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Barbara

bhollie

About Me

I m 33 and married to Peter.We live in Duesseldorf/Germany and grew up in the same village (where we still live).(Didn t actually meet each other during our childhood though.)We ve got 2 kids (girl 7,boy 5).I m a nursary-school teacher,don t work in my job though at the moment.What I do now is teaching German to English speaking people (women actually).I really love doing this!!!!!!!I meet such interesting people,who travel round the world.They ve got so so many stories to tell about people of different countries and their traditions (and a lot about their origin home,of course).And I can help them feel comfortable in Germany,having some very nice and chatty lessons and practical events like visiting a supermarket or restaurant...to give them more self-confidence in speaking German to anybody.Plus helping with addresses (doctors,offices...)and mail................. I d say that I m a good listener with good empathy, can keep calm in various situations,I m flexible and self-ironical. But I must admit that I m often 3 minutes late,a bit chaotic in management,sometimes not tough enough and not very good in making quick decisions.

My Interests

I love going to see "little" concerts.They re usually the greatest!Meeting(new)people.I sing in a choir,sometimes play Volleyball,monthly go and play ninepins.I like reading.Like painting pictures,haven t done it for a while though.Going to the movies(German or even more the English version).I find (comparing German and Engl.)idioms and sayings with their origins very interesting.Weird,I know.Sometimes I am.In summer of course Biergarten with family and friends.BBQs.

I'd like to meet:

Cool New People ;-)The one and only Dana Anderson is singing in this video below:

Music:

Great Crusades, Homemade Sin, Yayhoos, Terry Anderson and the Olympic Ass-Kickin Team, Black Stone Cherry, Quireboys, Great White, D*A*D, Black Crowes, Alex Harvey, Flatwheel Band Fury in the Slaughterhouse, Tesla, Sideburn, Supersuckers, David Bowie, Green Day, Offspring, The Cross, Queen, Aerosmith, AC/DC, Cinderella, Guns n Roses, Aerzte, Toten Hosen

Movies:

Fried Green Tomatoes, Groundhog Day, Forrest Gump, The Shawshank Redemption, Memoires of a Geisha, Texas, Dances with Wolfs, Total Recall, Sixth Sense, Truman show, Lord ot the Rings.......

Television:

"Rockpalast" showing live-concerts of the non-common groups.(And 1 or 2 German Soaps to be honest.)

Books:

The time traveller s wife, Ich bin dann mal weg, Mutant message downunder, Die weisse Massai, Illuminati, Sheila, Harry Potter