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Dina:
Ooh, poor boy. It seems that Micro is a force to be afraid of.
How lovely that you, your husband and Mini are good at drawings. i am bad (but not awful) at it, so I admire people who can draw. And the thing I am really, really, awful at is music. I have no musical hearing at all. We have a saying here that is "tener un toscano en la oreja" (having a cigar in the ear). That is me. I am not truly deaf, but musically? I am. Hubby suffers a lot. I've got that for my own parents, especially mom.
And yes, of course genetics have a part in sibling differences, which is one of the things making it so interesting.
Oh, and it was so fun to read that you make that precise mistake :D
Dina:
We won again! We are in the semifinals! :D :D :D
I am so happy. It was terrible for my nerves...We were winning 2-0, then, 10 minutes from the end (well, not so much. In this world cup the time that is been added after every half-time is a lot) Netherlands scores. And then, my team panicked. They stopped trying to win and they began only protecting the result. And in the last minute (after a 10 minute extension), the had a free shot near the arc and...goal. So, 2-2. We had to go to the extra time (30 more minutes) and I am proud to say we played well. But no more goals. So...penalty kicks. I don't know if you are familiar with the definition by penalties. It is a series of 5 penalties for each team, shot alternatively, of course. And if that ends in a tie, then, it is one more for each team until the tie is broken. Well, Netherlands began. Our goalkeeper (amazing!) caught it. Our first shooter, Messi, did it. Our goalkeeper covered the second shot again. And our shooter did the goal. So we were 2-0. Bur then, 2-1, 3-1, and then our shooter missed!and Netherlands did it! 3-2! So the nerves! We failed again, and Netherlands did it! So 3-3. But our last shooter did it! We won! 4-3.
I am so, so happy! :D :D
So, the main objective is achieved. We are on the top 4.
And now we have to face Croatia, who eliminated our sore rival Brazil. I can't help but being happy than Brazil cannot win another Cup now (They won it 5 times, they are the super champions). And even if we had the bad luck of losing with Croatia, I think we did a good and worthy World Cup. (of course, I want to reach the finals! But I know Croatia is strong).
Regenbogen:
@Dina
This is great news about your team! Go them! I am only looking who won and when I saw it was Argentina, I knew you would be happy. :)
And LOL. I know now why my husband does so overly simple English exercises on Duolingo! He is done with all the lessons and wants to achieve the final goals, for which you need "gems", so you can compete. One only gets gems by doing lessons.
I told him, it doesn't matter which language you do to earn them, so he now does Klingon!
And he does it so I can hear it too. It kind of creates a Star Trek feeling without the TV on.
I was at the local Christmas market last week. It was nice, but cold, so we bought warm drinks, the kids had a Bratwurstsemmel each (a little bread with warm sausage, you can get it with mustard or ketchup, whatever you prefer) and I went to our firefighters, because they always sell Steaksemmel (yes, it's steak in a little bread with onions) and because I know most of them, so there was some talking while I waited for my steak.
I plan to go to at least one other market before they close before Christmas. There are so many of them and each is nice. But one can't go to all of them, there's not enough days in the week.
It is just that normally I would choose one or two and it would be enough, but this is the first year since covid hit, that they are open again, and it feels and smells very 'christmassy'. I at least want to show the big one in the city to my children. It is not only the market itself, it is also the old buildings around it. It all looks very beautiful.
Dina:
:)
I am sure the Christmas' market is awesome! I went to a couple of those the one time I was in Europe and it was lovely! I truly enjoyed it. And also tried some mulled wine or something like that. It is such a weird experience for me. Christmas is Summer! The last days were terribly hot. Luckily, it was a long weekend due to the Virgin Mary day. And everyone was only thinking in the match (that was on Friday). Yesterday it rained a lot and then temperature dropped and it was lovely. But today is more or less hot again.
Regenbogen:
The Christmas markets look especially beautiful with snow in the evening. 8)
Mulled wine is nice, but one can also drink hot non alcoholic drinks.
I love to eat roasted Maroni (edible chestnuts) and roasted almonds there.
The big market in the city is every day until Christmas. The smaller ones outside are either only on weekends or on one day only. But there are a lot of them.
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