Category Archives: General

Photos: Lüneburger Heide

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Cora

Yesterday was the Day of German Unity, i.e. the anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany on October 3, 1990, which is a public holiday in Germany. The official celebrations have become somewhat subdued in recent years and … Continue reading →

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Two Fires and a Linguistic Oddity

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Cora

Early this morning, Bremen suffered two arson attacks in the same neighbourhood, in the very same street even. The attacks were very nasty, the arsonist set fire in the stairwells of two apartment blocks. Those are old buildings – both … 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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Osnabrück Photos

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Cora

As I mentioned in my previous post, I visited the city of Osnabrück last week. Of course, I also took some photos. Lots of churches, medieval architecture and history in this one. For historical reasons (more on that later), Osnabrück … Continue reading →

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Cora goes to Osnabrück and discovers a new genre name

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Cora

I’ve been absent for three days now, because it’s been a busy week. Besides, I took the day off on Wednesday to take the train to Osnabrück, a city approximately 120 kilometers to the southwest of Bremen. I really like … Continue reading →

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Remembering Neil Armstrong

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Cora

I guess everybody has heard by now that Neil Armstrong, the first human to set foot onto the surface of the Moon, died yesterday aged 82. I wasn’t alive when Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon on July 20, 1969. … Continue reading →

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Cora comments on the Olympic closing ceremony

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Cora

Well, I did the opening ceremony, so it seems only fair that I do the closing ceremony as well. I didn’t see the beginning, because I was watching something else at the time, but this time around I actually lasted … Continue reading →

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Hannover Photos Part 2 – Official Buildings, Monuments and Modern Architecture

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Cora

Here’s the second installment of my series of photos taken during my recent trip to Hannover. Part 1 is here. There’s a lot of official buildings in this post, because Hannover was a longterm ducal residence, an independent kingdom for … Continue reading →

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Hannover Photos 1 – Medieval Buildings, Brickwork and Guerilla art

Posted on August 11, 2012 by Cora

Wednesday, I took the daytrip by train to Hannover. Hannover is the state capital of my home state of Lower Saxony, nonetheless I get to go there very often and if I do, it’s mostly just passing through. I think … Continue reading →

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Cora comments on the Olympic opening ceremony

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Cora

Tonight I found myself in the company of a friend who wanted to watch the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics. Now I’m not a huge sports fan in general and have never cared about any Olympic Games, since to … Continue reading →

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