The One with the Cherries on Top
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I had noticed an odd-looking Berliner doughnut recently in one of the bakeries here in Tübingen.
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Not quite a postcard
A few technical problems with my Internet connection tonight prevented me from more than a quick post for today. But at least it has a photo.
Sweet!
Thanks for all your comments and well-wishes for the test today! I am pleased to be able to report that I got an “A” for the course overall, having scored an “A-” on the test (homework, participation, and class attendance … Continue reading
Seen in the Street
I have my next German course test tomorrow. As I spent time trying to study grammar and the more than 500 new words from the last 2.5 weeks of class, I realized I would only have time for a quick … Continue reading
Urban Red Riding Hood
I’m sure you’re all familiar with the story of Little Red Riding Hood, right? There’s a young girl, and she wears a red cape with a red hood. She carries a basket of goodies and sets off through the forest … Continue reading
Never assume – #1
This is the first in what I have planned as a periodic series of photos of things that aren’t what they seem. Today’s entry: a restaurant named Gasthaus Bavaria.
On stage
It strikes me as I go through the my daily routine in Tübingen that everybody around me has also read the script for daily life that we learned that day in class. I.e., on any given day, perhaps we’ll … Continue reading
Stuck in the previous track
Today I had an odd experience of talking on the phone with our bank back in Bolzano. The friendly gentleman on the phone said he spoke English, so I switched to that, having originally asked — in both Italian and … Continue reading
Putting on my Hut and Frack
On our first trip to the local library, Chris and I got a DVD with Top Hat, the old 1930s movie musical with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. It was a version which had been dubbed in German – the … Continue reading
Every old house is new again
We live in the Altstadt (literally, “old city”) part of Tübingen. Our building dates to 1513, although it was remodelled last year just before we moved in. I call our building one of the “rock stars” of the neighborhood; on … Continue reading