As you are all no doubt aware, the Schengen Agreement removed internal border controls between signatory states, except in “exceptional circumstances”. Similarly, the Bundesgrenzschutz (German Federal Border Guard) has allegedly been renamed the Bundespolizei (Federal Police) to “reflect the realities of the 21st Century”. I was therefore a little surprised to be asked for my […]
Blogging will be light to non-existent over the next few days as I’ll be away. Hopefully the members of the North Carolina Cricket Club will behave themselves relatively well in my absence.
German Phrase For Today: “Bis Montag” – See you later.
Song playing as this was published: Ben Lee feat. Liz Phair “Away With The […]
Yesterday evening I was (surprise) at a pub. Well okay, actually I was in the biergarten of said pub and was ostensibly there to take part in the pub quiz – it’s a regular Tuesday night experience, just as it’s a regular Tuesday night experience to finish second by one point and argue about that […]
I’m really not updating the content of this blog as often as I’d like. I am working on the blog though - fiddling about with details in the background (you might not notice any difference, but it’s much easier for me to manage now) and finally porting over the posts from the old blog, which […]
Well, when I say crossing a boundary, I’m probably referring to the Rhine between France and Germany, the river depicted below.
This picture should be titled “Sitting On A Bridge Over The Rhine From A Train That Hasn’t Moved For An Hour”.Unfortunately, I was so struck with intense interest in my immediate surroundings during the rest […]
Yes, I know, I know, I’ve whinged about this before. There’s a widely held stereotype that everything in Germany (except 12 or so percent of the labour force) works - and works efficiently. It’s not in the least bit true, well at least not in the case of my optician, or indeed any other optician […]
