A Bevy of Swans
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On my way to class the other morning, as I crossed a bridge over the Neckar River, I glanced over to the part of the river on the opposite side of the bridge. There I spotted the largest group of … Continue reading
Category Archives: Language
Not quite as easy as pie
Here in Germany, as far as I can tell, they don’t have a sweet dessert that’s like a North American pie.
Friday Followups
Today is another one of those posts which is a mix of small stuff and answers to questions from the comments. I’d intended to be better about answering questions more regularly – best laid plains. My only excuse is that … Continue reading
Ready for Heaven and Hell
We’ve only been in Tübingen 2.5 months, but we already have a clear favorite restaurant, Zum Gutenburg. That’s the place down the block from us where we get all those egg and maultaschen dishes that I’ve written about.
Monday Mischmasch
Der Mischmasch is German for “hodgepodge” and since today I have a mix of small topics to talk about, that seemed like a good word to use for an alliterative title for the post.
Remembering 11.11
Today is November 11, 2011, which can be written 11.11.11 in some cultures. That in and of itself seems worthy of note. Someone in my class — she’s from South America, FWIW — commented that on days like this, where … Continue reading
Friday Followups
Today I wanted to follow-up on a couple of odds and ends, things that won’t make a full blog post on their own.
Neither 99 nor Luftballoons
A song called 99 Luftballoons (“99 Balloons” in English) was popular in the US (and elsewhere) back in the 1980s, sung by the German sung by Nena, a German pop singer. It was played on U.S. radio stations at the … Continue reading
This just in
In addition to the boxes that we sent to ourselves right when we left Bolzano, we also had 33 more boxes of stuff that needed to get from Bolzano to Tübingen. I’m happy to report that all of them are … Continue reading
According to Goethe
CC ran across this fun quote from Goethe: Die beste Bildung findet ein gescheiter Mensch auf Reisen. The best education for a clever person is found in travel. – J.W. von Goethe, Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre I like it.