Tag Archives: wacky German customs

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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Photos: Cuxhaven, Osten and the Elbe Marshlands

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Cora

Today was Ascension Day a.k.a. Father’s Day, which is a public holiday in Germany. Ascension Day is traditionally a day for outings and day trips. The most notorious type of outing is the Father’s Day tour, where groups of men … Continue reading →

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More grimdark fantasy, boring literary fiction, the truth about the Amityville horror and cheese – it’s a Good Friday linkdump

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Cora

We’re actually having snow for Easter this year, though at least the cold means that there’s no need to open the windows and that I’ll be spared the smoke from the annual Easter fire, a tradition I don’t mind, as … Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day Linkdump

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Cora

Yes, I know it was yesterday, but I’m certainly not going to call it Superbowl linkdump. The New York Times has a great article about Gérard de Villiers, a French writer of pulpy spy novels, which happen to be oddly … Continue reading →

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Jolly Old St. Nicholas

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Cora

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day in Germany and the Netherlands. The weather was pleasantly Christmassy, cold with a light dusting of snow, and I celebrated in style by baking yet more Christmas cookies. As dusk fell – which in … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Wedding Interpretation

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Cora

Regular readers may remember that I had an interpreter job at a preparatory meeting for an intercultural civil wedding last month. Well, the wedding was today and because the registry clerk liked how I did my job the last time, … Continue reading →

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Harvest Festival 2012

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Cora

First of all, Elizabeth Baxter interviewed me for the Sunday Spotlight at her blog Small Blonde Hippy. Come on over and say hello. In other news, this weekend was “Erntefest”, i.e. the Harvest Festival, in my semi-rural suburb of Bremen. … Continue reading →

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My GPS tries to kill me and the unexpected difficulties of international weddings

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday, I had an interpreter gig that was – for me at least – rather unusual. I don’t do that much interpreting anyway – I’m primarily a translator. In case you don’t know the difference, translation is written, interpretation is … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Presidents

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Cora

Yes, there’s some ranting about German politics behind the cut, so just skip if you don’t care:

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Eiswette and some Weekend Writing Links

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday, the river Weser once again ran rather than stood, i.e. it wasn’t frozen, which is only to be expected considering that we had temperatures of around 7 degrees Celsius. Still, according to the traditional Bremer Eiswette (Bremen ice bet), … Continue reading →

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