Life in Münster, Life in Weiden, Travel + Life Abroad
Wehmütig
There is something about going back to a place that used to be home. It’s as if, by having called this place home, you are never a visitor but someone… Continue Reading
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Life in Münster, Life in Weiden, Travel: Germany
Why Aren’t Germans Fat?
Back in Bavaria, after four days of fried fish, moreish soups , bread, cheese and, obviously, chocolate, I am forced to contemplate an issue that has haunted me since I… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel + Life Abroad
Metelen
On a Sunday that opened with sunshine, grew grey and grizzly then threw in a bit of snow and a lot of rain before closing with skies of blue and… Continue Reading
Losing it.
I am beginning to go quite mad. It happened around this time last year, as well. I remember looking out my hotel window in Hamburg and realising it had snowed… Continue Reading
Walking a Little More Slowly.
My days of being a Nord-Rhine Westphalian are coming to an end. This limbo I am in, hovering between saying goodbye to one story and hello to another, is shortening… Continue Reading
27 – Surprisingly Fantastic
The night before my 27th birthday, a funny little feeling that something was up began to niggle. I couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but there was something in… Continue Reading
How Hard Can It Be?
When I started teaching English as a second language, I had no idea what to expect. I didn’t know whether I would be pointing at a plant and saying ‘green’,… Continue Reading
Break on through …
When it became apparent I wouldn’t be making it home for Christmas, I was quietly devastated. I cried like a baby for at least a week straight and then every… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel: Germany
Progress
I think I am slowly getting the hang of this cold Christmas caper. I am not saying I’m converted, I’m just saying I can live with it. If I have… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel: Germany
Bist du blind?
The other morning my flatmate and her boyfriend were in the kitchen laughing like drains. So much so, that I went in to see what was going on. Dildo pool as… Continue Reading
Cats & Dogs
I am finding myself endlessly fascinated by the current Germany-UK scrap. As the EU spectacularly explodes andthe edges of its future blur into pure uncertainty, I have been devouring what… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel + Life Abroad
Adjusting
The other day, a rather crisp and rainy one, I found myself skipping down the street with an umbrella aloft, a pashmina around my neck. As I waited at the… Continue Reading
When the weather is fine …
What is one to do with an Indian Summer? If you live in a country unaccustomed to pleasant weather so late in the season (entering, as we did this week,… Continue Reading
Ein Schöner, Bunter Tag
Yesterday was a beautiful day in Münster. Anxious to enjoy the last few days of balmy weather this year has to offer – it is now, after all, officially Autumn… Continue Reading
The Curse of the German Biscuit
I complain about my German Weight Gain almost as much as I complain about the weather. Reading that sentence, I can’t help but suspect I am probably a rather miserable… Continue Reading
A Concession
I complain endlessly about the weather. Bitterly. In detail. I spend much of my time on wetter.de tracking the day’s meteorological developments and barking them at whoever is near enough… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel + Life Abroad
Why are you so white?
Part 1 of recent hospital adventures … On a crisp Tuesday afternoon, I admitted myself to the emergency ward of the hospital down the road. My personal Wikipedia diagnosis suggested… Continue Reading
An Understanding Love
At some point – and I can’t quite pinpoint when – I have fallen in love with Germany. Obviously, I have always loved Germany – I chose it, out of… Continue Reading
Life in Münster, Travel + Life Abroad
Eating in Münster
Over the past few months, I have popped on a healthy 5kg, wining and dining my way around the fairy tale city of Muenster. Whilst, inevitably, one is faced with… Continue Reading