It has seemed like autumn never truly arrived here in Tübingen this year. We had unseasonably warm weather for a while in September and October, and now it’s cold and dreary, feeling more like winter than anything else.
Yesterday was November 11th, which is Veteran’s day/Armistace Day in many countries. As I’ve previously blogged about, here in Germany — in a tradition that predates WWI — it was the “11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th … Continue reading
Today on Food on Fridays I want to talk about pumpkin, a food that factors into a traditional autumn dessert in North America, but not here in Germany.
Although we didn’t actually have any Eis (“ice cream”) in Cologne while we were there, it was clear that people in Cologne like their ice cream, just like in Italy they like their gelato.
Today on Food on Fridays, in honor of today being Halloween, we take a look at spiders, their webs, and their dinner. If you don’t like spiders, don’t read any further, as there are photos of spiders below.
Today’s marks the 650th post on the Two to TÜ blog. That sounds like a lot, except when I consider I did over 800 posts on the 22BZ blog back in Bolzano, in about the same amount of time. I’d … Continue reading
October wasn’t supposed to be like this. Chris’ contract at the University of Tübingen ended, as planned, on September 30th. No, we don’t know what we’re going to do next, but we have a visa to stay in Germany for … Continue reading
In the U.S. there’s a saying “Do you want fries with that?” which comes from ordering burgers in fast food restaurants. At least, I’m guessing that’s where that saying comes from – I will confess to not having bothered to … Continue reading
The title of this post is a rough translation for “locks of love” in French, as today we’ll look at the phenomenon of the lovers’ locks on bridges, Parisian-style.
It’s been quite a while since I last wrote about the modern battle royal between Leicester and York over Richard III’s remains. Click here to pull up a list of all my old posts, which have details about what has … Continue reading