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
Browsing Category: Travel: Germany
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
Life in Weiden, Travel + Life Abroad
The Next Big Life Veränderung
I am moving. To Bavaria. More specifically, to a region known as Franken and Oberpfalz. Even more specifically, to a town called Weiden. Let me tell you a few facts about… 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
Greener Pastures
I had a few thoughts, driving down south last Friday afternoon. 1) “God, it’s getting dark early these days.” 2) “Why doesn’t the autobahn have streetlights?” 3) “So this is… 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
Sex Shops & Fried Food
I was back up north for the weekend, this time in the lovely city of Hamburg. Hamburg is somewhere I could live, indeed, somewhere I’d like to live if Germany… Continue Reading
Delightful Damp
The DB and me being in one of our ‘on’ phases, I zoomed up to my beloved nearly-Scandinavian, sea-breeze-enriched Kiel this weekend on a fuss-free, 3.5 hour trip. On this… Continue Reading
A (Weekend) Seachange
The last time I was in Kiel, it was March. Coming out of a long, hard Winter, I distinctly remember watching the temperature gauge on the dashboard of Significant German’s… 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
Frankfurt, Travel + Life Abroad
Don’t Forget About Frankfurt
LARGELY because Germany has cities like Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Dresden, and partly because a city must at the very least possess a several medieval churches and a smattering of… 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
Frankfurt, Travel + Life Abroad
Big City Life
It was quite lovely, being in Frankfurt. Don’t get me wrong, it isn’t Frankfurt that’s lovely – necessarily, or at least that isn’t an adjective one would commonly assign to… 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
Travel + Life Abroad, Travel: Germany
Small Talk & Saying No
I remember standing in line at the grocery store, a couple of months after I arrived here, and idly wondering what was missing. I watched the cashier swiping a woman’s… Continue Reading