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World Cup fever!

I has the World Cup fever. I has it bad. I was in Germany in June 2006, during the last FIFA World Cup. Having grown up playing sports, the daughter of a sports-obsessed father (rather equal opportunity, actually, in his enthusiasm), it was only natural that being in the host country of the 2006 World [...]

Grillabend!

(I am still attempting to play post-catch-up. Here’s a new one!) Freitag, 21 Juli We all met at Goethe at 5:45 to head over to the Isar River together as a group. Mary and I had met at 4:45 to go to Tengelmann’s, the grocery store, to purchase steaks and wine. We found some delicious [...]

Oper und Olympiapark!

Samstag, 8 Juli 2006: Saturday was a rather leisurely day. I spent the morning and early afternoon attempting internet, then at 4pm met at the Institut for the Opera. We took the U-Bahn to Odeonsplatz, which is pretty much one stop north of Marienplatz, and got out into the gorgeous afternoon sunlight, surrounded by beautiful [...]

Stammtisch: the single German word for “people having fun and being loud at a table.”

Thus starts the first of my many catch-up posts. Click to the left as you go to find the post you haven’t read yet, as it’ll be the easiest way to keep track. So last night was the Stammtisch, which as far as I can translate from “Stimme” and “tisch” means something like “people having [...]

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