Category: Mikhaila’s Memories

  • German Trifle!

    German Trifle!

    While we were staying at Uncle Soto and Tante Gisela’s house, we made our German dessert with Tante Gisela and our cousin Sophia. Trifle is actually English, but we figured since we were using German ingredients and made it in Germany, it was German! Ingredients 250g quark 250g mascarpone cheese 250g whipped cream 200g crushed…

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  • A Night At The Opera!

    A Night At The Opera!

    Having gone on the backstage tour at the Essen Opera House, we were really excited to see a performance there. We saw the opera “Cosi fan Tutte” by Mozart with Uncle Soto, Tante Gisela, and my cousin Sophia. I had never heard of this opera before and I was excited to see it. Since the…

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  • An Artist’s Dream University

    An Artist’s Dream University

    While we were staying with our Uncle Soto and Tante Gisela, they took us to Folkwang University in Essen, Germany, where Uncle Soto worked as a music professor, specializing in opera, for 25 years.  It was really special to see it with him so he could give us the inside scoop on the things that…

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  • Happy Halloween!

    Happy Halloween!

    Happy Halloween Everybody! For our post today, we used a website to write stories called Storybird. But this website is different than most – it’s reverse storytelling. Artists provide pictures and inspire you to write a story about what is happening in them. When you create a story, the pictures can be used in any order and as…

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  • Come to Belgium, We Have Chocolate Mousse!

    Come to Belgium, We Have Chocolate Mousse!

    We’ve been on the road for a while so we haven’t had access to a kitchen. While we were in Divonne les Bains it was the perfect time to catch up on our global fieldtrip recipes so we’re back in Belgium.  Belgium has some of the best chocolate in the world, so there is no…

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