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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Hello all.

Again, I am bit lit posting today.

@maglil55, @jayney27, and @Goonergal -- wishing safe and happy travels to you all.

@Goonergal -- Hope you'll enjoy Hannover, it's about 2 to 3 hours by car from where I am. Hope you'll have sunshine every single day while you're there.

Still have a bit of a cold remaining, but it's been really been very lite, hardly noticeable. Blood sugars are settling a bit again, they were slightly higher for the last two weeks maybe due to the cold or the stress following last blood test.

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol. A DD keto roll with mayonnaise, beef salami and gouda cheese.

Lunch: Nothing.

Early dinner: A cheese platter with five different cheeses. Half a glass of wine.

Late night snack: A wiener sausage. Another half glass of wine.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hello all.

Again, I am bit lit posting today.

@maglil55, @jayney27, and @Goonergal -- wishing safe and happy travels to you all.

@Goonergal -- Hope you'll enjoy Hannover, it's about 2 to 3 hours by car from where I am. Hope you'll have sunshine every single day while you're there.

Still have a bit of a cold remaining, but it's been really been very lite, hardly noticeable. Blood sugars are settling a bit again, they were slightly higher for the last two weeks maybe due to the cold or the stress following last blood test.

Breakfast: Two double decaffeinated espressos with cream and erythritol. A DD keto roll with mayonnaise, beef salami and gouda cheese.

Lunch: Nothing.

Early dinner: A cheese platter with five different cheeses. Half a glass of wine.

Late night snack: A wiener sausage. Another half glass of wine.
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You've probably mentioned it before, ziggy, but roughly where are you in Germany?
 
Hi @DCUKMod,

I live in the Western part to Germany, about three-quarters of an hour from the Netherlands. The city is Wuppertal (famous for its suspension railway) and I commute to Cologne to work. It is a wonderful place to live because of the people, the culture and its proximity to other countries (though it does get rather humid in summer.)

Where do you live? And how about all the other regular posters on this thread?
 
I'm in Lincolnshire (half way down the coast on the right hand side of England) :)
Used to live in Wales for 20+ years, and started off way down south, near London. But have a feeling I am here to stay now. The roots are developing nicely. :D
 
ziggy_w said:
Hi @DCUKMod,

I live in the Western part to Germany, about three-quarters of an hour from the Netherlands. The city is Wuppertal (famous for its suspension railway) and I commute to Cologne to work. It is a wonderful place to live because of the people, the culture and its proximity to other countries (though it does get rather humid in summer.)

Where do you live? And how about all the other regular posters on this thread?
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Cologne is a great city. I’m in South East London - Deptford about a 20 minute walk from Greenwich. Love it.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hi @DCUKMod,

I live in the Western part to Germany, about three-quarters of an hour from the Netherlands. The city is Wuppertal (famous for its suspension railway) and I commute to Cologne to work. It is a wonderful place to live because of the people, the culture and its proximity to other countries (though it does get rather humid in summer.)

Where do you live? And how about all the other regular posters on this thread?
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Ah,....... I've been to Wuppertal, many many times, and been to Koln what feels like hundreds of times.

I lived in Dortmund for a few years, with periods in Lipstadt, Munster and Paderborn. Then latterly in my German period, I moved north to Bergen (as in Bergen Belsen/Celle). From there Hamberg was just a short trundle, to the fish market at stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning.

Until I moved up to Bergen, I used to do the weekend dash, leaving Friday afternoon from Dortmund > London, via Zeebruge, and back again, for work on Mondays. Insane.

I only did one winter in Bergen. It was just so bleak and sooooo plain old cold, and that's before I even felt the cold!

My German period was the most massive adventure, doing and seeing things I'll never do or see again, and actually, in my own way changing the (then) future.

When I came back to UK, I found myself in Leicestershire. In time, I found more exciting adventures to become involved with, so I stayed.
 
