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
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
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Beach Days
September has been kind, apologising perhaps for the months that preceded her. We have managed to squeeze in a couple of truly glorious beach visits and even just a few… Continue Reading
North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
Sunday Ausflug: Strawberry Picking
When, a couple of weekends ago, Sunday delivered 26 warm and sunny degrees, we headed north-west to a farm in a village on the other side of the Nord-Ostsee Kanal…. Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Grey
There is the Sky Grey, the Street Grey and the Naked Branches Grey. The Light Grey of Mid Mornings that dulls to Dark Afternoon Grey, a particularly heavy shade that… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Herbstmarkt
Meine Güte the Germans know how to throw a good Markt. I can’t help but feel that perhaps hundreds of years of practice have resulted in perfecting all elements of a good… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Sunday Ausflug: Eckenförde
A truncated nap, a Sunday afternoon stretching ahead of us with two snotty kids, and rain that followed through on its threat the moment we stepped out of the apartment building…. Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Sunday Ausflug: Thwarted Backfisch
The car battery needed a run, so despite my adamant claims I would not be leaving the house on Sunday given the minus temperatures, we drove out to Laboe. The… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Ausflug: Möltenort // Heikendorf
A twenty minute drive took us to the other side of the fjord, where streets were stone and quiet, the houses big and surrounded by summer trees not ready to lose… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Travel: Germany
Summer up North
I may be completely lacking in objectivity as I boldly claim that, come summer in Germany – real summer – there is no better place in this country to be,… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Schietwetter & Eating Volksfest Style
With just four full days remaining of our city’s biggest festival, and the world’s largest sailing event, you will be pleased to know, the weather is atrocious. Beyond bad. Grey,… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
The Vikings of Hedeby
When talking historical periods, which we are about to do, my heart beats with particular vehemence for Ancient Greece. That isn’t to say I don’t appreciate the Romans, or have a… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein
Sparkly Fjords & Cobblestone Streets
I believe I was last heard banging on about my dislike of April’s changeable weather, and the pithy little rhyme the Germans utter whenever it snows, hails, and blows a… Continue Reading
Heimat, North Germany, Schleswig-Holstein
A Peculiar Beauty
Late yesterday afternoon, while the sun was still in an eggshell blue sky, I walked down to the water with two of my mum friends. The babies were bundled, die Lüdde knocked… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Umsonst und Draußen
This weekend brought with it a dear friend from Münster, who not only ensured Kiel put on some lovely Autumn weather (this city has delighted in turning on some lovely… Continue Reading