+++Old Breaking News+++
September-May 2012
9/30/2012
4pm
+++Summer back in California+++
September ends hot!
sunny, 35ºC/ 96ºF on the top of the hill, no wind
9/27/2012
5pm
+++New German Column+++
Deep Roots Need Lots of Water
sunny, 26ºC/ 79ºF, no wind
8am
+++Home Again in California+++
Kids took care about themselves, Nobbi and the dogs. They did a great job.
foggy, 12ºC/ 54ºF, no wind
9/26/2012
11am
+++Two homes-somewhere between+++
Cologne-Munich-San Francisco!
It’s raining cats and dogs! Deep roots need lots of rain.
9/23/2012
10am
+++Home Sweet Home+++
Walking through the woods with friends, visiting the dog club and dinner with beloved people…HOME!
Grey sky, cold, smells like fall
9/21/2012
1pm
+++Columnist had get-together with ex-she-expat+++
Yesterday Barbara met Britta in Cologne. Britta, one month back in Germany, is successfully re-migrated.
The weather in Germany is nice. Something between late summer and early fall…no rain!!!
9/17/2012
10am
+++Columnist makes trip to Germany+++
Columnist will stay in Germany until the 26. September. There won’t be any new Columns in this time.
Family and dogs will keep the house.
sunny, 14ºC/ 57ºF, no wind
9/14/2012
12pm
+++New Guest Movie in Theatre+++
Fliegen, by Britta
sunny, 17ºC/ 63ºF, windy, it smells like fall
9/13/2012
12pm
+++Movie Star got minor injuries+++
It looks not that bad. Mr Reliable, known from “We Drove them All”, has a damaged front light, a deformed hood and is leaking cooling water.
Picture: Thanks Leon, Mountain View Paparazzi!
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, no wind
9am
+++Accident on HWY 85+++
Classical carpool lane-morning accident. No human is hurt, Mr Reliable took minor injuries. He looks terrible and loses cooling water. Pictures and story will follow…
foggy, 16ºC/ 61ºF, no wind
9/12/2012
5pm
+++Victor moved in+++
Good friend from Vaals will stay with us until November. LA, Australia, Bali and India will follow. We’re proud to be huge part of his world trip.
sunny, 24ºC/ 75ºF, slightly windy
8am
+++Breaking News will stay on site+++
After a successful signature campaign of a busy reader the decision is fallen. The editor will keep this service as long as there are people who care.
Official statement from the site-owner: “It never should be dropped because the site appears on Facebook, that is not adequate replacement, just because the responsible thought there wouldn’t be a single reader!”
foggy, 12ºC/ 54ºF, no wind
9/10/2012
10am
Does anybody care about the breaking news? If yes: please let me know:
leave a message in the guestbook or e-mail me.
If nobody cares, this site will disappear! Only for me I’ll use Facebook as diary!
9/8/2012
4pm
+++New in Barbara’s Away Game
Who is who, why and how? English introduction and guide of this side!
2pm
+++New in Barbaras Auswärtsspiel!!!+++
Wer ist wer, warum und wie? New!!! German introduction and guide of this site!
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, no wind
9/7/2012
5pm
+++Power outage delayed publishing of new English column+++
Due to a power outage in Los Gatos the New English Column “Aachen is not America, once again” couldn’t publish on time. PG&E fixed the problem unusual fast.
Here we go:
Aachen is not America, once again
sunny, 23ºC/ 73ºF, windy
9/6/2012
4pm
+++New German Column+++
Aachen ist nicht Amerika, once again
clouds in patches, 25ºC/ 77ºF, slightly windy
9/5/2012
4pm
+++Moritz has left America+++
He’ll study mathematics in Aachen/ Germany
Thunder and lightning, not kidding, and a bit rain, 25ºC/ 77ºF, windy
9/2/2012
12pm
+++New German Column with Movie+++
We Drove Them All
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, little bit windy
8/29/2012
8pm
+++New English Column+++
Drunk Driving, Your Reverence
2pm
+++New German Column+++
Drunk Driving, Your Reverence
sunny, 28ºC/ 82ºF, slightly windy
8/27/2012
10am
+++Who’s Zed?+++
Now in Column’s Theatre!
