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Carlotta Rainoldi 🦋
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Fremdsprachenlehrerin, Autorin, Sprachnerd, politisch, Europäerin.
Language teacher, Author, language nerd, interested in politics and European.
🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇹🌻💚Deutsch - English - Español - Italiano - Slovenščina
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German X-Mas biscuits. You can eat them only if you pronounce its name properly. All together: Weihnachtsplätzchen! One of many impossible words in German. 😉 #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas #German
Some Christmas biscuits with different designs, star, snow man, Santa's boot, heart. They are decorated with black chocolate and sugar glitter or mini marshmallows. Different colours as well: pink, white, red, green, blue.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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X-Mas Stars and its reflections on a window. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
A Christmas decoration. It's a white star made of a net of knitting wool, led light and glitters. It is on the floor of a house, its lighting is reflected on the window behind.
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Black and White X-Mas tree. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
A black and white photo of a small Christmas decoration tree on some leaves.
December 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Hidden X-Mas star by the Cologner artist Barbara Otto. Barbara used old advertising posters to make these decorations. The posters, glued on top of each other in many layers, form "slabs" up to 10 cm thick, which are removed and disposed of after about 10-15 years. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
A Christmas star hanging on some green leaves of an indoor plant. The stars shows different forms and colours such as red and grey. It is made of recycled cardboard of old advertising posters.
December 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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X-Mas decorations in Germany include the "Adventskranz", where four candles symbolise the four Sundays of Advent. Yesterday was the second one. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekXforXmas
A German Adventskranz, it is a round decoration with fir branches, golden stars and a golden chain. It has four red candles in the middle and two of them are burning, the symbols of the second week of Advent.
December 8, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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German X-Mas biscuits. Weihnachtsplätzchen. #baking
On the table are two plates of cookies. They have different Christmas designs such as stars and trees. On the other plate, the cookies are already decorated with chocolate and sugar sprinkles.
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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Pumpkin cream soup. Kürbiscremesuppe. #cooking
A white cup on a brown table. The cup is filled with orange pumpkin cream soup.
December 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Windows at the German Parliament. Bundestag. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekWforWindows
The main gate of the German Parliament, Bundestag, leads to this facade made of many windows where you can see behind the German eagle (Bundesadler) a symbol of the Federal Republic of Germany. This is the main room of the Parliament, where all ministries and deputies discuss and vote for or against laws.
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Yes, it's Christmas time again! In Germany it is a tradition to have four candles for the four weeks of Advent. Happy 1. Advent! Einen schönen 1. Advent! #christmas #xmas #weihnachten #natale #navidad
A German Adventskranz has 4 candles representing the four Sundays of Advent, the four weeks before Christmas. These four candles are red and they are surrounded by typical Christmas decorations such as stars, golden balls and chains and green cypress leaves.
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Schöne Grüße, eine schöne Blume habe ich mitgebracht. Kann nicht bleiben, morgen ist ein langer Tag.
Eine Landnelke, weiß und Magenta rot.
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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Fancy French bag, first beloved and now #WeekUforUnloved and left on the floor. What a waste! #AlphabetChallenge
A light pink and brown shopping bag of the French brand Longchamp lays on the floor together with old white sneakers.
November 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Broken heart biscuits recycled for #AlphabetChallenge #WeekUforUnloved
A biscuit in the form of a broken heart.
November 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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German Dinkelbrötchen. Spelt bread. #cooking #baking
Some small light brown bread made of spelt flour.
November 16, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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I don't know why, but this very beautiful flower reminds me of the serie Bridgerton. It has something of the regency style. Do you know its name? #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #flowers
A white and magenta red flower, the petals are white with a magenta red edges.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Fusion kitchen. Chili con Carne the Italian way (with passata) and polenta (boiled mais cornmeal). #cooking
A white plate on a grey towel with chili con carne and polenta. Chili is on the left side of the dish. It has minced meat, red pepper and kidney beans, polenta is on the right side of the dish. It's yellow.
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Fire in the sky (City on fire) TV-Serie. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision #sky The sky over Southern Cologne this evening. Don't worry, it's only the colour 😉
Orange, red, yellow and black evening sky.
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Monsters, Inc. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision
A picture showing the protagonists of Monsters, Inc. Sulley and Mike sitting on an old sofa.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The romans in Asterix and Obelix. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekTforTelevision this is the big fan "choreography" for the football game Cologne vs Munich. Unfortunately Munich won, but the best fans are the Cologner remembering the roman origin of Cologne.
A big roman soldier with the typical uniform, gladius (the roman sword) and the symbol of the city of Cologne. It's a part of a big fan "choreography" for the football game Cologne vs Munich. You also see a pitch, fans at the stadium, some words in Kölsch, the local dialect, and the letters CA as a part of the name CCAA, Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium, the Latin name of Cologne.
November 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Sand, heart, shadows. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows
A heart made of sand on a beach. Lots of shadows, in the hole of the heart shape and also of the small sand dunes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Shadows of a tree on a wall painting. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadows
A painted wall showing a sail ship and some sailors sailing on the sea. The ship is brown, the sea is blue. On the wall there are also the shadows of a tree.
November 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Family shadow. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekSforShadow
Four shadows of people. They are two long shadows left and right, the two in the middle are shorter. The shadows are on the beach, at the end of the pic you see the sea and the sky. It's a sunny day.
November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Happy Halloween! 🎃🧟👻🕸️🦇⚰️☠️🏚️ #halloween
Halloween inflatable ghosts of different sizes.
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Another rocks in the Mediterranean Sea in Liguria. Pic was taken in winter 2025. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRock
Two big grey jagged rocks in the very calm blue sea.
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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The Mediterranean Sea in Liguria, Italy, last summer. #AlphabetChallenge #WeekRforRocks
On the right side of the pic you see some big brown rocks emerging from the blue sea, the sky is clear and light blue. The sea is calm.
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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German "Streuselkuchen" with plums. #cooking #baking
Light brown and yellow dough, black plums in a round baking springform.
October 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM