Today on Monday Mysteries we tackle a question that has puzzled me for quite a while: how do you define someone who is an expat?
Monday Mysteries: Qualified Expat
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Food on Fridays: A German Quiche Tradition
Today on Food on Fridays we look at a relatively recent addition to the Tübingen food scene: a daily dose of house made quiche. Not exactly what you’d expect to find in Germany, eh?
In the land of the purple unicorn
The last time we visited Bolzano, we stayed in a tiny vacation apartment down the block from where we’d lived. Our apartment had been rather old style, but this vacation apartment had been completely done in a different motif. Continue reading
Reutlingen’s road to Tübingen
Reutlingen is a fair-sized town near Tübingen, about 10-15 minutes away by train. For all that it’s that close, Chris and I have rarely gone there over the past few years. Continue reading
A Pig in a Decke
I thought about making this topic a Monday mystery, but the only mystery about this is a question of how popular these really are. I also thought about saving the photo until Friday, but my self-imposed Food on Fridays rule is that the topic should be a food Chris and I have actually tried.
But when I saw this poster the other day for a new food now available exclusively at the supermarket where I shop, well, I couldn’t pass up the chance to take a photo: Continue reading
Monday Mysteries: A Looking Glass
Today on Monday Mysteries we have a mystery that I can even offer to solve. Or at least, I have a theory that seems extremely reasonable as the solution to the issue at hand. Continue reading
Food on Fridays: Creating the Cookies
Today on Food on Fridays we take a look at an intriguing idea for a company: creating your own cookies online for someone to bake for you.
Breaking News: And the winner is …
After I finished the other blog post tonight, we flipped on the TV and happened on the contest to pick Germany’s entry in this year’s Eurovision. We were in time for the semi-final round, where 4 acts had 2 songs a piece in the running, for a total of 8 songs in the mix. Here’s my rough notes on them, written before the top 2 songs were picked for the run-off to pick the winner: Continue reading
Just your average everyday adventure
When we lived in Bolzano we got a machine to make sparkling water from tap water. That broke, though, quite a while back, and we never got around to replacing it. So here in Tübingen, I periodically lug some bottled sparkling water back from the grocery store, and then take the empties back to get the deposit from the bottle return.
Scenes seen inside L’Arena
Over the years I’ve posted a bunch of photos of the outside of L’Arena (the Roman Amphitheater in Verona), but I rarely post photos taken inside. Continue reading