Have you ever wondered what it might be like to attend a German church service? I found a website where you can do just that, without having to leave your house. The service is not from the church in the picture, that is the St. Steven’s Cathedral in Passau, but from a small church in … Read more
Evernote is a lovely tool which you can have on your PC and/ or laptop as and also on your smartphone. It works like a word document but does do much more – and it’s free! So, how can Evernote help you learn German? When you learn German (or any other language), there are four skills … Read more
There is something going on in a lot of LIDL UK stores. I noticed building works at our Devizes shop, then Trowbridge. Apparently a bakery! A bakery? Well, today I checked out the LIDL shop in Melksham which already had the extension work done. They now have an in-store bakery with lots of nice smelling … Read more
Today is a public holiday in Germany (I do think it should also be a public holiday for Germans abroad, but somehow I doubt it will happen ☺), because it’s the German Unity Day, or Tag der deutschen Einheit. When I grew up in Germany, that day was celebrated on the 17th June because of the … Read more
While on holidays in Germany this summer, we went on a long walk one day through a forest until we got to a spa in Bad Bentheim. There we saw this bench, which looked really weird to us. There was something not right but from the distance we couldn’t quite work it out. Then, as … Read more
This German idiom ‘wo sich Fuchs und Hase gute Nacht sagen’ has been written especially for Vicky, who said, she lived there 😉 Wo sich fuchs und hase gute nacht sagen from Angelika Davey EDIT: If you don’t want to click the slides, you can now also watch it as a video:
On my last trip to Germany I noticed a few things which I thought I would share with you – three things I miss in England, one thing I don’t miss and one surprise ❗ ➡ In place 5: I sometimes miss Woolworth, so I’m really pleased to see there are still some shops … Read more
Last week I had an email from somebody in Germany wanting to know how he could find people who have just passed their A-level in German with an A or B. A further email and a very interesting phone call later, I find this a very good idea for anybody who has passed their … Read more
A few weeks ago we went to Germany to see my family and to relax from a few hectic months of work. In fact, Steven and I were relaxing and enjoying ourselves so much that I’d like to persuade you to have a holiday there. Where is ‘there’? It’s the Grafschaft Bentheim (County of Bentheim) … Read more
While going for a long walk the other day I suddenly had the idea of introducing German idioms with photos. As I had already taking quite a few pictures that day, the first idiom was an easy choice. Have a look: I thought this is a good example for idioms. Although this time the … Read more
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