Alternatively : In which my parents are in Cologne for a whopping 3 days and manage to get themselves German passports, a feat I haven’t achieved after nine months…
I can’t quite believe that this week is my last. This time next week I’ll be back in Wales, in fact, at this exact time next week [...]
Entries Tagged as 'german wednesday'
German Wednesday : The last!
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
German Wednesday – Not long to go now…
May 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just booked my flight back home to the U.K for the first of June. My contract ends on the 31st of May, so I’ll have a Monday in school and then I’m back in sunny (apparently it is a good deal sunnier than Germany right now!) Britain! It still hasn’t hit me that I [...]
German Wednesday – BVB Dortmund, it’s a religion
May 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Live in Dortmund for long enough and you’ll see that football here is like a religion. Everyone here supports BVB Dortmund (Ballspielverein Borussia) without question. Walk into Dortmund Hauptbahnhof on a match day in the Signal Iduna Park (Dortmund’s stadium) and you’ll see the place overrun with people in yellow shirts, hats, scarves waving [...]
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German Wednesday : Hurrah for language
May 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
There are always certain words and phrases that you’re never going to really grasp unless you’ve lived in the country of the target language. Think about it ; how many German students learn about ‘minging’ or ‘chavs’ or even the word ‘wicked’ used as a positive exclamation. They’re the kind of words that you may [...]
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German Wednesday : Evacuate!
April 30th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I had to be evacuated from my flat on Tuesday!
Monday we received a letter saying that they had found an old bomb from World War 2 in the park opposite our house, and therefore they had to evacuate the surrounding areas while they removed it. I’ve kept the letter for ‘OH LOOK I HAD [...]
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German Wednesday : The Abitur Students go nuts
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Last week was an interesting one in school – it was the last week before the Abitur (basically A Levels) students’ exams, so essentially their last week in school.
Before I go on to explain what they get up to in their last week of school, there’s one thing you should know. Germans, as a [...]
German Wednesday – An Ode To Kev
March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Oh Kev. How can I begin to describe Kev?
Kev is one of the fitness instructors at our gym and has quickly become mine and Gray’s favourite. In fact I think I might go as far as saying that Kev is my life. Oh how I look forward to Tuesdays so I can punch and kick [...]
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German Wednesdays : Ich liebe Brot
February 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Short and sweet today.
I love German bread. I really do. I bought a loaf today and I’ve eaten almost half of it already. No, I don’t miss sandwiches or pasties in the slightest, it’s all about the belegten Brötchen thank you very much. Salami with cream cheese is my favourite, OM NOM NOM
Loving the [...]
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German Wednesday : Sewing auf Deutsch
February 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Sorry it’s a day late!
I thought I’d use this edition of German Wednesday to talk about my sewing course at the Volkshochschule (community college).
It’s been really enjoyable so far, though I am moving at a snail’s pace, or so it seems! I’m creating View C of Butterick 6582, and I think it’s going [...]
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German Wednesday : Kino Tag!
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tuesday is Cinema Day at Dortmund Cinestar, so I went with a fellow assistant to get some German film watching on the go.
I’ve made a pact with myself for the duration of my stay here in Germany; that is, to only watch German-language films, and I’ll tell you why.
Dubbing. The god-damned dubbing. I understand [...]
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