Do You Speak Like a Real Australian?
It’s a question that crops up with relative frequency. Students often ask me, eyes narrowed, as if they suspect something is afoul, ‘but do you have a real Australian accent?’… Continue Reading
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An Encouraged Habit
When I first came to this country, I carried with me several books squeezed into my suitcase that had sand in their spines and pages made crackly by the hard… Continue Reading
Life in Kiel, Life in Weiden, Travel + Life Abroad
Of Pickled Fish & Weißwurst
Schleswig-Holstein, of which Kiel is the capital, was the third state I have had the pleasure of calling home in this Around Germany in an Unspecified Amount of Days ride… Continue Reading
Life in Weiden, Travel + Life Abroad
Where You Live
Down here, as well as staring out the window and eyeing the incessant church bells beadily, I spend a lot of time thinking about home. Not Australia, although when the… Continue Reading
Cautionary Tales
Let’s talk about German children’s stories. The other day I was at Silke’s and, as I am apt to do there because Silke is the mother of two delightful little mädchen and… Continue Reading
The Deutsche Bahn and Me
* And a little bit of London. This past weekend, I went to London. My parents are currently in Europe and we decided London was a central place for us… Continue Reading