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by Audrey Nolte Painter

Audrey tells "Bedtime Stories for Adults" in English: set in intriguing countries/places. Parts of the stories are true, the rest is imagination - as all good stories should be. All the stories contain fascinating historical facts about lesser known areas of Guatemala, Cuba, Serbia, South Africa, Bosnia, Mexico, Peru, China, India, Burma and more. These stories make good "Bedtime stories for Adults" who struggle to fall sleep, and are humorous - for easy listening while driving to work. Audrey is a South African Canadian storyteller and writer who has traveled to 41 countries. Some of the stories are in Afrikaans, Audrey's first language.

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  1. "X marks the Spot." Rio de Janeiro. Brazil.

    Send a text 11. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 11. "X marks the Spot." Rio de Janeiro. Brazil. Perdo Maria Boss had a secret. A dream. Much too big, and overly ambitious. He wanted to impress Princess Isabela of Portugal and asked her for money for his project. She said, "No." This priest...

  2. "The Listener." Ecuador.

    Send a text “The Listener." Ecuador. Our story waits in Ecuador, in a tiny town against the western slope of a majestic mountain. Six extraordinary girls live here. There was a terrible cyclone the year of their birth and everybody believed that this storm blew in six special talents. Support the...

  3. "The Brave Bridge." Mostar. Bosnia.

    Send a text 10. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 10. "The Brave Bridge." Mostar. Bosnia. Once upon a time, in 1555 to be exact, there was an architect named Mimar. He was very talented, and a little arrogant. He told his friends that he would build something spectacular one day. His dream…

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  4. "The Chef on the Ship." 1521. Mexico.

    Send a text 9. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 9. "The Chef on the Ship. 1521. Mexico. Our story sails on a ship in the year 1521. Hernán Cortés is 19 and on his way to conquer and command for Spain. On his ship is an important man: the chef Martin. He is also on a quest -- not for a medal,...

  5. "Aurora Borealis." Northern Lights. Canada.

    Send a text 5. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 5. "Aurora Borealis." Teenagers find it hard to immigrate. In this story, Carissa stays with her piano teacher in Canada while her parents urgently go back to South Africa for 6 weeks. "I did not want to immigrate! South Africa did not bother…

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  6. "The Not-so-Secret Suitcase." Cuba.

    Send a text "The Not-so-Secret Suitcase". Cuba. Aug 13. 2016. There is a 90th birthday celebration for Fidel Castro in the town of Santa Clara, Cuba. Maricela is having a mini-nervous breakdown. A total stranger — a tourist, called Linette, is on her way to see Maricela, to give her a massive…

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  7. "The Heir." Part 6. The End. Panama/Colombia

    Send a text 19. "The Heir." A Journey. Part 6. The End. Panama/Colombia. This is the final episode of our story. We are at the birthday party of Maximillian II in Cartagena, in Colombia. Karli adjusts to the life of "the rich and famous". We then travel to the cities of Medellin and Bogota, where...

  8. "The Heir." Part 5. Trip to Colombia. PANAMA.

    Send a text 18. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS 18. "The Heir." Part 5. Trip to Colombia. In this episode, Karli and Willrich travel to Colombia. They do not take one of Willrich's private jets. They fly into the town of Cartagena on a commercial aircraft in economy class, and they live in an...

  9. "The Heir." Part 4. Willrich and Karli. PANAMA.

    Send a text 17. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS 17. "The Heir." Part 4. Willrich and Karli. PANAMA. Why did Willrich (73) decide to give 4 billion dollars worth of "things" (as Karli calls his possessions), to a complete stranger? He was born a billionaire. His grandfather made glue for…

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  10. "The Heir." Part 3. Karli's Story. PANAMA.

    Send a text "The Heir." Part 3. Karli's Story. PANAMA. Willrich Otto Schneider picked an heir to his fortune. She is Karli Richter, a woman who tells stories as Podcasts. The German Billionaire is in Panama City. Karli is also here. Willrich organized a Podcasting Conference to lure her to…

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  11. "The Heir." Part 2. Willrich's Story. PANAMA.

    Send a text "The Heir." Part 2. Willrich's Story. PANAMA. This is the 2nd part of the story "The Heir." In this part we hear the life-story of a 73-year-old billionaire. He is called Willrich Otto Schneider of Kleber Industries. We are in Panama City. Willrich had decided to give his entire…

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  12. "The Heir." Part 1. Meeting The Storyteller. PANAMA.