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DCUKMod said:
Ah,....... I've been to Wuppertal, many many times, and been to Koln what feels like hundreds of times.

I lived in Dortmund for a few years, with periods in Lipstadt, Munster and Paderborn. Then latterly in my German period, I moved north to Bergen (as in Bergen Belsen/Celle). From there Hamberg was just a shorttrundle, to the fish market at stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning.

Until I moved up to Bergen, I used to do the weekend dash, leaving Friday afternoon from Dortmund > London, via Zeebruge, and back again, for work on Mondays. Insane.

I only did one winter in Bergen. It was just so bleak and sooooo plain old cold, and that's before I even felt the cold!

My German period was the most massive adventure, doing and seeing things I'll never do or see again, and actually, in my own changing the (then) future.

When I came back to UK, I found myself in Leicestershire. In time, I found more exciting adventures to become involved with, so I stayed.
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Wow, this is so exciting, @DCUKMod. You've seen probably more of Germany than I have. I grew up north of Hamburg, a small city called Schleswig. Quaint and very close to the North Sea and to the Baltic sea, which I really enjoyed as a kid -- but overall a bit rural and not very exciting, especially if one has travelled the world as you have.

Which city did you enjoy most in Germany? I can imagine that Bergen isn't very exciting either. (I hadn't even heard of it before -- though, of course, virtually everyone must have heard of Bergen Belsen, a place, which is a constant reminder of the cruelty and inhumaneness, of which people are capable.)

Apart from Germany, I have spent about 17 years in U.S., mostly in El Paso, Texas, which I have enjoyed tremendously, and also a year in Cairo, Egypt -- also a wonderful experience, but very different. Wouldn't want to have missed any of these experiences -- something no one can ever take away and which have changed me as a person.

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xfieldok said:
I used to live in Wuppertal. I loved the window blinds, concrete attics and basements.
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Hi @xfielddok,

Where in Wuppertal did you live? The saying probably seems a bit stale, but it is always surprising how small of a world this is. I live in Elberfeld close to the Luisen and Brill quarters, an area with losts of historical buildings, cool restaurants and cafes (and of course lots of hills and trees like most of Wuppertal).

Btw, almost all houses in Germany have concrete basements, at least all older houses. Is this different where you are?
 
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ziggy_w said:
Hi @xfielddok,

Where in Wuppertal have you live? The saying probably seems a bit stale, but it is always surprising how small of a world this is. I live in Elberfeld close to the Luisen and Brill quarters, an area with losts of historical buildings, cool restaurants and cafes (and of course lots of hills and trees like most of Wuppertal).

Btw, almost all houses in Germany have concrete basements, at least all older houses. Is this different where you are?
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We used to live in Ostpreußenstraße. Just had a look on google earth but I don't recognise any of it! This was in thelate 60's.
 
Hi @xfielddok,

I have noticed there is a Ostpreußenweg in Wuppertal Unterbarmen. Could it be this? Many of of the houses look like they could be from the 50s or 60s.
 
ziggy_w said:
Hi @xfielddok,

I have noticed there is a Ostpreußenweg in Wuppertal Unterbarmen. Could it be this? Many of of the houses look like they could be from the 50s or 60s.
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Might be. I really only have memories from the family photos. I was shipped out to boarding school in Hamm. We ended up in Duisburg.
 
DCUKMod said:
Then latterly in my German period, I moved north to Bergen (as in Bergen Belsen/Celle). ...
I only did one winter in Bergen. It was just so bleak and sooooo plain old cold, and that's before I even felt the cold!
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As a young child I spent some time in army quarters in Hohne (Bergen/Belsen) just after the war with an soldier father. I was a little too young to fully understand the implications of what had gone on there, but they are some of my strongest childhood memories now. But on the good side, I was left with a love of German food (especially Lubecke marzipan which the Easter Hare used to bring us, and which I've recently re-discovered!) And having lived by the cold damp seaside in the UK, I loved the dry cold of the German winters, and experiencing the cosiness of central heating and double glazing, I swore that these would be mine too back in England when I grew up.:)
 
ziggy_w said:
Wow, this is so exciting, @DCUKMod. You've seen probably more of Germany than I have. I grew up north of Hamburg, a small city called Schleswig. Quaint and very close to the North Sea and to the Baltic sea, which I really enjoyed as a kid -- but overall a bit rural and not very exciting, especially if one has travelled the world as you did.

