Category Archives: Deutsch
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Dem Deutschen Volke
Leave a commentJuly 14, 2017 by anelim
Patriotic urban sculpture / mosaic graffiti in front of the Reichstag in Berlin
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Verdammte Idylle
Leave a commentJuly 6, 2017 by anelim
Der Unterschied zwischen einer Großstadt und einer idyllischen Provinz im 21n Jahrhundert: Züge kommen nur jede 20 Minuten, kein elektronisches …
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Poor Ombré Umbrella
Leave a commentJuly 5, 2017 by anelim
Auf gepflegtem Fuß leben Oder ohne gepflegten Fuß sterben: Das ist die Frage Die sich Ombré Umbrella stellte. Seine Antwort …
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Denglish (avec Umlauts)
Leave a commentJune 30, 2017 by anelim
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How many consonants can you cope with?
Leave a commentJune 30, 2017 by anelim
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Long words
Leave a commentJune 22, 2017 by anelim
The Germans think this is a training in how to wash your hands so you don’t cause dysentery among the …
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One for the consonant clusters collection (or two)
Leave a commentMay 29, 2017 by anelim
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#foreignerfail
Leave a commentMay 13, 2017 by anelim
At a conference about women in science, I finally realised that the Fraunhofer Institut in Berlin has nothing to do …
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Impatient times
Leave a commentMay 12, 2017 by anelim
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Kafkaesque Comedy To A Cheery Tune
Leave a commentFebruary 5, 2017 by anelim
This song had me in stitches today. For those readers (and readerins) who do not read German, it is a …
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ANSWER: This building is…
Leave a commentDecember 19, 2016 by anelim
Not a mosque but an eccentric steam engine building in Potsdam commissioned by Friedrich the Great in the first half …
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Rule of law in the S-Bahn
Leave a commentDecember 1, 2016 by anelim
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Not a wedding invitation
Leave a commentNovember 22, 2016 by anelim
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Wer Sich Übt
Leave a commentNovember 4, 2016 by anelim
As I discovered after buying a second-hand skateboard two weeks ago, riding a skateboard isn’t at all like the proverbial …
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Winter is coming
Leave a commentNovember 1, 2016 by anelim
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Hochachtungsvoll
Leave a commentOctober 17, 2016 by anelim
Didn’t expect to have to use the word Hochachtungsvoll (yours sincerely, formal letter) and figure out how to write a strongly-worded letter …
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Berlin, Berlout
Leave a commentAugust 2, 2013 by anelim
Here is my post scriptum to Berlin. An early version of the first half is here. I. Today I land. …
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Verliebt in Berlin
Leave a commentAugust 1, 2013 by anelim
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Berlin, messages of love
Leave a commentJuly 29, 2013 by anelim
A collection of very different images which, I think, all share something.
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‘Geteilte Himmel – Getrennte Wege’
Leave a commentJuly 26, 2013 by anelim
One phrase from this film stuck in my mind and I post it today because it relates to my imminent …
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