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		<title>Gibraltar &#8211; an English world in Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gibraltar is a fantastic city &#8211; a small English World in the South of Spain. It is the European Gate to Africa. Geographically the city belongs to Spain, politically it belongs to the UK.  Hence it is no wonder, that you have &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/gibraltar/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=387&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The crazy ideas of the German Grammar &#8211; Part 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[German Language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time I want to give you an understanding on the &#8220;German Prepositions&#8221;. First I have to say, that this is a really hard nut to crack &#8211; even harder than the rest of the German language. (Who is surprised &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/23/part-4/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=402&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Stilles Örtchen&#8217;- a good travel advice!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, today I got one good travel advice for you! The normal matter having to go to the &#8216;Stilles Örtchen&#8217; (German for: smallest room, the john, the outhouse) can turn to a very heavy matter. When I have been to &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/22/stilles-ortchen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=397&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Barbecue &#8211; different traditions worldwide</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/barbecue-different-traditions-worldwide/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who hasn&#8217;t been never to a barbecue? For sure there is nobody!! Barbecues are popular all over the world! Two Years ago I thought, that barbecues are celebrated everywhere the same way &#8211; But I had to learn that I &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/barbecue-different-traditions-worldwide/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=375&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please vote!!</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/please-vote/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:39:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A really interesting question concerning my last blog: Have a look on &#8220;Germans- Beloved or hated?&#8221; and vote the most popular nation!!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=351&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Germans &#8211; Beloved or hated?</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/germans-loved-or-hated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Germans]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Against this  advertisement of an Austrian airline there is a study saying that Germany is the most popular nation of the world. More than 17.000 people from 34 countries were polled by the BBC. The result surprised everybody-  56 % &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/12/germans-loved-or-hated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=260&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My name in Chinese!!!</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/sarah-name/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I surfed the internet, I found my name written in Chinese (picture on the left side).  Mostly the German names sound different and longer in spoken Chinese than in German because they don&#8217;t have the same syllable like us.  Here an example: The typical &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/06/07/sarah-name/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=200&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Crazy ideas of the German Grammar, Part 3</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:16:56 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[German Language]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[!!Now it&#8217;s again time to inform you about the Crazy Germans!! Today I tell you something about the &#8220;German Articles&#8221;. As the English Language is working with just one article, it is really difficult for an English born to understand &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/part-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=350&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese symbols</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/chinese-symbols/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 19:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I read an article about the Chinese symbols, or &#8216;writing&#8217;, depends how you want to call it. The article deals with the change of the symbols in the last 2000 years. If you have a look on the &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/23/chinese-symbols/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=164&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vodka vs. Obstwein</title>
		<link>http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/vodka-vs-obstwein/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 2008: Guided by an Ukrainian, my father and me went to the Ukraine. After 24 hours in a car, we reached our destination: a city in the center of this beautiful country &#8211; Poltava.  We were invited to pass &#8230; <a href="http://sarahni.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/vodka-vs-obstwein/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahni.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7369187&amp;post=132&amp;subd=sarahni&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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