Stallgeruch
I recently visited my aunt and uncle in the place where my Dad grew up, a tiny village in Northern Germany. My father was there, too, as […]
Twist my arm!
Yesterday, I was all geared up to go rowing, when a friend sent a text message, asking whether I’d like to spontaneously […]
Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched
It’s a beautiful sunny day in Hamburg today and as I look outside I think “this is going to be one beautiful spring this year!” But being in […]
I spy with my little eye …
Most native English speakers know the children’s game I spy with my little eye …, and German speakers do, too, or at least a variation thereof: […]
