So. I’m late for work. Running for the U-Bahn (even though it goes every five minutes) – get to the crossing, which is red.
Now in the UK I would just go if there weren’t any cars. Here in Germany however? I wait, just like the locals do. What is happening?? I’m late for school [...]
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I got all dressed up for you and you didn’t beat the Frenchies!! I’m beginning to think that Wales has better luck when I’m not paying attention to the game, as they scored twice when I wasn’t watching, and won in Cologne when I was too busy being a Mime to really pay that much [...]
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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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Been listening to a lot of Eins Live lately while sewing, and this was one of the songs that came on as I finished this project last night. Thought it would be an appropriate title, the song talks about a house by the lake, orange trees and the sun shining – I couldn’t help [...]
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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And I’m ILL. FANTASTISCH.
For those of you that don’t know, Rosenmontag is the highlight of the German Karneval, when all the floats ride down the streets and Germans *shock horror* DRESS UP. I have to say, I have seen very little fancy dress since living in Germany; in the U.K it’s pretty normal to see [...]
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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Bit of a late German Wednesday this time, because I’ve spent all this morning under my bedsheet cover, dosed up on painkillers, trying to get rid of a headache. Yay me!
The first thing that struck me in my first weekend in Koeln was the amount that people just outright stared at us. In all fairness, [...]
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I bet you all thought Insert Title Here was actually the real title eh??
So this blog will be called Can’t Say Strawberry from now on, not that the URL or anything changes as a consequence, but if any of you (three) readers have me bookmarked, then the title needs to be changed!
As for [...]
I’m feeling rather grim today due to Bierbike Koeln 2010 (also known as Bierbike Round 2) – it was lots of fun, but we didn’t get an awful lot of sleep.
Anyway last time round we never really got a decent picture of us on the Bierbike, so (courtesy of Beefy’s camera because mine was [...]
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