On foot
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One of the oldest surviving pieces of film shot in Tübingen is of some circus elephants walking in the Neckar River in the early 1900s. You can see a piece of that film by clicking here; the elephants arrive at … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2013
Mastering English
I’ve talked before here on the blog about my struggles learning German, since that’s the language I’m trying to master at the moment.
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All “am See”
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In German, all nouns have a grammatical gender and there’s no predicting which gender a noun will be: der Tisch, “the table” is masculine, die Tür, “the door” is feminine, das Auge, “the eye” is neuter. It’s a matter of … Continue reading
The First 1,827
5 years ago today Chris and I arrived in New Jersey. Now, given the fact that I’m from New Jersey, that may seem like much of a fact worth mentioning.
Beer and Beyond
The alcoholic drink of choice in Germany is beer. That probably comes as no surprise, since even in North America people are familiar with the idea of German Oktoberfest, a festival centered around drinking copious quantities of beer. So I … Continue reading
Kaffee Culture
So here in Germany they have a bit of coffee-house culture. There are many places here in Tübingen alone where you can go and have a Milchkaffee, the standard coffee drink in Germany. A Milchkaffee is made from drip coffee … Continue reading
Getting Spezi-fic
So there’s a soda here in Germany that’s a mix of cola and orange soda, which was first brought to market under the brand-name Spezi. Since then,
Mixing it up
So that Mineralwasser I talked about yesterday turns out to be an important “mixer” in all kinds of drinks here.
A bit of the bubbly
This whole week on Two to TÜ we going to talk about the ins and outs of getting a drink in Germany. And no, it’s not going to be just about beer…
Sun(glasses) and Shadow
After saying I hardly ever take photos of faces in inanimate places anymore, I just realized I actually did take another one recently. It was taken