Is From Spiegel Online (in German). It tells of two England football fans who drove to Cologne and then went for a bit of a look around the town.
At the end of their wander they couldn’t actually find the street in which they’d parked their car. However, these two individuals were intelligent, well-prepared, and […]
I’m still learning the words required for life in 21st century Britain. Latest one that caused me to do a double-take was learning that the guy behind the counter at Subway is a “sandwich artist”. Now, I’ve only eaten at Subway once (and call me picky about food, but it’s only ever going to be […]
Well okay, just the one. And you’ll have to click on it to get a large-scale version, if pussy cats and bunny rabbits are your kind of thing…..
One of the things that I did miss when I lived a metropolitan life in Germany was having pets – most specifically a dog. However, it just […]
“It’s a bloody disgrace!” he says, scanning my groceries over the barcode-reader. “These buggers come to Britain, they’ve never paid any tax nor national insurance and the government gives ‘em everything whilst soft buggers like me who’ve worked all their lives don’t get owt…” he trails off, his dialect much more stereotypically “old Northern curmudgeon” […]
If you’re going for a job interview in London, check the weather forecast for London, as opposed to, say, Buxton. That way you won’t find yourself at the interview in a 3-piece woolen suit as BBC London TV says; “and with brilliant, clear skies, temperatures reaching 32°C - that’s the low 90’s - in central […]
Sometime later on today it’s going to be safe for football fans to turn on the television. Admittedly not, as advertised, at 3 o’clock when there’ll presumably be lots of schoolchildren running around the pitch, releasing doves and sundry worthies talking about the game bringing the world family together and such nonsense. But at five, […]