    Send a text 14. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. "The Heir." Part 1- Meeting The Storyteller. PANAMA. 73-year-old German Billionaire -- Willrich Otto Schneider -- is in Panama City at a Podcasting Conference. This rich man decides to give his entire fortune to "The Storyteller". He has never met her.…

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  13. "The Symphony of San Sebastian." Mexico.

    Send a text I travelled on my own to a small village in the mountains of Mexico: San Sebastian del Oeste. I wanted to stay. I had to leave. Therefore—the story of somebody who also wanted to stay, and could. "Katerina liked the name of the town, so she stayed. The road to town had washed away...

  14. "Hadim's Secret Tulips." Constantinople. 1518.

    Send a text 6. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 6. "Hadim's Secret Tulips." Constantinople. 1518 (Ottoman Empire time). Hadim is a merchant. He travels the 6000km Silk Road to bring back fine silks, new spices and exotic perfumes. He is in love with Safiya the Beautiful and promises her to...

  15. "The Magician of Sarajevo." Bosnia.

    Send a text 8. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 8. "The Magician of Sarajevo.". Bosnia.They met in a thunderstorm in Sarajevo, Bosnia and fell in love. This was a love such as no other, for she was in his city on a soul-searching pilgrimage: to ask the Latin Bridge some questions about war.…

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  16. "Maximilian Smiles." Britain.

    Send a text 12. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 12. "Maximilian Smiles." Britain. Maximilian the Second always smiled and that was a problem. Support the show

  17. "Carmen Lombardi" Music Backtrack

    Send a text This version of the story "Carmen Lombardi" has a music and sound effect track added. Bedtime Stories for Adults: set in Italy. Carmen was born invisible. She was child number 5 of 9 children of the famous Lombardi family in Italy. The Lombardi family was genetically superior. Lucky...

  18. "The Orange Bucket." Guatemala.

    Send a text ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS 2. Fun/serious story with a tiny important twist. Do not let the beginning frighten you. I wrote the outline to this story in Guatemala -- because I am a photographer. I took pictures of beautiful churches in small towns in Guatemala. And of the...

  19. "Kidnapped in Colombia." Cartagena, Colombia. 2020.

    Send a text 13. ENGLISH. BEDTIME STORIES FOR ADULTS. 13. "Kidnapped in Colombia." Cartagena. 2020. Carlos kidnapped me in Cartagena in broad daylight. I blame the Marxist guerilla group -- the ELN for this. I was not supposed to be in town on that Saturday, February 15, 2020. But this was the…

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  20. "Storks in Serbia." Serbia.

    Send a text English Fiction 1. "Storks in Serbia". This is my first English Podcast. I speak Afrikaans as a first language and I write in Afrikaans. This story was published in South Africa in the magazine SARIE. I wrote this in Serbia, in the town of Mokrin, when I visited a family in 2010.…

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  21. FIKSIE 5. "Noorderligte. Aurora Borealis." 'n Storie uit Kanada. Vir tieners en immigrante.

    Send a text Immigrante storie. Hierdie storie is vir my oudste dogter. Ek moes haar alleen in Kanada in 'n klein dorpie los, toe sy 'n tieners was, omdat ek dringend SA toe moes gaan. Dit het my hart gebreek. Ek het die storie gemeng met Kanada ondervindinge, oor die coolste goed wat mens sien en...

  22. Bosnië 3. Moeilikheid in Sarajewo. Ek maak 'Kultuur' foute en mense gil op my. Swaar-reis tye.

    Send a text Episaode 3. As ek so na my eie stories luister, klink dit of ek op 'n Pienk-Wolkie deur Bosnië gefladder het. Nee! Die plek is 'n konstante paradoks en het my so deurmekaar gemaak. Een oomblik kuier ek by 'n towenaar, volgende oomblik gil iemand op my. Ek was in die moelikheid in...

  23. FIKSIE 4. "Die Luisteraar." Hierdie kortverhaal is in die tydskrif SARIE gepubliseer.

    Send a text Ek het hierdie verhaal die nag voor my 4e kind se 18e verjaardag geskryf -- as verjaardag geskenk aan haar. (Skies my ander 3 kinders dat julle nie "18e verjaardag-stories-wat-in-tydskrifte-was" gekry het nie -- bel vir mamma, dan praat ons.) "DIE LUISTERAAR" was die eerste verhaal…

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  24. FIKSIE 2: "Ooievaars in Serwië". Kortverhaal wat in die "Sarie" gepubliseer is.Ek het dit in Serwië geskryf.

