Once again, I’ll be traveling home soon and I have a bucket list of things to do when I am there. Everyone does have such a list, right? Since I haven’t been home in two years (gasp!), my list is long, but again doesn’t include much out of the ordinary,...
Read more
Idioms are probably one of my favorite things about foreign languages. This is a series I’ve carried through a number of years of NaBloPoMo and many people have told me over the years that the posts about German idioms are one of their favorites, so I’ll, once again, try to find some...
Read more
This is a series I’ve carried through a number of years of NaBloPoMo and I’ve been told that people always enjoy learning more German idioms, so I’ll attempt to find some more German sayings (along with their sometimes hilarious literal translations). I tried to only pick idioms that are used...
Read more
I am finally getting around to do a little recap of my Germany visit. My trip home was short and sweet. I mainly went to be there for my niece’s first communion and I am not that mad that it was a pretty short trip overall. Ideally, I go home...
Read more
Every time I travel back home, I have a bucket list of things to do when I am there. This is totally normal, right? Everybody makes lists like this. Since this is my hometown I am visiting, my list includes nothing much out of ordinary, nostalgic things (these are by...
Read more
Today I am linking up with Running on Happy and Fairytales and Fitness for Friday Five 2.0 Linkup. Ah, the holidays. Let’s talk about the holidays. This seems like such a good idea right now, doesn’t it? The holidays comprise Thanksgiving AND Christmas, right? I love and embrace both and...
Read more
I’ve done posts like these in the last few years for NaBloPoMo, because learning idioms from other languages is fun and gives you insight on how language works. Let’s see if I can come up with a few more fun German idioms for you this time around. They might distract...
Read more
Tanja’s blog is a constant source of cooking inspiration and I have tried yet another one of her bread recipes, this time one for overnight spelt-rye rolls. Ever since I returned from my trip to Germany, the land of bread, – oh, just over three month ago – I’ve been missing the...
Read more
