About Graham

Graham Tappenden is a British ex-pat who first came to Germany as a placement student in 1993, returning in 1995 to live there permanently. He has been writing for AllThingsGerman.net since 2006. When not writing blog posts or freelancing for the Oberurseler Woche and other publications he works as a self-employed IT consultant and online community manager. In 2016 he gained German citizenship.

A 175 year old success story

The local business association in Oberursel, “fokus O”, celebrated their 175 year anniversary last week. I was there for the Oberurseler Woche and my report made it onto the front page.

Click here to read the article (in German)

Eine 175-jährige Erfolgsgeschichte

Baustein der Erinnerung – a reading with Ulrike Dorn

This week in “Orschel2nite” I spoke with local author Ulrike Dorn about her new book “Baustein der Erinnerung”, containing stories from the lives of three generations of women:

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„Baustein der Erinnerung“ on Amazon.de

The prizes come later…

After the carnival procession in Oberursel, prizes are announced for the best costumes, best floats, and even for the best group with an often satirical look at a local political topic. But the prizes are not actually given out until several weeks later.

So last week I visited the price giving ceremony and my report is on page 9 on the Oberurseler Woche.

Click here to read it (in German).

Prese für die beste Fußgruppen und Motive des Taunuskarnevalszugs

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