As part of of a blogging challenge my task this time is to write something nice about somebody else. Oh dear, was my first thought, who do I write about and what do I write! It’s not that I don’t know anybody worth writing about. On the contrary, I could write books about all the nice people I know! There are … Read more
EDIT: Sadly, the Saturday School closed its doors due to lack of children. I will keep this post, though. Last Saturday at the German Saturday School we read a story about a man who lost his hat and his wife who wanted a new dress. Afterwards the children asked to re-enact it. It was so … Read more
I’ve always said that learning German should be fun and my motto is “Learning German with a smile…” but even I can’t compete with the German radio presenter who thought a name was really funny when he read the news. Did it made you laugh? I’d love to know. PS Not all Germans laugh like … Read more
Fancy a cruise with a difference? The German cruise liner AIDA is building a new ship, the AIDAsol. The launching is on the 9th of April 2011 but the interesting bit about this ship is the brewery. Yes, it has a brewery on board! The beer will be brewed using saltwater but still in line with … Read more
As it’s Valentine’s Day in a few days, I thought it’s only a fitting service to offer those who may have a loved one in Germany the opportunity to say a few nice or as some may say, cheesy sentences to them. So, how to start?Mein Schatz! My treasure!Mein Liebling! My darling! And then?In deinen … Read more
This is me ( a few years ago!) ‘reading’ one of my favourite books! Many of you will have heard about the Struwwelpeter, or the shock-headed Peter, as he is also known – a very famous children’s book written by German doctor Heinrich Hoffman in 1844. He was looking for a picture book Christmas … Read more
It had to happen sometime – Paul, the psychic octupus has died of old age. So, who was he?Paul was born in January 2008 at the Sea Life Centre in Weymouth, England. His loving parents were very proud of him until they noticed a weird streak in him: he could see into the future. They tried … Read more
People frequently tell me that Germans don’t have a sense of humour and the term German comedian is apparently an oxymoron.Well, there are loads of good and very funny German comedians. The problem is, it’s not always easy to translate jokes and something that is extremely funny in German doesn’t sound funny in English (or the … Read more
I have been teaching a new beginners German class tonight and at the end of the lesson one student came and told me a funny story.It was about a Battle of Britain celebration he went to a few years ago. The RAF base invited a few German and Italian pilots to the celebration but then … Read more
I have started a blog on a different webpage but The fun of being a German Teacher is supposed to be just that: a recount of funny incidents. I have since found that I’d like to write about other things, too, but still German related. So, welcome to my ramblings about things in Germany or England, … Read more
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