I work in a college that educates teachers. The teachers practice in a school not too far from my house. Because I don’t quite get enough hours at the college, we decided I could also go to some lessons at the school. I’ve already taught two lessons there, introducing myself and such. The kids I […]
Saturday we went on a little walk. I’m starting a German course Monday and wanted to see where it is before actually having to go there. On the way down there, we went by a gas station called “Oil tower”, or in German: Turmöl. As usual, click for larger. I had to make the joke […]
New cheese time people! Mary Jo decided to get adventurous and got some goat cheese. How very exotic! I’m afraid that I’m not real sure on what to actually call this stuff. The label on the back calls it “Sennerei Zillertal”, which means something like “Ziller Valley Dairy”, so who knows if that’s the name […]
Something that’s continually surprising to me, no matter how many times it happens, is that the local grocery store run out of stuff. A lot. The most recent incident involved beans. We wanted some red kidney beans for a meal, but they were out. Well, at least we could get our cheap-o OJ. Turn around […]
Not much going on around here. I start doing things again on Tuesday. It’s been a really lazy few weeks. We went to the gym a lot, played some video games, and read. We didn’t go anywhere, even though it probably would have been a nice opportunity. Will got a haircut the other day; he […]
Well, besides the obvious German language thing, it appears that the content in Simpsons episodes differ as well. We’re watching The Boy Who Knew Too Much where Bart sees what really happens to a French waiter. All the regular episode is here, but there’s also a short scene added where Skinner and Willie give Lisa […]
We use the train a lot to get around Austria and into Germany. Most trains run about 140-160 kph. That’s about 87mph to 100mph. We were on a train the other day coming back from Munich that managed to get up to 195kph. That’s a whopping 121mph. That sounds fast, but there are faster trains. […]
The Christmas markets were replaced right before New Year’s Eve with little booths selling fireworks, and various pigs and mushrooms. Pigs and mushrooms are lucky in German-speaking cultures for reasons I don’t understand. We had plans to meet our friend Gretchen in Munich on New Years Eve, so I got her some lucky pigs. They’re […]
Because of our late goings on last night, we weren’t exactly early risers this morning. I think I was up at 9 or so and Mary Jo was awake and wandering about at 10:30. We did a little Internet browsing to get ourselves fully awake. Once we had the coherence to actually create full sentences, […]
Christmas is a big deal around here. There are big Christmas markets, public concerts and events, and lots of Krampuses… Krampi… whatever. We did our little thing for Christmas too, in lieu of the normal “family stuff”. We started Christmas Eve day with a grand plan for some cookie makings. Mary Jo particularly loves making […]