Angelika Davey 
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Edited 19 September 2026, the start of the 2026 Oktoberfest! 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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Mein erster Schultag This is a picture of me on my first day at school with my brand new school bag (Schultasche) and my ‘Schultüte’ (roughly translated as school cone). My school bag had my first lot of exercise books, text books and a pencil case, but what was in the school cone? All German … Read more
I have just got back from a cruise on the river Danube (die Donau) and although our lovely ship wasn’t a steam boat, it did remind me of the famous long German word Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän” – the captain of the Danube steam ship company! Compound words which in English stay as individual words (example birthday card) … Read more
I came across this short article in a German newspaper today and thought it would make a good reading exercise. I will not leave you with a translation, just with the question: What is this article about? “30. Juli 1966 – Fußball-Geschichte in Wembley: Die deutsche Nationalelf unterliegt im Londoner Stadion im Weltmeisterschafts-Finale mit … Read more
EDIT: Sadly, the Saturday School closed its doors due to lack of children. I will keep this post, though.EDIT 2025: There is an online Saturday School: the online DSS – worth checking out if you are looking for a Saturday school for your child. One more week and the German Saturday School Frome will close … Read more
Yona & Lucas from the German Saturday School gave me these lovely flowers and the picture. The text on the picture says “Congratulations to the birthday of your work” in German. Thank you so much, Yona and Lucas! On the 4th July 2006 I took the plunge and started to work for myself – Angelika’s … Read more
As part of the 30 Day Blog Challenge, I asked Andreas Wiedow if he would like to write a post on my blog as a guest blogger, and he kindly agreed to write about just having a go in a foreign language and not to worry too much about mistakes.Thank you, Andreas! Teufels Küche in … Read more
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