We’re heading out tomorrow morning. Current itinerary – subject to change – looks something like this: Drive to Germany Spend a few days in Rheinland-Pfalz (staying with friends Uli and Sabine) Sun: Sabine and I fly to Rome Spend a few days in Tuscany (at Sabine’s place in San Francesco) Take the night train from …
It’s my blog and I’ll whine if I want to. It’s no secret that travel writing is my dream job. I’ve gone from joining a “travel writer’s network” – a club, really where my fees went into the pocket of the guy that arranged the press trips – to publishing a tiny handful of pieces …
I am here. You are not. Explain. Exemptions granted to those with medical and/or family related excuses.
We had planned to go to one of two destinations today, either Salzburg or up to Oberoesterriech. Husband called at nine to tell me that a house in Oberoesterriech had collapsed under the weight of the snow on the roof and region was cut off. Salzburg was doable, but also in the direction of the …
This post is from my ex-website on MSN. As I’m pondering mulitlingualism, it seems relevant again. Cool sidebar: Earlier this year, the foreign exchange program of a small university contacted me to ask if they could use an excerpt from this story in the materials they use to entice students to sign up for a …
Two weeks ago we’d dropped by the community college to talk with the German teacher about which class I should take. I was registered for advanced, but my grammar is crap and my book learnin’ is very rusty. The teacher suggested I sit in on both A2 – mittlekurs, and B2 – advanced. A1 had …