“Setzen Sie sich”, the tutor said, pointing to the last available chair in the group as I burst through the door a few minutes late for the first class. I’d only been in Germany for about 6 weeks and had signed up for this course at the local community centre.
I’d learnt some German words; “Fisch” […]
I’ve nicked this part of a German English Christmas poem from Anna, the rest of it is worth reading.
Every Parkhaus ist besetzt,
Weil die people fahren jetzt
All to Kaufhof, Mediamarkt,
Kriegen nearly Herzinfarkt.
Shopping hirnverbrannte things
And the Christmasglocke rings.
The scary thing is that that is how I and some of my mish-mash English/German friends actually speak.
Phrase For Today: […]
Okay, so England is the same as Europe with some minor differences - 50% extra drizzle at no extra cost - that sort of thing…… Yeah, yeah, there is a bit more to it than that, but let’s stick to the rain stereotype for starters, eh?
Best news of the day - sore shoulder and the […]
…and at first you really love it and want to try out everything. If, as I somewhat foolishly did, you come to the country with no real knowledge of the culture, or ability to speak the language at all, you’ll irritate the hell out of people by pointing at, for example, a table and saying […]