Which city did you enjoy most in Germany? I can imagine that Bergen isn't very exciting either. (I hadn't even heard of it before -- though, of course, virtually everyone must have heard of Bergen Belsen, a place, which is a constant reminder of the cruelty and inhumaneness of people.)

Apart from Germany, I have spent about 17 years in U.S., mostly in El Paso, Texas, which I have enjoyed tremendously, and also a year in Cairo, Egypt -- also a wonderful experience, but very different. Wouldn't want to have missed any of these experiences -- something no one can ever take away and which have changed me as a person.

I then spent about 17 years in the U.S., mostly in El Paso, Texas and about 5 years in Columbia, South Carolina, followed by a a year in Cairo, Egypt.
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To be honest, Ziggy, I enjoyed everywhere, because the scale of Germany means there is such diversity in terms of the nation, geography, culture and so on. I didn't spend very much time in the South, aside from skiing, the odd sight-seeing trip and shopping trips around Frankfurt. I even enjoyed the very North, but by then I was pretty much ready to come back to the UK, and the weekend dash backs meant flights from Hanover,..... yada, yada, yada. I had also been very unwell for a time, and I felt I needed some time in UK, closer to my family. I still ended up over 300 miles from them, but that's just the way things worked out, taking into account career aspirations at the time.

You have travelled extensively yourself, and I'm sure your time in the US has helped your language no end. I could never decide if you were a Brit living in Germany - such is the quality of your English language.
 
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Sorry to disappoint, but I haven’t lived in Germany! Not even visited :(
I was brought up on the south coast of England, but moved to Oxford when I was 18 to do my nurses’training and stayed here ever since! :)
 
Robbity said:
As a young child I spent some time in army quarters in Hohne (Bergen/Belsen) just after the war with an soldier father. I was a little too young to fully understand the implications of what had gone on there, but they are some of my strongest childhood memories now. But on the good side, I was left with a love of German food (especially Lubecke marzipan which the Easter Hare used to bring us, and which I've recently re-discovered!) And having lived by the cold damp seaside in the UK, I loved the dry cold of the German winters, and experiencing the cosiness of central heating and double glazing, I swore that these would be mine too back in England when I grew up.:)
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Oooooh,......... We've probably been to some of the same places then, although by my time, we had triple glazing. In terms of the colder German winters I loved the fact that everyone just dresses for it, properly - decent boots, "stylish" thermies and down coats before they were ever fashionable in the UK.

Certainly trips to Belsen had the same very sobering and humbling impact, every single time.
 
I entirely agree with you -- family is important. This is one of the reasons that made me decide to return to Germany.

Returning to the UK from Germany just for the weekend must have been quite stressful. You probably almost spent half of the weekend travelling -- but it was probably still worthwhile. Moving back (even though living 300 miles away) must have made things much easier.

Thanks also for your kind words regarding my English language skills. I have to admit upon returning to Germany, my German language skills were quite horrendous. Where I teach, we have quite a lot of international students -- and a French student (who incidentally was also a German national) once remarked that based on my slides and lectures I was teaching international students incorrect German as they would expect me, as a German national, to speak and write my own language properly. However, with time my German has improved and I realize that I was quite creative im making up some words that didn't exist in the German language, but instead were a literal translation from English -- sometimes rather embarrasing but also very funny. Unfortunately, though, I am afraid that the more my German improves, the more my English deteriorates.
 
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