I spotted this card in the “late birthday” section of a local supermarket this week:
Happy Easter!
Oberursel Christmas Market 2010
December 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Last weekend Oberursel held its Christmas Market or Weihnachtsmarkt. It is a Christmas Market that I generally enjoy going to for a number of reasons. Firstly I can go by train and enjoy a Glühwein, and the prices are also reasonable compared to some of the other markets in the area.
My only complaint is that it is so early in Advent, that for the past few years it usually rained.
Not this year though. With temperatures around 0°C there was snow on the ground and a crisp chill in the air, making the Glühwein much more appropriate. I believe the number of stalls had increased, too. So many, in fact, that the local newspaper had a map in it with them all on. In the town centre there were apparently 121 stalls!. (That’s approximately one stall for every 350 residents). [Read more…]
Silvester & Wunderkerzen
December 31, 2009 By 1 Comment
Today is the last episode of our German Words Explained podcast, which has now been going for 160 episodes.
We talk about the topics that we covered, and in particular about the Käseigel. Back in June 2007 Maria promised to make one and 158 episodes later here it is:
Ein Käseigel
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To finish off the series, we explain the word Wunderkerzen.
So now, for the last time, listen to the podcast:
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