sunny, 16ºC/ 61ºF, no wind
8/19/2012
11am
+++Creative Break+++
Columns will pause for a couple of days!
sunny, 27ºC/ 80ºC, no wind
8/6/2012
9pm
+++New German Column+++
The Doing is Fine with new Movie
cloudy, 18º/ 64ºF, no wind
8/2/2012
4pm
+++New English Column+++
The Second Year is Over
subtitled and edited version of the new movie
Somewhere
some lonely clouds, 28ºC/ 82ºF, little bit windy
7/31/2012
9pm
+++Two Years USA+++
The Second Year is Over - New German Column with Movie!
orange-pink sky, 22ºC/ 72ºC, no wind
7/28/2012
11am
+++Now Pictures in German Column “Gold”+++
sunny, 19ºC/ 66ºF, slightly windy
7/26/2012
9pm
+++New German Column+++
Gold
Bild: Google sei Dank! *Quelle
almost dark, first stars in sky, 19ºC/ 66ºF, no wind
7/25/2012
11am
+++Chipmunks+++
now in Column’s Theatre
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, no wind
7/20/2012
8pm
+++Visitor one day delayed+++
Kyra, good friend from Aachen and our exchange student in the next months, arrived today with one day delay. Yesterday she missed her plane in Frankfurt. We are happy that finally everything is OK.
light blue and pink sky, 22ºC/ 72ºF, no wind
7/19/2012
9am
+++New Columns: German and English+++
Amazing Dry Cleaning
sunny, 16ºC/ 61ºF, no wind
7/13/2012
8pm
+++New English Column+++
Deep
some clouds, 17ºC/ 63ºF, no wind
1pm
+++New German Column+++
Deep
sunny, 22ºC/ 72ºF, windy
7/12/2012
2pm
+++Deep Blue - silent beauty+++
The Movie now in Column’s Theatre
sunny, 28ºC/ 82ºF, slightly windy
7/10/2012
9am
+++Deep Blue - New Movie Trailer+++
now in Column’s Theatre
sunny, 15ºC/ 59ºF, no wind
7/5/2012
11am
+++New English Column+++
Crash II
sunny, 17ºC/ 63ºF, no wind
7/3/2012
11pm
+++New German Column+++
Crash II
some clouds, 17ºC/ 63ºF, no wind
7/1/2012
8pm
+++New German Column+++
Construction Work II
some orange clouds in the sky, 19ºC/ 66ºF, slightly windy
6/30/2012
10am
+++Barbaras Auswärtsspiel goes Facebook+++
New in the sidebar: the Facebook like button.
sunny, 19ºC/ 66ºF, slightly windy
6/29/2012
4pm
+++New English Column+++
Summer Vacation
sunny, 23ºC/ 73ºF, slightly windy
6/28/2012
9pm
+++New German Column+++
Summer Vacation
sunny, 19ºC/ 66ºF, cold wind
6/27/2012
3pm
+++The Own Man and the Sea, now in Column’s Theatre+++
sunny, 27ºC/ 81ºF, windy
6/26/2012
11pm
+++Poetry+++
Inner Turmoil
There are two most beautiful places in the world.
Namely THERE and HERE! I come from THERE, I am HERE and I wanna be THERE.
Actually pretty simple!
But...It is HERE so beautiful that I don’t wanna leave and it is THERE so beautiful that I don’t wanna stay...
10pm
+++All Visitors Checked In+++
Nobbi is still in Germany, we miss him.
starry night, 18ºC/ 64ºF, no wind
6/22/2012
1pm
+++Eleven Meters+++
…for Greece due to handball, Greece converts
Game ends 4:2
+++Tooooooooooooooooooooor+++
4:1 yes yes yes yes!!!!
74’ Reus
+++Toooooooooooooooor+++
Gooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal
68’, Klose for Germany
Germany-Greece 3:1
Relief!
+++Toooooooooor+++
Goooaaaal
Germany-Greece 2:1 , Goal scorer: Khedira 61’
+++Goal for Greece+++
Germany-Greece 1:1
tie, Greece celebrates, Germany desperate
12.25pm
+++Toooooor+++
Goooooaaaal for Germany
Finally, after terrible 38 minutes. Goal scorer Phillip Lahm.
