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Remember the 6th of January each year is the Three Kings' day. On this day, the festive bread is called Three Kings cake = Der Dreikönigskuchen in German. It is a kind of traditional ring cake or sweet bread with a small figure of king or baby jesus in the dough:
What is so special about gingerbread? Why do people eat it during Christmas? There are many kind of gingerbreads which have various ingredients in each country in Europe:
O'zapft is! Beer festival starts every year in Munich, Germany. It is tradition since 1810 that the mayor of the city has to open the beer tank with a hammer and fill the beer in the mug and shout the traditional "o'zapft is":
Spring is coming! A spring festival in Japan that people do not want to miss is called "Hanami" = 花見 (はなみ). Cherry blossom in Japan, people enjoy the spring time and drink "Sakurayu" = salted sakura flower in hot water or "Sakuramochi" (Our article - Mochi Mochi) :
Some say marriage is a lifetime adventure and any liquid made by a magician, witch, fairy or dragon is called "potion". A magical soup that could make love everlasting would be a love potion:
The advent-season starts on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. this can be up to 5 weeks before christmas. And endless period of time for a young child longing for christmas. To "reduce" the time (and keep track of it :) ) advent-calendars were introduced.
Welcome to Paris, a romantic city where movies and many tv shows often set the scene there. The top destination is surely the Eiffel tower:
Isle de France is also where tourists go either taking a boat excursion or walking along the island:
Christmas is coming again! Let's go to Milan and try Italian Christmas bread or leavened cake called "Panettone". Milan is a capital of fashion and design in Europe. It is a very busy city starting when you arrive at the main train station like other metropolitan cities:
The interior of this building looks very nice and clean:
It's Christmas! People in western countries enjoy baking breads & cookies with many Christmas special ingredients such as cinnamon, anise, almond, haselnuts, candied fruits, raisins, chocolate in many shapes, especially a gingerbread man:
