Tag Archives: Germany

What a Match!

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Cora

I’m normally not the world’s biggest football fan. Oh, I like football all right and I’m happy when our local first league team Werder Bremen wins (which sadly hasn’t been all that many times these past few years). But mostly … Continue reading →

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Of Penny Dreadfuls and Moral Panics

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Cora

The Guardian has an article about the so-called penny dreadfuls, cheap serialized novels of the Victorian era, inspired by the success of the eponymous TV series (which I haven’t yet seen, hence no comment). I usually don’t remember where and … Continue reading →

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Photos: A May Day outing to the East Friesian seaside

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Cora

May 1st, i.e. International Workers’ Day, is a public holiday in Germany, so we took the opportunity for a day trip to the East Friesian seaside. Now the people of East Friesia have (unfairly) been the butt of jokes for … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Birthday Post

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Cora

Today was my birthday. It was also Good Friday, which means on the plus side that it’s a public holiday with neither school nor work. On the downside, it means that you can’t go out either, because Good Friday in … Continue reading →

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It’s dead, Jim – On the Cancellation of “Wetten Dass?”

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Cora

Yesterday evening, I flipped through my TV listings magazine, switched on the TV, surfed right over public channels, found an episode of NCIS, realised that I had seen it before and remembered it pretty well, switched off the TV to … Continue reading →

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The Black Widow movie, co-starring Captain America

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Cora

Captain America: The Winter Soldier has been out in Germany for a week and currently sits at the top of the German movie charts (albeit in an exceptionally weak movie week due to the warm spring weather). This is surprising, … Continue reading →

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Storm Xaver Update

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Cora

We’re still getting wind surges, but in general it is getting more quiet outside. But then, the biggest danger of the massive winter storm Xaver is not the wind (though that’s bad enough) but the flood waters the storm is … Continue reading →

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The X-storm: Xaver hits North Germany

Posted on December 5, 2013 by Cora

Xaver, the disastrous winter storm has already killed one man in Scotland and is about to hit the German coast. In the Netherlands, they have closed the massive flood barriers protecting the harbours of Rotterdam and Antwerp. Hamburg has closed … Continue reading →

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Halloween and American Traditions in Germany

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Cora

First of all, here is a plug: The cross publisher bundle of horror and dark fantasy fiction that Julie of Bards & Sages Publishing has set up at DriveThruFiction for Halloween is still available. The bundle includes Letters from the … Continue reading →

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Vechta Photos: Roadside Views

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Cora

As I mentioned before, I am teaching two classes at the University of Vechta this winter semester. Classes started two weeks ago, which partly accounts for the relative lack of blogging, because class preparation takes up quite a bit of … Continue reading →

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