One year passed..still think of Germany...

i still miss you my nice friends and relative in germany...i still hope to be there soon.....

sugar go  go...be right back to Munchen soon..

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Bayern's Demichelis relishing title race with Schalke

Published: 16 Apr 10 08:12 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/sport/20100416-26587.html

Bayern Munich defender Martin Demichelis says he is relishing the league leaders' title race with Bundesliga rivals Schalke 04 chasing their first league crown since 1958.

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Bayern host relegation-candidates Hanover at Munich's Allianz Arena on Saturday evening, while second-placed Schalke will be bidding to close the two-point gap with four games remaining against Mönchengladbach.

After this weekend, Bayern face 'Gladbach, Bochum and bottom-side Hertha Berlin while Schalke take on Hertha, Werder Bremen and Mainz with the season set to finish on Saturday May 8.

"I'm really looking forward to the run-in," said the Argentine star who is currently wearing a face mask after picking up an injury in his country's 1-0 friendly win over Germany last month. "This is when we can show what we're capable of."

The 29-year-old must wear the mask until the end of the season, but Bayern coach Louis van Gaal will be happy to have him in the side - Munich are undefeated in all Bundesliga and cup fixtures in which Demichelis has started this season.

Return of Hamburg's Alster swans signals start of springtime

Published: 12 Apr 10 15:54 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/society/20100412-26495.html

Hamburg’s famous Alster swans returned to the water few weeks late on Monday as this year's brutally long winter prepared to give way to springtime temperatures this week.

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After more than four months in their winter quarters, Hamburg's “swan father” Olaf Nieß lead several boats to move 120 birds to the port city’s outer Alster lake.

The animals will now be able to find sufficient food on their own, a spokesperson from the Hamburg-Nord district said.

At the end of the November the swans made their traditional trek to their winter retreat in the Eppendorf district’s mill pond, which is kept free of ice year round.

They have been a part of the city landscape since the 11th Century, under the care of a “swan father” - Hamburg’s oldest municipal post – since 1674.