11.30am
+++Quater Final: Germany vs Greece+++
German folk in Californian hills is pretty excited!
sunny, 18ºC/ 64ºF, windy
6/21/2012
9pm
+++Third Rush of Visitors within one Month+++
Summertime-vacation time! The rush of visitors doesn’t stop. Moni, Daniel and Jakob from Berlin landed this afternoon in San Francisco, Oli will come on Tuesday. I became happily a hostel warden again, means: less columns - more adventures!
COOL DOWN, cloudy, 14ºC/ 57ºF, windy
6/20/2012
10am
+++NEW: Column’s Theatre+++
Catch your pop corn, take a seat and watch: All movies on one place!
Column’s Theatre now open!
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, slightly windy
6/19/2012
12pm
+++English Column+++
Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes...in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave (scroll down to last story)
sunny, 20ºC/ 68ºF, no wind
6/18/2012
9pm
+++SKYHAWK II the movie, now in Column’s-theatre+++
beautiful orange-pink sunset, 19ºC/ 66ºF, no wind
12pm
+++NEW COLUMN+++
(in Barbaras Auswärtsspiel in German)
Happy Father’s Days (last story on this page)
sunny, 25ºC/ 77ºF, little bit windy
6/16/2012
5pm
+++Tears in San Francisco+++
The more goodbyes the worse! I will never adapt to say goodbye. Papi, have a nice flight home!
Los Gatos, sunny, 37ºC/ 99ºF, no wind
6/15/2012
9pm
+++Everything ready for Fathers Day+++
The Half Moon Bay Holiday Horse has a new dress. No.1 Dad with son.
My father is going to leave us on Saturday. We had a great time.
Goodbye Papi!
starry night, 20ºC/ 68ºC, no wind
6/14/2012
5pm
+++Greening San Francisco expands+++
Explorer discovered new green wall at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. It took place between Pier 39 and Pier 41. It’s pretty green.
“grüüüüün” with special greetings to Gabi und Petra
San Francisco, little bit misty, 17ºC/ 62ºF, windy
Los Gatos, sunny, 27ºC/ 80ºF, slightly windy
6/13/2012
1.35pm
Germany won!!!
1.12pm
Goal for the Dutch!
Netherlands-Germany 1:2, goal scorer: Robin van Persie
12.20pm
Tooooooooooooooooor!
sorry, Goooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaal!
Gomez again! What a game!!!!
Netherlands-Germany 0:2, goal scorer: Mario Gomez
both goals were prepared by Schweinsteiger
12.10pm
Toooooooooor!!!!!!
oh sorry! Gooooooaaaaaaal!!!!!
Netherlands-Germany 0:1, goal scorer: Mario Gomez
12pm
+++Germany-Netherlands live+++
UEFA Euro 2012, European Championship Soccer
ESPN live, expert in studio: Michael Ballack
Los Gatos, all day trips are canceled to watch soccer in TV.
sunny, 19ºC/ 66ºF, slightly windy
6/12/2012
1pm
+++Megalomania in birds’ world+++
Los Gatos: International Geograffities discovers schizophrenic male house finch:
Picture: Thank Papi!
sunny, 24ºC/ 75ºF, slightly windy
6/11/2012
5pm
+++First Heatwave+++
Pet owners! Take your dog for a swim and let him roll afterwards in dirt, so the sun can’t reach the fur.
Los Gatos, sunny, 33ºC/ 91ºF, no wind
6/10/2012
5pm
+++No clouds in San Francisco+++
Sensational weather in the City. Mid of June and still nice weather, warm and blue sky. Summer or global warming? Experts concerned!
San Francico, sunny, 27ºC/ 81ºF, windy on hilltops
Los Gatos, sunny, 31ºC/ 88ºF, windy on hilltops
6/9/2012
1pm
+++Germany shot first goal+++
1:0 Germany : Portugal
+++NEW COLUMN+++
Blüh im Glanze dieses Glückes...in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave (scroll down: 6th column on this page)
sunny, 23ºC/ 73ºF, slightly windy
8am
+++Consulate General in San Francisco crowded+++
Legendary class of 2012 of GISSV got their Diploma. Lots of people came together to see this ceremony in beautiful atmosphere, to see the last time the 14 legends together.
