On February 2nd, 2013, The Wife and I took a trip to the Hannover Tiergarten. The word “Tiergarten” translates literally to “Animal Garden,” which always makes me think of snarling lions springing from cabbage crops and giraffes falling from fruit trees — splattering on the ground beside pink afterbirths of overripe fruit pulp. Can you imagine? Fur-covered limbs sprouting from roots and blossoms. Yellowed fangs stabbing outward from bramble thickets. Green vegetable juice spraying into the eyes of stunned onlookers. Children pawing at their parent’s coat sleeves, trying to hide their eyes and escape a lifetime of emotional scarring. The crowd turning to run — a moment too late — for Spring has arrived at… The Animal Garden.
Anyway, we came across these disgusting pigs called “Wildschweine,” and I decided to film them slogging through their own filth. These videos made me want to stop eating pork forever. Seriously, I was done. No more swine for me. Then I snapped out of it, glanced at my calendar and realized it was time for my monthly Bacon Bath!
“Honey, call the butcher and fire up Charlotte’s Web; I’ve got my ham goggles on and I’m diving into a bathtub full of porkbellies!”
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Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Love the last video’s ending! Ha Ha And hearing the commentary. I think you should add more videos with you and your wife speaking German. Plus your wife’s laugh is contagious. Love it!
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Oh thank you! I absolutely love my wife’s laugh as well. I will pass along your compliments.
And I am terribly self-conscious about speaking German, but I will try to record it more often. Thank you for the encouragement!
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Der Hannoversche Tiergarten, what a nice place to go. Looks very cold though :)
LG Anja
(prev. stadtderengel)
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It was! Cold as balls!
Oh, did you start a new blog? Do you still have your old one?
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Yes, I started a new blog and gave up the old one.
And I just had my first Meetup. It was awesome!!
LG Anja
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Oh really? Nice!
Where did you meet?
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I chose an Italian Restaurant in my neighborhood where we could sit all together on a long table on the heated patio. It was really cool and lot’s of fun. Here is the link:
Long Beach German KlönTalk Group
Long Beach, CA
150 Members
Check out this Meetup Group →
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Cool! You may have inspired me to start my own group. Maybe.
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