Food on Fridays: Venerdi Gnoccolar
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Today on Food on Fridays we have look at the Venerdì Gnoccolar (“Gnocchi Friday”) custom in Verona.
Category Archives: Festivals
Food on Fridays: Foraging for Festival Foods
Today on Food on Fridays we are in Verona on a quest to find some of our favorite Santa Lucia Festival foods.
Signs of St. Martin
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
Food on Fridays: Time to Celebrate
In this week’s Food on Fridays post, it’s time to celebrate with some festival foods. For example, yesterday was Mutscheltag, “Mutschel Day“ in the nearby town of Reutlingen.
New Traditions
So, did you trot out any traditions with which to celebrate the start of the new year? Chris and I started out December 31, 2013 in London, where we had gone for a long weekend getaway between Christmas and New … Continue reading
The route that ran through Tübingen last Saturday
Last Saturday, Chris and I had a chance to go to two outdoor events here in Tübingen that, oddly enough, wound up having something American in common.
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Tübingen Stadtfest
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Today at 5pm was the opening of the Tübingen Stadtfest, which takes place only through tomorrow evening. I’ve been told it’s only held every other year, so it was surprising to discover it’s just for one day. Anyway, I went … Continue reading
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Scenes and a scandal from Stocherkahnrennen 2013
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Yesterday was Fronleichnam, “the feast of Corpus Christi”, a Catholic holiday which is also a state holiday in parts of Germany, including here in our region of Baden-Württemburg. I don’t think there’s anything to do with religion, though, at the … Continue reading
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A Visit to the Past
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Happy Heiligabend, which is the night before the first day of Christmas, as they say here in Germany. BTW, December 26th is also a holiday in Germany; we’ve seen it referred to here as the second day of Christmas.
A Reflection on the Tübingen Weihnachtsmarkt
Tübingen’s Weihnachtsmarkt, “Christmas Market”, was held this past week weekend. Chris and I have had the opportunity to go to a few different kinds of Weihnachtsmärkte over the past few years, and the one here stands out since most of the … Continue reading