From the monthly archives:

July 2008

Video Wednesday: Laaber Buergerfest 2008

July 30, 2008

Sunday was the local town festival, and I thought I’d give you a sample of what you might see at a typical Bavarian fest. And what would our little Bavarian be without his Lederhosen?

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Barack Attack!

July 27, 2008

I’m guessing that if you hadn’t heard Obama was in Berlin last week, you probably live under a rock and are therefore not reading this blog. I really wanted to go to the speech, but had to watch it on television instead. In retrospect, it was a really good speech, but when I was watching [...]

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It’s been awhile

July 26, 2008

Lots has happened since I last posted. Oliver had his first birthday and made his first Baby Sign (hungry), Obama spoke in Berlin, Laaber is having a Bürgerfest (I’ll be heading off there in a little while). I also went through a bad case of food poisoning, but I’m back up and at ‘em again. [...]

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Spirit Asia in Nürnberg

July 18, 2008

Spirit Asia, the biggest Asian Open Air festival in Germany, is taking place in Nürnberg this weekend. Anyone interested? Off to baby swimming, a hair cut, and lunch with the gals today.

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Video Wednesday: Oliver feeds Charlie

July 17, 2008

I know, it’s a day late! I meant to put this up yesterday, but ran out of time (and Rainer was hogging the computer watching lectures from iTunes U – eigenvectors are ganz cool!) Anyways, Oliver is walking and I spend all my time chasing him now. Hopefully I’ll have time to post something again, [...]

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Video Wednesday: German rabbits go into hiding

July 9, 2008

There’s a rabbit killer on the loose in the Ruhrgebiet. In the last year, over 30 rabbits and an unnamed number of chickens have been found decapitated and drained of blood, the blood and heads taken from the scene by the killer. Rabbit owners and breeders in the area have taken to hiding their beloved [...]

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Can you pass the German citizenship test?

July 8, 2008

Spiegel.de asks, “Sind Sie reif, ein Deutscher zu sein?” (“Are you ready to be German?”). Starting in September, foreigners wishing to obtain German citizenship will have to answer at least 17 out of 33 questions correctly on the politics, history, geography, and law of Germany in order to qualify for citizenship. I made it, scoring [...]

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