Graduates took a limo to San Francisco.
Crowd took the school bus.
Column will follow.
sunny, 14ºC/ 57ºF, no wind
6/8/2012
11am
+++Big party is coming up+++
Mountain View/ San Francisco: It’s gonnABI legendary! Graduates and their celebration community looking forward to a really big event this evening. Tomorrow this side will show you the first pictures, stories and maybe scandals.
sunny, 18ºC/ 64ºC, no wind
6/7/2012
8am
+++Built and born in 1937+++
Meet and greet of 1937ers. San Francisco; On Wednesday the Golden Gate Bridge, built in 1937, met Peter, born in 1937. Together they are 150 years.
sunny, 12ºC/ 54ºC, no wind
6/5/2012
8pm
+++Guys pass DIAP+++
Mountain View, Samuel and Moritz passed the “Deutsch Internationale Abitur Prüfung” (DIAP, German International Abitur Exam) at German International School of Silicon Valley. Moritz did a very good exam, Samuel made it thrilling until the end. Both passed, parents are happy, mother half-drunk due to celebrating with champagne.
sunset is pink, 15ºC/ 59ºF, no wind
6/4/2012
Noon
+++First Oral Exam+++
Today the 12th graders of German International School of Silicon Valley have their first oral exam. Fingers crossed!
I wish them luck - I’m more excited than my sons! Tomorrow there will be the second part.
Rain!!! 16ºC/ 61ºF, gusty
6/3/2012
11pm
+++New Movie Trailer+++
Bawaygame proudly presents:
International Geograffities, Skyhawk II
Skyhawk II coming up this summer.
4pm
+++Barbara over Golden Gate +++
Barbara utterly fearless in small plane. Nobbi, pilot, and Peter, co-passenger and father, helped her through the air. After her last small plane flight in August 2011 she never wanted to fly again. Today her heartbeat didn’t kill her. She clamped herself on her camera.
Column and Movie will follow someday.
sunny, 24ºC/ 75ºF, slightly windy
6/2/2012
11am
+++VIPs oml at SFO+++
Two VIPs oml (Very Important Persons of my life) are going to arrive at San Francisco International Airport today. My husband and my father are coming. My father will stay two weeks! I’m out of business and enjoy his visit.
sunny, 20ºC/ 68ºF, no wind
6/1/2012
9pm
+++Field trip is over+++
Jonathan is back from Morro Bay. He was hungry, tired and he has more sun in the face than ever. His class had a great time together.
4pm
+++Barbara’s Away Game in touch with German Pulse+++
Barbara’s Away Game got this morning an e-mail from German Pulse a new German American online community. We are in touch. Happy e-mail-exchange with Chicago! Maybe an opportunity for both websites to grow.
Editorial office greets Darlene and Stephen in Chicago!
sunny, 26ºC/ 79ºF, slightly windy conditions
5/31/2012
3pm
+++Half Moon Bay Holiday Horses waiting for new coat+++
Since Mother's Day the HMB Holiday Horse has a foal. Both are waiting for the painter who has done the priming coat and will give them a new theme. The world is wondering, if the mare will keep the foal.
Los Gatos: sunny, 28ºC/ 82F, no wind
Half Moon Bay: sunny, 16ºC/ 61ºF, slightly windy, little bit misty
5/30/2012
5pm
+++Goodbye Luisa and Franzi+++
Our current visitors are going to leave us. Good guests!
Have a nice flight home!
sunny, 26ºC/ 79ºF, slightly windy conditions
9am
+++Please sign the Avaaz petition+++
What happened in Syria is terrible, we can’t make it undo.
Please click, read the article, think about and sign. Thanks!
click here (you can choose the language you want):
5/29/2012
2pm
+++Got an e-mail from home with this attachment+++
Familiar view! Aachen’s meadows this evening!
Nobbi is at home. I love it, I miss it!
1.30pm
+++Set up of this page+++
Short cuts, daily information, few words, pictures and movies will be published here without epic broadness but maybe with poetry.
Jonathan is on his way to Morro Bay, field trip, he will be back on Friday.
sunny, 21ºC/ 70ºF, slightly windy conditions