Practical German for Holiday Accommodation

Welcome to my next blog post based on our ‘Ask Angelika’ shows with practical or useful sentences you might hear or use yourself in certain scenarios. Today we’re looking at the different types of German holiday accomodation. This page contains affiliate links to Amazon. It means I’ll get a few pence if you buy anything … Read more

Ordering coffee in Germany

One of the first things you usually learn as a beginner is how to order a coffee in Germany. You learn that a cup of coffee is ‘eine Tasse Kaffee’: And a pot of coffee is ‘ein Kännchen Kaffee’: So, I was really surprised when during our holidays in Germany I spotted this: Two thoughts … Read more

Wir suchen Deutschland – then and now

If you’ve been following my series of pages from an old children’s book, you would have seen that – according to the 1948 book – it was quite an adventure to travel through Germany. To remind you again, the book covered in poem form a fictitious journey of two small children, Peter and Sabine, who … Read more

German for your holidays

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. The following text is a chapter from my book The A to Z of Learning German: 26 ideas to make learning German more exciting and fun! Visit Germany to practise your … Read more

How to buy a German train ticket from a machine

Whenever I teach a beginners’ class there is always the obligatory lesson on how to buy a train ticket. You know the ones, asking how much a ticket is and then buying it … But what do you do when you get to the station and there is no kiosk to buy your ticket, only … Read more

24 Reasons for Learning German – We Love Germany

Advent Calendar Day 23 Today’s post comes from Michael and Gisela. Thanks, you two!   My wife (Gisela) and I have been learning German for nearly three years now with Angelika.  We started to learn German with Angelika because we wanted to learn the language with a native German. Gisela and I met and married … Read more

24 Reasons for Learning German – Cycling along the Mosel

Advent Calendar Day 18 Today’s post comes from Richard H. Thank you, Richard! I started to learn German at School in 1970 and initially enjoyed it because the language seemed much easier than French, with many German words the same as English. However after a couple of years I started to struggle with the more complex … Read more

24 Reasons for Learning German – Working with Germans

Advent Calendar Day 13 Today’s post has been written by Richard. Thank you, Richard! I am an engineer who conducts a large amount of work with colleagues from other nations, including Germany. However, I actually started learning German as a fun challenge. It is only in retrospect this proved to be extremely beneficial in my … Read more

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