan Evening
Wandertag - Hiking Day
Ladies’ Night Out at Christel’s
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Book Discussion Groups
Book discussion group 1
Summary of the books we read during the period 2007/08
Members’ Vote
Book Group 1
Name of Book
Members at
discussion
Star rating
*
**
***
****
*****
Total
9
3
1
3
2
0
22
The Time Traveller’s Wife by
Audrey Niffenegger
9
2
3
3
0
1
22
The Girls by Lori Lansens
9
0
5
4
0
0
22
The Illuminator by Brenda
Vantrease
8
2
3
2
0
1
19
How to Kill your Husband
by Kathy lette
10
4
4
0
2
0
20
The Kite Runner by Khaled
Hossini
11
0
0
3
4
4
45
What the Dead Know by
Laura Lippman
8
2
4
2
0
0
16
Water for Elephants by
Sara Gruen
9
0
3
1
1
4
33
A Short History of Tractors
in the Ukrainian by Marina
Lewycka
The three books we liked most from this year’s list were:
1.The Kite Runner - 4 votes
2. Water for Elephants - 3 votes
3.The Time Traveller’s Wife - 2 votes
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The International Women´s Group (IWG) is based in Herzogenaurach with members from the region.
Its main purposes are to integrate new families from all over the world in the Herzogenaurach-Erlangen-Nürnberg
area, give women a forum to make friends and foster intercultural exchange.
Today the group counts more than 140 participants from over 36 countries, including international delegates from
adidas Group, various Siemens branches, Lucent Technologies, PUMA, INA-Schaeffler and others, as well as German
families returning from abroad. The IWG now offers a wide range of activities and interests, available to women and
their families. Members receive a quarterly newsletter and have access to some activities at discounted prices. All of
our meetings are open to non-members and friends of the IWG.
The friendly ladies of our specially formulated Newcomers´ committee ensure that newcomers are introduced to other
members, given information about the IWG and its activities, Germany and this particular area, schools, doctors, etc.
They will attempt to connect a new member with someone who has similar interests - be it painting, wine tasting, etc.
and provide support, encouragement and assistance in their new environment. The annual membership fee is 20 Euro
You are invited to contact our newsletter coordinator Barbara Stöffler at 0177 8888 619 or Karin Hesse at 09132734431.
You can register on our website WWW.WOMENSGROUP.DE or you can fill out the coupon below and send it to:
IWG c/o Mandy Huth,
Lenzenbergstrasse 14a, 91074 Herzogenaurach
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