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Browsing Archive: September, 2011

You do WHAT for a Living?

Posted by Angelika Davey on Sunday, September 25, 2011, In : German teaching 

 

I love listening to BBC Wiltshire  and I frequently send in text messages or phone in.  I have also been interviewed a few times. So when I was asked whether I would like to participate in 'You do what for a living?' I immediately said yes.

Every Friday afternoon, Sue Davies and her listeners have to guess what job a guest does. Sue gets to ask as many questions as she likes and then has to guess before the listeners do. It's a bit like 'What's my line?' (or 'Was bin ich?' as the programm...


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Weltkindertag - World Children's Day

Posted by Angelika Davey on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, In : Life in Germany 



Did you know it is World Children's Day in Germany today?

No, I didn't either. It was mentioned on a calendar today and I googled a bit. The first Children's Day happened on the 14th December 1954. There is an Universal Children's Day on the 20th November but lots of countries have their own dates.

Germany has two dates, the International Children's Day (Internationaler Kindertag) on the 1st June, which until 1990 was the East German version of the children's day. Then there is the World Chil...


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When is the Oktoberfest in Munich?

Posted by Angelika Davey on Friday, September 16, 2011, In : Celebrations in Germany 

That's the old trick question, isn't it? Trying to get you to say: 'In October, of course' and then replying gleefully, 'No, it isn't. It's in September!' Well, it is in October, at least it finishes in October, but it always starts in September, and this year, 2011, it starts tomorrow, the 17th September.

  • Fancy going, but wouldn't know where to start once you're in Munich?
  • Don't fancy going, but wouldn't mind finding out more about it?
  • Not bothered either way, but a little bit of prac...


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Mmmh, Philadelphia mit Milka!

Posted by Angelika Davey on Sunday, September 4, 2011, In : living abroad 


When I moved to England in 1982, I used to miss a lot of food things that I could buy in Germany, so whenever I had the chance to go back I used to stock up on those things.

Gradually, over the years I was able to buy more and more German food items and since the arrival of LIDL and Aldi I can almost get everything. . . . . . until . . . during my last holiday in Germany . . . I spotted this:

Philadelphia mit Milka!

Philadelphia cheese with chocolate - sheer bliss! It has about half the c...

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