To another great week filled with lots of good soccer games. Hope the bars in Munich and Stuttgart refilled their beer, so Germany & guests are ready for more party ⚽️
“Wenn ein 20-jähriger Kellner aus Paisley von Glasgow nach Deutschland wandern kann, dann hoffe ich, dass ich auch andere Menschen inspirieren kann.”⚽️ 🇩🇪🍻 🍻 🍻EM läuft 🍻🫶⚽️⚽ 🚧 Während der Fußball-Europameisterschaft soll es bis Mitte Juli möglichst keine Dauerbaustellen auf Autobahnen im Umkreis von rund 50 Kilometern um die Spielorte geben. Das hat die Autobahn GmbH des Bundes mitgeteilt. Auch Tagesbaustellen soll es an den Spieltagen möglichst keine geben. Ziel sei eine reibungslose An- und Abreise zu den Spielstätten.
Besides soccer, more good news are happening:
Portugal is developing a 3,000 km (1,860 mile) trail – set to be the longest circular walking route in the world. Up for the challenge? The route will be walkable and cyclable, with parts of it accessible to those who are less mobile.Ariarne Titmus has BROKEN the 200m freestyle WORLD RECORD in a time of 1:52:23 at the Australian Swimming TrialsVor den vorgezogenen Parlamentswahlen in Frankreich haben Anti-Rassismus-Gruppen, Gewerkschaften und eine neu gegründete linksgerichtete Koalition gegen den zunehmenden Rechtsextremismus protestiert.Ab heute erscheint die tagesschau in Einfacher Sprache. Von Montag bis Freitag gibt es je eine Ausgabe, die die wichtigsten Themen des Tages zusammenfasst.Nun gibt es auch für Radler eine Art Autobahn: Am Dienstag wird bei Garching der erste Teilabschnitt der sogenannten Radschnellverbindung von und nach München eröffnet – es ist der erste Radschnellweg überhaupt in Bayern. Die Trasse soll bis an den Stachus weitergeführt werden. In wenigen Jahren sollen Pendlerinnen und Pendler so durchgehend die mehr als 20 Kilometer von München nach Garching und Unterschleißheim zurücklegen können. Sie dürfen auf der Radl-Autobahn bis zu 20 Kilometer pro Stunde fahren.Australians have found a solution to making road markings more visible at night. They want to paint them in ‘photoluminescent paint’, similar to that on the hands of some watches.In Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt und Thüringen gilt die Partei nach Einstufung der jeweiligen Verfassungsschutzämter als gesichert rechtsextrem, in Brandenburg als Verdachtsfall.Parking for horses, Netherlands.The Republic of Korea has now greenlit imports of beef from France and Ireland, a proof of trust in our high food safety standards. This is thanks to an excellent working (and trading) relationship between the EU and Korea. The removal of this trade barrier not only marks the start of French and Irish beef exports to the Republic of Korea, but also underscores the cooperative efforts between the EU and the Republic of Korea to ensure the safety and quality of traded food products. The Commission anticipates that other Member States will soon follow in being able to export beef to the Republic of Korea, further deepening our trading relationship. 🇰🇷🥩🇪🇺 The Republic of Korea is one of the biggest import markets for beef in the world.
The Scottish are arriving in Munich We are ready, too 🇩🇪⚽️✌🏻
First game UEFA Euro 2024:
Germany 🇩🇪 – 🏴 Scotland
5:1
Wow 💪🏻 The family chat (hubby’s family) was alive as you can imagine. I mean, clearly Germany would win… but didn’t expect that result.
What a fantastic first game! Fantastic atmosphere in Munich! T H A N K YOU!
Fun fun fun Munich Before the game = after the game 🍻Party time in Munich Always thirsty 😁Turley Bräu is open 7/24Scott’s are celebrating in Munich Well, you were better than Brazil 🇧🇷 💕
Thanks for partying in Germany! Thanks, Scotland, for having such a great time! That’s what we all need. Thanks for being our guests! 🫶
In soccer fever. Already ready for the next game ✌🏻⚽️💪🏻
Can there be any good news on a Monday after a very sad & terrifying result of the European elections yesterday???
