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Christmas Countdown
... no tim tams?
On Thursday was Nikolaus Tag which is a day where a man dressed as Santa Claus comes with his sack and golden book with the Christkind. He reads out each child's name and the naughty and nice things that they've done over the year and awards them with a present. There were a lot of people that came over for dinner and everyone got a small gift. Its a pity I didn't grow up in Germany, I could have ...
Extreme Randomness
... people from our class who weren't continuing along to the next course. Only Lin, Kiran and Nikolaus re-enrolled so we merged classes with the other group and added a few new faces as well. I'm still learning my Der, Die and Das with a handful of Den, Dem, Am, Um Zum and Zur thrown in for good measure. It sure is the right way to learn a language. I can't imagine coming so far learning in Australia. Mein Kopf tut weh, aber mein Deutsch ist ...
European Girls
... since we are so young!). So what did we do? On Saturday morning we awoke rather earlier and traveled to the famous university town Heidelberg, which may be now one of my favorite cities in Germany. The architecture is very romantic and beautiful and there is a very impressive castle that towers over the city and the Old Bridge that crosses the Neckar River. We wandered through Old Town and ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... so was pretty warm for this time of year. I was hungy so we stopped to eat a 0.5m long bratwurst which for 5 Euros wasn't so bad. Christian was feeling hungry and ate 3 times as much as everyone else. Hot chestnuts are also popular at this time of year, but can be expensive. Tania ate a Germknödel which is a sweet yeast dumpling filled with sugary goodness. After taking a look at everything, we headed away to find ...
Aurbach and Alsbach Castles
... what I do find is in German. Through rough translating I know that it was once owned by six people. It was robbed and burned. At one point it was owned by the Count of Diez in the 1500's (yes, the same Diez where my family is from). It eventually fell into disrepair and is now in ruin, however, there is still a beer garden in the castle.
We were practically the only people at the castle, so the boys had a great time running around this ...
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