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
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 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
In my German class we had several writing exercises last week where we wrote in the style of a Grimm’s fairytale. This was in order to practice a particular grammar point that happens to be quite common when telling a … Continue reading
Back in November 2009 on my old blog, I wrote about eating a doughnut in Berlin. At the time, I titled the post “Ich (ate) ein Berliner” because I didn’t know how to say “eat” in German. How times have … Continue reading
German class started again this morning. My class has people from around the world, so it was fun when we went around the room saying what the traditions in different countries are (if any) for things you need to do … Continue reading
Welcome to 2012 at Two to Tübingen. Chris and I managed to get away during the past week, and I’m still sorting through my photos and notes to add to the blog. I hope to have some of them ready … Continue reading
Chris happened to run across the expression Glückspiltz! the other day. Literally translated, it means “You lucky mushroom”. It’s used like the English expression “You lucky devil”, or “You lucky dog.”
At every open-air market we’ve been to, there has always been at least one stand serving Würste (that the plural of Wurst, which are hot dogs, only bigger and thicker). What do you put on your Würste? Ketchup or mustard, of … Continue reading
Hope everyone had a good first day of Christmas yesterday. How’s Day 2 treating you? 😉