The answer is yes. Yes, and we need more Irmelas!
Thank you!☮️✌🏻 💪🏻Kein Aufkleber mit Nazi-Parolen oder Hakenkreuz-Graffiti ist vor ihr sicher: Irmela Mensah-Schramm kratzt sie ab, übersprüht sie oder verändert ihren ursprünglichen Sinn – und das seit über 40 Jahren. Für ihre Zivilcourage wurde sie ausgezeichnet – etwa mit dem Göttinger Friedenspreis. Doch zugleich geriet sie mit Polizei und Justiz in Konflikt: So wurde sie etwa wegen Sachbeschädigung verurteilt. Mittlerweile gibt sie auch Workshops an Schulen und arbeitet mit Schülern.Germany opened it’s first overhead electric line highway on May 7th 2019. This electrification is available on #Autobahn_A5 from #Frankfurt_airport_global_freight_hub to an #industrial_park near #Darmstadt for a distance of #10_kilometers. This allows trucks to draw electric power from overhead cables thus making it a #green_corrider.Die Ringe, die sinnbildlich für fünf Kontinente stehen sollen, wurden vollständig aus recyceltem französischem Stahl gefertigt. Die Spiele finden vom 26. Juli bis zum 11. August statt.Volkswagen bus walkers!Adele to an audience member who yelled “Pride S*cks!” “Did you come to my f**cking show and just say that Pride sucks? Are you f**cking stupid? Don’t be so f**cking ridiculous. If you have nothing nice to say, shut up, alright?”Halla Tómasdottir will be the seventh President of Iceland! Iceland has been ranked the best country in the world for gender equality for the last 14 years straight. The country has also seen two women serve as prime minister in recent years.☮️✌🏻☮️✌🏻☮️✌🏻☮️✌🏻☮️
Bill May is a towering figure in the sport of artistic swimming, a breaker of barriers for more than three decades and a leader in the decades-long effort to open Olympic competition to men.
But his fate this summer will rest not on his individual achievements or stature as an advocate, but on his ability to perform as one-eighth of a team of women half his age.
A rule change in 2022 cleared the way for men to compete in the sport at this summer’s Paris Games.
That means that this is May’s first and, realistically, last chance ever to fulfill his lifelong dream of competing in the Olympics. He is 45 years old, and on Saturday, the team will announce who made the tinal cut.
“I didn’t think you had to look a certain way,” he said.
“I just knew that I loved the sport.” Once, when he was 14, the family of a girl he had defeated in an individual competition booed him, but mostly his gender wasn’t an issue. “They treated me like any other athlete,” he said.
Today is maybe one of the most important days for the EU.
I enjoyed political discussions with family, friends and work colleagues in the past weeks and days.
At least in my close circle, we all have the same opinion: voting is important. Always. But these days it is even more important.
#noafd schadet der deutschen #Wirtschaft Keine Migration, weg mit dem Euro und raus aus der EU! Das sind die Forderungen der noafd! Immer mehr Unternehmen in Deutschland warnen kurz vor der #Europawahl vor den möglichen Folgen. „2024 würde bei uns kein einziges Auto vom Band laufen ohne Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund”, sagt Mercedes-Benz AG Chef Ola Källenius. „Wir müssen jetzt aufstehen und einschreiten”, sagt Siemens Chef Roland Busch. Deutsche Unternehmen wissen, wer der deutschen Wirtschaft schadet: die noatd! #niewiederistjetzt #demokratie #rassismus #faschismus
So happy to finally see some supporting voices from Germanys big companies.
Thanks! ✌🏻 Thanks!Doors are are open until 6pm in Germany today, go voting! 🗳️ 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
The biggest dream: to repeat the Summer fairytale 2006 in Stuttgart in 2024 💫
Are you ready?
Ready for the UEFA Euro 2024? The countdown is on – UEFA EURO 2024 is just around the corner.