    Send a text Ek het in oos-Europa gaan reis en in Serwië gaan kuier. Daar is 'n ooievaar op elke lamppaal in die hoofstraat. Hierdie Kortverhaal is in daardie hoofstrraat geskryf... "Karin sit in Serwië plat op die gras met haar rug teen ʼn lamppaal. Sy skryf. Die gegiggel van 'n swetterjoel klein...

  25. Bosnië 2. Die Towernaar van Sarajewo.

    Send a text Episode 2. Daar was 'n donderstorm in Sarajewo. Ek het by 'n Towenaar beland. Per ongeluk, genadiglik, of noodwendig.By die lawwe afdak wat as effense reënskerm moes dien, is daar ʼn klein winkeltjie wat lyk soos ʼn kombinasie van Liewe Heksie en Harry Potter. Dis kinderlik laf met...

  26. Bosnië 1. Sarajewo. Somer-Sonstilstand-Dag 2010. "Sy naam is ZLATCO."

    Send a text Episode 1. Ek het op Somersonstilstand dag, 21 Junie 2010, in Sarajewo aangekom met 'n vliegtuig. Ek was alleen op reis in Oos-Europa. Na Serwië en Hongarye, is ek Bosnië toe.Ek stap agter ʼn streep dorpsmense aan wat kortpad vat deur ʼn veldjie om by die trem se opklimplek te kom. Daar...

  27. Sirië 1. Ek werk in Sirië en leer Arabies-sprekende tieners Engels praat.

    Send a text Ek hou skool vir vlugtelinge uit Sirië. Ek was gister weer in Sirië -- ek ry sommer soontoe met my kar. Ek hoef nie soontoe te vlieg nie, want Sirië het Kanada toe gekom, en ek moet die tieners iets leer. Iemand vra die week hoekom ek sulke "weird" Arabiese Facebook vriende het. Hulle...

  28. KORTVERHAAL 1: Katerina se Simfonie. Verhaal uit Mexico.

    Send a text Romatiese Kortverhaal uit Mexico. Ek het die storie geskryf in 'n klein bergdorpie: San Sebastian del Oeste. (Gepubliseer in SARIE in Suid-Afrika) "Die naam van die Mexikaanse dorpie hoog in die berge is vir haar mooi, toe gaan bly Katerina daar. Natuurlik nie so lank soos sy beplan…

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  29. Burma 3. Hello is Ming_ga_la_bah. Ek dra my nou Longyi Burma-rompie. O,wee.

    Send a text Ek leer gou groet in Burma. Dis 'n komplekse proses. Ek sê "Ming Ga La Bah" - blitsvinnig. Dan sit ek my hande op my maag en buig, terwyl ek glimlag EN, gelukkig en tevrede met my omstandighede lyk. Als werk redelik, tot ek 'n Longyi rompie koop en in hom probeer loop. Ek val die hele...

  30. Peru 1. Ek eet troeteldiere.

    Send a text Ek sit en staar na die troeteldier op my bord. In Peru eet mense al vir altyd "guinea-pigs". Marmotte. Toe kom die Spanjaarde, vat van die oulike diertjies terug Spanje toe, en toe eers word hulle troeteldiere. Ek was hoog in die Andes gebergtes by 'n Inca dorpie, en die mense het vir...

  31. China 5. Ek pieps in China en mense sien my! Hulle waai ...

    Send a text Ek het nie geweet iemand kan my sien nie. Vir 2 weke lank! O wee. Ek giggel nou oor hierdie verskriklike storie, maar ek kry soooo skaam. Daar was by die skool so dun riviertjie in die toilet en ai? Woordloos. Hierdie was beslis een van my AAKLIGSTE oomblikke van rondreis in vreemde...

  32. Burma 2. Duisende tempels op die vlaktes van Bagan

    Send a text Daar is amper 4000 tempels op die vlaktes van Bagan, in Burma. Ek staan hoog op een van hulle en kyk na hierdie stukture. Dit voel vir my asof iemand hierdie wonderlike plek wegsteek. Almal op aarde behoort dit te kan sien. Dis manjifiek! Wie het hierdie temples gebou? Hoekom? Hulle…

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  33. Kuba 1. Ek vier Fidel Castro se 90e verjaardag-fees in Kuba, op die platteland.

