As it has been established time and again in numerous posts and places on my blog, I live in Europe – Germany in fact.
Category Archives: Life in Europe
Stories…
This past week I gave a short story to my English conversations students to read as homework, titled “The woman at the station” from the most recent edition of Spotlight Magazine.
Making our own traditions
My husband and I have developed a few traditions while living here in Germany, generally relating to the weekend or holiday days.
This is how I have lived my life…
Thanks to blogger Ayotimotysocial for this one:
Cars Kill Cities…Yes They Do
I just read a blog, with the same name, by Progressive Transit, in California.I admit I stole the name, but it is a good one, and a good blog post too. Here, I would like to just put my own spin on it…
Sometimes English just doesn’t make sense…
I am sure that by now many of you have seen this text about why English can be hard to learn. If you haven’t the list is below followed by a special treat as an example why it is important to understand idioms, like this:
Speaking of Stereotypes
Growing up, I thought all adults were intelligent and had life figured out, yet as I grew up I realized this was not the case.
…and once more to the ‘dam or ’24 Hours in Amsterdam’
We had been planning for at least two month to travel to Amsterdam for twenty-four hours to spend time with an American girl friend who had a layover there after her trip through Scotland and Ireland.
A local Christmas and New Years Eve
This years Christmas and New Years Eve were spent at our home in Germany. First, while walking home from the night course I teach, the vendors at our Weinachtsmarkt were removing the decorations from their stalls, so I said to my husband in English that we should see if we could get a tree.
“It’s Always Sunny…” drinking game…
Apparently, with the popularity of the FX television show, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia which debuted in 2005, many people have created drinking games.
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