It seems to be that kidnapping “important” foreigners (i.e. North Americans and Europeans and not just Turkish truck drivers) is big in the news from Iraq again. A German archaeologist called Susanne Osthoff has been kidnapped and Spiegel, at least, is describing it as “Merkel’s first big test“.
In the absence of the KSK finding out […]
“They’re all very open and direct about sexual matters”
I was English, she was German. We were at the same Scottish university (me for the maximum sentence the law allows, her for a year abroad) and, despite four or five months of unsubtle hints, coy looks and dancing naked in front of her window, it took […]
Things haven’t been going entirely to plan over the course of November. Fair enough, shit happens, etc. etc. Not really a big problem. The “problem” has been my reactions towards said setbacks. In every single case, the person who has caused me grief has been a German. The buggers are everywhere, thwarting all my efforts […]
Part of the joys of looking for an apartment is that not only does one get to see empty flats, but also flats which are currently occupied. This is great fun – one can mentally ridicule the tastes of the present tenant and decide how much better it will look when I have my things […]
I’ve (amongst other, more pleasant things) spent the past few days looking for flats in and around Stuttgart. This basically involves getting up really early, ringing every single number published in the Stuttgarter Zeitung, maybe being a teensy bit flexible about the truth of just how wonderful that sounds, exactly what I’ve been looking for, […]
I’ve added a new link to the sidebar for the Stuttgart Blog - it’s a collaborative blog (in German) for people, by people, about people (to paraphrase the Yorkshire Tea advert) in and around Stuttgart. To quote the blog’s er “mission statement?”…
“Viele Stimmen erzählen vom Leben in unserer Stadt und um sie herum. Je mehr […]