    Send a text Op 13e Augustus 2016, vier ek Fidel Castro se 90e verjaardag op die platteland in Kuba. Daar's 'n groot tent, braaivleis en 'n skare mense. Die dorpie: Manaca Iznaga. Dis 'n suikerriet gebied met 1 pad in, 1 uit. Die meeste mense ry met donkiekarre. In Kuba stap mens 50 jaar terug in...

  34. Burma 1. Die vrou uit Burma laat my tiekiedraai dans op die skool se lessenaar.

    Send a text Ek was in Burma. Dis die wonderlikste plek - 'n toeris se droom. Maar, dis 'n komplekse land. Hier in Kanada, gee ek Engels vir vlugtelinge uit Burma. O, wee. Wat 'n onmoontlike taak. Ek staan naderhand op 'n tafel en skoolhou. As iemand iets reg kan uitspreek, dan doen ek wat wat…

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  35. China 4. Tiananmen Plein se Voetsek aand. Effektiewe Kommunisme - 'n lessie vir my.

    Send a text Ek het my heel misgis met China. Ek verbeel my dat ek "spesiaal" is omdat ek daar werk. O, wee, O, nee. Ek gaan kuier op my heel 1e Vrydagaand op Tiananmen Plein. Te lekker. Ek maak my reg vir 'n laaaaang aand se speel. O, nee. Iemand sê "gee pad" ... Nou! Support the show

  36. China 3. My 30 Taxi padkaarte en wat agterop geskryf was.

    Send a text Ek werk in China. Nie een taxi wil my oplaai nie. Ek LOOP van plek na plek in bloedige hitte en kom nie veel verder as 3 blokke van die skool af nie. Toe maak ek 'n plan. Ek vra al die Gr 12 studente in my klas om vir my padkaarte te teken na plekke toe. Soos met alle goeie planne…

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  37. China 2. Die Polisie sluit my toe in China

    Send a text Ek het gaan werk as onderwyser in China sonder 'n werkspermit. Skuldig. Dit was vir 'n somer-kamp en die organiseerders het ons verseker ons "toeriste" visa sou goed genoeg wees. O, wee. Nee! Die Chinese Polisie vind uit en sluit ons sowaar toe. Support the show

  38. China 1. Ek slaap in n vreemde man se bed

    Send a text Afrikaanse storie oor my eerste nag in Beijing, China. Ek het daar gaan werk as 'n onderwyser en was so opgewonde om te kon gaan. Maar, toe ek 12 uur die nag ALLEEN op die lughawe aankom en daar is niemand om my te kom haal nie? Toe panic ek. Ek beland in 'n vreemde man se slaapkamer....

  39. Mexico 1. Bergdorpie waar stories begin: "Katerina se Simfonie" se oorsprong in San Sebastian del Oeste, Mexico

    Send a text "Katerina se Simfonie". Ek was op my eie in Mexico en wou gaan kyk hoe 'n baie klein dorpie hoog hoog in die berge lyk -- een van daai plekke waar toeriste nie kom nie. Dis 'n silwermyn dorpie en die hotel se skoonmaker het my soontoe geneem en daar gelos. Ek het dadelik 'n brakkie...

  40. Guatemala 1. Mary Poppins bly in Guatemala. Ek het haar gesien.

    Send a text Mary Poppins bly in Guatemala en sy dra baldadige oranje kouse. Soggens sit sy op die geel kerk se trappe en voer die duiwe. Saans, sing sy by die fontein. Voor die kerk, maak sy die mooiste foto, want sy dra 'n indigo kleur hemp en die duiwe raam haar. In die nag, sing sy...

  41. FIKSIE 3. "Teresa se Oranje Emmertjie". Kortverhaal uit Guatemala.

    Send a text Kortverhaal. Vrolike storie oor 'n oranje emmer en 'n besonderse vrou. Daar is die mooiste geel kerk in 'n klein dorpie in Guatemala. Op die trappe sit 'n bedelaar. Ek was een van die fotograwe wat vir Teresa afgeneem het. (Of het ek?) Goeie stories is "effens waar" en "effens...

  42. "Carmen Lombardi." Italy

    Send a text Bedtime Stories for Adults: set in Italy. Carmen was born invisible. She was child number 5 of 9 children of the famous Lombardi family in Italy. The Lombardi family was genetically superior. Lucky children born into this bloodline, soon showed traits and talents of Michelangelo,...

