Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl - Bavarian series for children

Autumn is a typical time of the year where I start to tidy up. Today it was time for our attic. Some of the  moving boxes have been unopened since at least 15 years, one of them is a box where I keep things I loved when I was a child like "Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl".

Pumuckl is a kobold ( it is the cartoon figure on the right) invented by Ellis Kaut and is invisible to people around him except for the master joiner Eder (the person to the left) with whom Pumuckl lives in Bavaria. Pumuckl loves everything that has to do with the ocean and he doesn't like neat and clean places, so he strands in Meister Eder's untidy workshop where gets stuck on a pot of glue. Whenever a kobold gets stuck to something, they become visible, and must stay with the human who sees them. 

There are a lot of episodes that tell about their life together starting from the way they meet each other and until how the got close friends, which is really not easy as Meister Eder is a man that is happy to be by himself and Pumuckl is quite cheeky sometimes. But it's this interaction between the two that is funny, even for grown-ups.

Unfortunately you need to understand German to be able to watch the series, as it hasn't been translated into other languages as far as I know.  But it is one of the best series for children that I know and I'm looking forward to watching it this weekend again after all these years...

Jul med Ernst 2013 - Christmas with Ernst Kirchsteiger

My favourite tv-series has started again: Jul med Ernst. It's only 3 episodes but it's one of the coziest tv series I know. Ernst Kirchsteiger is a very calm person and you can see that he's truly enjoying Christmas and the things he cooks, decorates or creates. In the first series of 2013 he has made a star out of white construction paper, which you can see in the pictures below:

Im going to watch the second episode now and you can watch it with me here. :)

Kram,

Isabell

Waiting for Christmas - Nigella's Christmas

After my first ginger bread yesterday, I'm very much longing for Christmas to come. I can't wait to see all the small lights in the trees and houses, to stand at a Christmas market and have a "Glühwein"(a hot spiced wine) with friends and smell the scent of waffles and cinnamon while it's dark outside. To have these cozy sunday Advent afternoons with candles and Christmas cookies, while the snow is falling down and you can watch it. Last year I watched Nigella's Christmas on one of these sundays, I'll watch a few minutes now... a little anticipation :)

Kram,

Isabell

Sommar med Ernst 2013 Update

One of the things that gives me a relief is to watch Sommar med Ernst. With a full time job and all the wedding preparations I can get quite tired sometimes. But this series is filmed in such a calm way and I like the colours and of course the candles ;), that it also calms me down in a way. In the 2013 season Ernst decorates and renovates an old orangery and it's really worth watching: Sommer med Ernst:

picture: tv4

picture: tv4

picture: tv4

picture: tv4

Kram,

Isabell

Sommar med Ernst 2013

As you know I like the Swedish TV Series "Jul med Ernst" (Christmas with Ernst) and "Sommar med Ernst" (Summer with Ernst), and they have just started the new 2013 summer project in a hotel called Kohlswa Herrgard. I'm really looking forward to seeing it on Swedish online tv in july and august. The host Ernst Kirchsteiger has a special way to present this series, it's very cozy- In winter he returns to the places he renovates during summer, to decorate them and celebrate Christmas there. These are some pictures from the last season (2012) of "Sommar med Ernst":

Kram,

Isabell

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