The start: June 14th and lasting for 4 weeks.
Our bread rolls are looking like soccer balls ⚽️ The German team on coke cans.⚽️ In EM Fever Sound advice: warning the fans of a delayed Deutsche Bahn 😂
A total of five matches – four group matches and one quarter-final – will be played in Stuttgart. Yeah!
Stuttgart – The whole city will be turned into a stadium.
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On June 16, 2024 at 6 pm, Denmark will face Slovenia in the Stuttgart Arena ⚽️
Ready, steady, go!
… is ready ⚽️
…and don’t forget:
Ein schottischer Fanverband warnt seine Mitglieder zur Fußball-EM vor Reisen auf den letzten Drücker mit der Deutschen Bahn: „Verlasst die Kneipe ein bisschen schneller, gebt euch sellost ein wenig mehr Zeit. Das Letzte, was ihr wollt, ist, erst zur Halbzeit anzukommen.”
Weather wise this week can only be fantastic ☀️ here’s to the good news!
Die Engagement-Karte ist ein Stück Anerkennung für die über eine halbe Million Menschen, die sich in Hamburg ehrenamtlich engagieren. Mit der Karte sollen sie zum Beispiel günstiger Museen besuchen und Rabatte bei Sportangeboten oder in Cafés bekommen. Wer mindestens 16 Jahre alt und mindestens seit 100 Stunden im Jahr ehrenamtlich aktiv ist, kann die Karte bei der Sozialbehörde beantragen!Royale Ehre für Abba: Das schwedische Konigshaus hat am Freitag den Mitgliedern der schwedischen Kultband konigliche Orden verliehen.We need that in Germany! 💃 Ein Fischkutter hat ein in der Nordsee gelandetes Kleinflugzeug aus dem Wasser gezogen und an Land gebracht.Over a week ago, Taquería El Califa de León was simply one of Mexico City’s nearly 11,000 registered taco shops. Then, on May 14, life changed completely for the cash-only taqueria that has barely enough room to stand, sells four kinds of tacos – three beef, one pork — and whose grill radiates intense heat. That day, it became the first Mexican taco stand to win a Michelin star.Um die Umwelt zu schützen, haben India auf einer 16 km langen Strecke Autobahnpfeiler errichtet, damit sich Wildtiere frei in ihrem natürlichen Lebensraum bewegen können.✅🫶Donald Trump was found guilty on Thursday of all 34 felony counts in his hush-money criminal trial, making him the first American president to be declared a felon.„Die momentane Situation in unserer Welt kann bei all den Krisen Angst machen und die Zukunft ist sicher fur viele gerade sehr ungewiss. Aber bei allem was passiert, müssen wir nicht tatenlos zusehen, wir haben eine Stimme, um mit zu entscheiden! Für uns und für unsere Kinder! Nutzt sie, es ist wichtiger den je!“Europawahl! June 9th! 🗳️
Luckily, we are living in a country in which we are allowed to vote! Use your vote! Go voting June 9th!
Ready for an outdoor party 🥳 Aperitif from France 🍾
Sunshine all day… The party motto: asparagus, strawberries, peonies & friends. All set up in the garden and just when we were about to kick off the party… we got surprised by rain. Quite a bit of rain. Hello May!
We started my 40th birthday party in the garden…
Not a problem if you have adventurous and very flexible guests: all helping and running with tables, chairs, plates & food in their hands… under the roof and inside the house. Different than planned and still wonderful! Probably a party to not forget so quickly.
Pretty peonies in pinkPreparation is all…Cheers to 40 years! 🥂
We had a super delicious dinner, all home cooked and BBQed – huge thank you to my little helpers 🫶
Serving Tomato Gazpacho Hiding from the rain & waiting for food Moving the buffet inside into the kitchen – improvisation is all!More peoniesCaprese Saltimbocca with asparagus & strawberries 🍓 Smoking all day, thanks hubby, it was super delicious!BBQed for many many hours Voila – Pulled pork 🥰Mhhhhhhh 🫶Little mousse au chocolat tartlets 🫶Charcuterie in a glass
Thank you all for coming from far & near! I had a fabulous evening with all of you!