  43. Kanada Immigrasie 37. Pasop! 1e wêreld slaggate waarvan jy nie weet nie.

    Send a text Suid-Afrikaners weet so baie goed glad nie. Ek wens iemand het my die "onsigbare" goed geleer van Kanada. Dis so 'n ontsettende vreemde kultuur Support the show

  44. Kanada Immigrasie 36. Testament: Kanadese een. Lewensversekering. Video-kameras wat jou dophou..

    Send a text Maak dadelik 'n wettige testament by 'n prokureur in Kanada, sodat die staat nie besluit wat van jou Kanadese kinders moet word nie. Koop hier lewensversekering. Dadelik. Daar is ORAL video kameras wat jou afneem. Mooi loop in die openbaar. Geen kind onder 12 mag ooit alleen wees nie....

  45. Kanada Immigrasie 35. Kanada, Australië of Nieu-Seeland? Hoe kies jy 'n nuwe land?

    Send a text Kanada, Australië of Nieu-Seeland is 3 goeie opsies vir Suid-Afrikaners wat wil immigreer. Jy worstel met die vraag, "Wat as ek verkeerd kies? Watter land is die REGTE een?" En, as jy op die oomblik in een van die 3 lande woon, het jy dalk besluit om weer 'n keer te trek. Nie terug SA...

  46. Kanada Immigrasie 34. Jy KAN NIE trek nie. Te oud/geen geld/geen moed/nie genoeg punte vir Kanada nie.

    Send a text Jy KAN NIE trek nie of wil nie. Te oud/geen geld nie/nie moed nie/nie kwalifikasies vir ander lande se werke nie. Dan bly jy in SA. Gedurende my maandlange kuier het ek so baie mense gesien wat floreer in die land. Wat doen mense in SA om gelukkig daar te wees? Wat se planne kan jy…

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  47. Kanada Immigrasie 33. Wat's fout in SA? Deel 2. Ek kyk met die oë van 'n toeris.

    Send a text Deel 2: "Wat's fout in SA? My opinie na 'n maand se kuier tot mid-Desember 2019. Ek was geskok oor die agteruitgang in die land. Dalk omdat ek 4 jaar laas daar gekuier het. Ek het gewoond geraak aan die lewenskwaliteit in Kanada met dae vol vrede en veiligheid. Hier is 1e wêreld…

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  48. Kanada Immigrasie 32. Wat's fout in SA? Deel 1. My opinie oor die probleme in die land.

    Send a text Ek was tot middel Desember 2019 in SA vir 'n kuier met familie en vriende -- vir 'n maand. Ek was 4 jaar laas in die land. Die keer het so baie goed my gepla. Ek is reeds 21 jaar weg uit SA en is nou 'n "toeris" en nie meer 'n "inwoner" nie. Verder, het ek ook 'n 'sissie' geword, want...

  49. Kanada Immigrasie 31. Rassiste moet eerder nie immigreer nie.

    Send a text Suid-Afrika op 'n vreemde manier vreeslik geisoleer. Ek dink lande met probleme word so. Dis 'n land met rasse onmin, wat diep gewortel is in vrees. Rassisme is 'n swaar onderwerp, maar ek dink jy moet introspeksie hou voordat jy trek Kanada toe. Jy is in SA deel van jou kultuur en…

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  50. Kanada Immigrasie 30. Winter+Veilig of Son+SA se dinge?

    Send a text "Winter in Kanada" maak mense uit SA bang: want Son en SA het sinoniem geword. "Ek sal nooit in die sneeu kan aard nie!" roep Suid-Afrikaners uit. Ek antwoord hierop, "Ek sal nooit weer in onveilig kan aard nie." Mense is bang om hulle land te verlaat. "Winter/sneeu" word net 'n...

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Audrey tells "Bedtime Stories for Adults" in English: set in intriguing countries/places. Parts of the stories are true, the rest is imagination - as all good stories should be. All the stories contain fascinating historical facts about lesser known areas of Guatemala, Cuba, Serbia, South Africa, Bosnia, Mexico, Peru, China, India, Burma and more. These stories make good "Bedtime stories for Adults" who struggle to fall sleep, and are humorous - for easy listening while driving to work. Audrey is a South African Canadian storyteller and writer who has traveled to 41 countries. Some of the stories are in Afrikaans, Audrey's first language.

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