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German Reading Project: Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 6

Posted on 4 March 2017 by Dove

A pretty srs bsns chapter here, where Katniss first meets an Avox. It’s kind of tiring to have to follow her constant mistrust in a second language (what if Peeta is bluffing? What if he’s trying to undermine my self-confidence? … Continue reading →

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German Reading Project – Die Tribute Von Panem by Suzanne Collins, Chapter 4

Posted on 23 February 2017 by Dove

(Translated by Sylke Hachmeister and Peter Klöss.) Should hopefully have everything typed up and ready to post by the end of the weekend, but let’s not make promises here. Another double entry! Favourite Hunger Games-themed word: das Pfeilkraut: katniss. I … Continue reading →

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The unbelievable film titles of a wacky country

Posted on 21 February 2012 by Spuggy

One of the first things that you notice when you turn on the TV, go to a bookshop or even just glance at a movie poster in Germany is that for some reason almost everything has a different title here. … Continue reading →

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Another day, another soup – Cream of Pepper

Posted on 13 February 2012 by Spuggy

So apparently all the recipes I post are for soups? Well, whatever, soups are delicious and this is the perfect time of the year for them (incidentally, our max/min thermometer claims it’s been down as low as -16°C at night … Continue reading →

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Mushroom, tarragon and goat’s cheese soup

Posted on 8 November 2011 by Spuggy

Another recipe! This one’s inspired by a delicious mushroom soup from Bettys in Harrogate, this is a fairly quick and easy soup which goes great with crusty bread. It has a savoury aniseed taste from the tarragon, balanced by the … Continue reading →

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My favourite and least favourite German words (so far)

Posted on 6 October 2011 by Spuggy

Well, we finally have the internet at our flat – a process that took longer than we expected thanks to Deutsche Telekom’s insistence that before we needed a German phone number before they’d send an engineer to set up our … Continue reading →

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