This weekend was all about champagne: growing, harvesting, producing, champagne houses, champagne tasting, champagne cellars, driving through the champagne… ✨
The village of Hautvillers is considered the cradle of champagne, because it was here that the Benedictine monk Dom Perignon invented the method wine becomes champagne 🥂Champagne sparkles ✨The beautiful Verzenay Lighthouse that overlooks the vineyards.From the 13th to 19th century all French kings were crowned in La cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims.The champagne is beautiful, loved the scenery outside the window and couldn’t get over the stunning landscapes of vineyards that go on for as far as you can see.Champagne goes well with apricot tart 🥰4pm 🥂Apricot tartSunrise That view 🍇Magnums 🍾
Best food ever. Another reason to just be in love with France 🇫🇷
Bon Appetit 🍴
Pour L‘Aperitif: mushrooms 🍄🟫 Pour Commencer: foie grasPour Continuer: shrimps & lobster Nos Douceurs: Macaronwine routes open up to the wine lover the taste of this extraordinary growing region.First climbing up the stairs… rewarded by another glass of champagne ☺️MacaronsCheers 🥂 ❤️The champagne also has magical treesThe impressive cellar vaults underneath add up to a length of several kilometers.Reims Day 5: too much champagne. Need a break 😎 (till Saturday). Time to go home! Supporting small family business producing amazing champagne 🍾 Dressing the bottle 💃 Last purchase 🥳 ready to go home…
A bus load full of champagne. We are on the way back home after a fabulous long weekend 🍾 a weekend full of champagne, great food, laughter and wonderful company! Happy birthday!
Ukrainians expressing their gratitude in New York City to Americans for supporting Ukraine during this difficult historic time.For those who dont know this is Andrea Cisternino… he lives in Ukraine. He is staying with his 400 rescue dogs and has stated he would rather die with them than leave them and is continuing to help those dogs that have been left behind.1956 reiste Milli Bau mit ihrem VW-Bus alleine durch die Seidenstraße. Sie fuhr über Syrien, Nepal und Indien nach China und Japan. In dieser Zeit schlief und lebte sie im Bus. Sie dokumentierte diese und auch spatere Reisen mit ihrer Kamera. Sie schoss über 6.000 Fotos und Dias.Am 9. Juni wird gewählt. 30 deutsche Firmen haben nun ihre Beschäftigten aufgefordert, ihre Stimme bei der Europawahl für Vielfalt und Toleranz abzugeben. Auch Mercedes-Chef Ola Källenius hat sich in diesem Zusammenhang geäußert und wurde sehr deutlich.
I don’t really remember my 10th or 20th birthday… but I do remember turning 30: with friends in NYC and gifted with a helicopter flight over the city! Wow!!! Definitely a day to remember.
It’s nice to remember certain personal milestones. That’s why I decided to celebrate my 40th birthday with friends in and with Champagne in France 🥂
Of course we stopped at a Champagne house and learnt about the 18th century old tradition of hand-picking the crops and hand-spinning the Champagne bottles which remains a requirement in this Region today. The tasting afterwards is the best part…
The champagne cellar stocked with millions of bottles waiting to be ready for toasting! 🥂🥂🥂Sante!Champagne house 🍇 Different size champagne bottles Capitale du Epernay Stunning landscapes of vineyards that go on for as far as you can see.Viva la France 🇫🇷 La cathedrale Notre-Dame de Reims🎠
That was the first party. Stay tuned for more parties to come up. And guess what the aperitif will be… 🥂
P.S.: Was I / am I afraid of being 40 now? No! Not at all! Being surrounded by so many fabulous ladies >40! Also, especially not after my mums words after sharing something about work with her the other day (feeling happy to be able to share my experience with much younger colleagues), her response: „that will be from now on always like that. You get older but smarter and more experienced“. Awwww! So, why being afraid?! Let’s go, 40! 💃
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