Over the last 2.5 years I have learned enough basic German to feel comfortable going into stores and business and speaking an elementary level of the language. I can make appointments, return electronic goods, pick up prescriptions from the pharmacy, etc. But despite all of those triumphs, there is still one area that I stumble over every single time I’m confronted with it: correctly conforming to the language of forms. Continue reading
Hard to believe, but today’s post is the 500th post here on the Two to Tübingen blog. Continue reading
With apologies to Paul Harvey and his “and now for the rest of the story” gimmick for the title of this post. The oddity in the rest of the title is deliberate, as you’ll see in a moment. Continue reading
Today’s Monday Mysteries post answers the question: What’s the story behind the little door in the wall of the Tübingen castle? Continue reading
Today in Food on Fridays it’s the latest in our quest to find the perfect Berliner. Continue reading
Well, it’s not a fork in the road, but it is a fork in an unexpected place. At least I didn’t expect a fork to turn up in a glass of white wine. Continue reading
If a picture is worth 1000 words, then I really don’t have much to add to introduce the photo below. Suffice to say that it is a real soap-bubble blown by a man with a large double wand contraption that we saw last Sunday in the park. Note that while the contrast in the colors has been slightly darkened to add emphasis, no colors were changed or altered or added. (BTW, don’t forget to click on the photo to see it at a larger size.) Continue reading
As a quick addendum to yesterday’s Monday Mystery, I decided to post some variations I did of a photo taken in a corner of that modern-day park where the old cemetery in Tübingen once stood. Continue reading
Today’s Monday Mysteries post answers the question: “Why is there a small set of steps to nowhere at an opening in a hedge next to the Ammer River?” Continue reading
An alternate title for today’s Food on Friday post could also be “when a Bismarck is not a Berliner by any other name.” Continue reading