A few days ago I read a brilliant blog post “How German Are You?” (Edit 2016, no link as website gone) In it Christiane Hayes tells about her 25 years in the UK and how many German things she misses and what she prefers in England. She also puts a link to a test to … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 7 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll find out out a little bit about Malmesbury. Malmesbury ist … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 5 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll find out out a little bit about Imber. Sollten Sie … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 4 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll learn a little bit about Devizes. Ich bin wahrscheinlich etwas voreingenommen, … Read more
This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything – at no extra cost to you. Welcome to part 3 of my reading comprehension exercises based on my book Wiltshire von A bis Z. Today you’ll learn a little bit about the Crofton Beam Engines. Die … Read more
It won’t be long until the A-level results are out and soon new sets of students will start their studies at universities and will accumulate huge debts thanks to the high tuition fees (currently up to £9000 per year in England). But if your A-levels included German, why not study in Germany or Austria? German … Read more
Did you read Friday’s blog post ? It was a guest post by Gareth Evans of FlashSticks and it was so long, I turned it into two parts. If you haven’t read it yet, read it first before carrying on. So here is part 2: When things started to go wrong I have to be … 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
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
Two weeks ago I wrote a blog post about German food words in everyday English when my friend Suzan St Maur told me she got hungry reading my post and where could she buy some German sausages. And, actually, could I write a blog post about where you can buy German food in England. So this post is … Read more
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