T̶w̶o̶ One p̶e̶r̶p̶e̶t̶u̶a̶l̶ ̶e̶x̶p̶a̶t̶s̶ immigrant settling into home country number five.
Although I haven’t quite implemented everything on my learning German with overwhelming force list, for the past month and a half I’ve been taking a German class at the Münchner Volkshochschule. A Volkshochschule is kind of like a community college or an adult education center, and you can find one in pretty much every German … Read more
I am happy to announce that I am now the proud owner of my very own dirndl. I love it more than I ever thought I could love traditional clothing, Bavarian or otherwise. It fits surprisingly well, and I adore the colors. (Even before I bought it I was told that I have a very … Read more
Several online quizzes have caught my eye recently: The BBC English Quiz (found via chrisdellavedova.com) I kicked ass on this one – surprisingly, even on the spelling section. The German Citizenship Test (in German). Could you become a German? (found via AmiExpat)… really? You want me to know the flag colors of Nordrhein-Westfalen to become … Read more
This growing-food-on-the-balcony thing is cool! Plus, I get to feel all smug and self-satisfied for reducing my food miles to, well, a couple meters. We are rolling in zucchini and zucchini flowers, and have feasted on strawberries and lettuce and peas and a couple bell peppers thus far. There are about a gazillion tomatoes on … Read more
Should I be jealous?
Last week we went to a Pfarrfest at a small parish church in Munich. A multi-generational crowd was gathered for food, drink, socializing and music. The preist worked the crowd, greeting everyone and making them feel welcome (upon learning I was from the US, he even broke out with a couple words of English). Dessert … Read more
This trip to San Diego was for a family wedding. I really didn’t want to go. Having spent six weeks in the US at the end of 2007, I felt no desire to return to the States again so soon. Especially to somewhere as far away as California – 15 hours of flying each way. … Read more
To answer the questions about the last photo in my San Diego post, I give you… a video: The Fire Pit from zurika on Vimeo. This was the fire pit at the fancy beach-front hotel where we stayed for the first part of our trip. The sand was configured differently each night, but this one … Read more
We arrived back in Germany early this morning. My main priority for the day is to stay awake. I am particularly bad at traveling east, but I know my best chance to beat jet lag quick is to suffer through today without a nap. I’ll be entertaining myself by tending to the garden, doing a … Read more
…except walk on the beach, or sit on the sofa on the balcony drinking coffee and staring at the ocean. Which really aren’t such bad options, once you get out of the must-make-the-most-of-time-in-US mode. Although it’s been a mere six months since our last trip to the US, we’re still having waves of bewilderment about … Read more