North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Postcard from Holm, Schleswig
My friend once told me the loveliest story of her Dad visiting a village here in Germany. He didn’t think it could possibly be real and, as if he were… Continue Reading
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North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Postcard from Schloss Gottorf
A few months ago, on a trip to our regular animal park, we went into one of the houses that form a village the park has recreated. With mud walls… Continue Reading
North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Postcard from Tönning
Back to the west coast, this time to an aquarium in the little town of Tönning. While Tönning itself is little, it plays a central role in one of Schleswig-Holstein’s… Continue Reading
North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Postcard from Friedrichstadt
Schleswig-Holstein’s west coast has, despite living here for six years now, eluded me somewhat. We’re strict east coast people when it comes to going to the beach, the little enclaves… Continue Reading
North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Postcard from Steilküste Schwedeneck
There is a place up here where the trees have caught the wind, trapped it in their trunks. It isn’t easy to catch the wind and hold it – it’s… Continue Reading
Not Frail, but Stubborn
There are days in April when the sky stands over you and empties herself of winter. Sleet, rain, hail, gusts of ungodly wind. All of it comes out in bursts… Continue Reading
Like Clockwork
Winter up here always waits until people are muttering about how mild and wet January is. By then, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg have usually taken a battering and the northerners start… Continue Reading
German Culture, Travel: Germany
The Cast of Christmas
I was most surprised, when I spent my first Christmas with the northerner I’d eventually marry, to find out that in the glorious Schleswig-Holstein, children get visited by der Weichnachtsmann. Quite literally,… Continue Reading
The Foxes Are Cooking Their Coffee
I heard the loveliest expression the other day, and, despite others chiming in certain it wasn’t a Sprichwort in their region, and perhaps not a Sprichwort at all, it is so exquisite… Continue Reading
Lucky
Summer solstice was a few weeks ago. We are deep in summer, barefoot and high on daily ice blocks and the smell of sunscreen. I find it strange how the… Continue Reading
Perfect
There has never been a longer stretch of time, in which I have not complained about the weather in Germany. It is becoming almost discomfiting. I am not used to… Continue Reading
A Pretty Little Tour
We had family in town last weekend. As always, when Aussie family comes, it feels like another link is put in the chain that stretches halfway around the globe. I… Continue Reading
The Darling Disorientation of May
May in Germany is an entirely disorienting month, not because the weather can either be the most joyful weather in the world or subject to frozen winds whistling in from… Continue Reading
German Culture, Travel: Germany
The Happy German
For five years running now, Schleswig-Holstein has come out on top in the Glücksatlas polls, which means it is home to the happiest Germans in the country. I get it; I live… Continue Reading
German Culture, Travel: Germany
Buffet
One of the more useful fundaments of the German language is the general rule that you pronounce everything you see. Every single letter in every single word is voiced. For… Continue Reading
Upside Down
In the eight weeks since coming home this time, we have, essentially, been sick. Kindergarten has lovingly supplied a stream of bugs and viruses, many of which die Lüdde has… Continue Reading
Ausgepustete Eier
During my first Elternabend (Parent and Teacher Night, and yes I made a fool of myself by mixing up my sentence structure during the ‘hold the ball and introduce yourself’ game)… Continue Reading
Not a Snow Person
This month has been the snowiest I have spent in Deutschland. I think. Apart from a freak showing of snow in December 2010, my first winter spent in Münster for… Continue Reading
Waiting
Phew, it has been cold. It began snowing shortly after we arrived home and for once, it actually stuck. Snow rarely sticks around here because our temps are rarely cold… Continue Reading
The Snow Came
It seems our corner of the world submitted to the snow, and after it fell and all was white, it felt right. I don’t like snow at all, but for… Continue Reading