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This week’s recipe, Würzfleisch mit Pilzem (Pork ragout with mushrooms), comes from the “Niedersachsen and Bremen” section of the Echte Deutsche Küche cookbook. Niedersachsen is the northwest corner of Germany and has a North Sea coastline. The state of Bremen contains two cities, Bremen and Bremerhaven. This was one of the main ports where German emigrants left for […]
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I was working on some lateral branches of my family tree today and just discovered that I have a pair of third cousins named Patton and Rommel. I am very glad my dad didn’t do this to us (yeah, he just named us all Chris, so calls to our house went something like: May I […]
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there is something to be said for giving children slightly more unique names. In my family tree research of a great-great-something aunt Charlotte Griffith, I found that she married a guy named Thomas Clark who died in 1863 in Arkansas. Since he was born in Indiana and they lived in Iowa, I’m guessing he died […]
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Just saw this movie. It was B-O-R-I-N-G…
Heh, but ya know the jerk who becomes king and shortly thereafter gets captured by Saladin, then is paraded around sitting backwards on a donkey? Well, I’m descended from him. Yay me!
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Heute schreibe ich auf Deutsch, weil es mir gefällt. Jetzt könnt ihr sehen, wie schlecht mein Deutsch ist. Rainer sagt, daß ich “Sie” sage, als ich “ihr” sagen sollte, also heute übe ich.
Nach ein paar Wörter, besonders bei Ärzten, bekomme ich oft die Bemerkung, “Aber Ihr Name klingt Deutsch!” Mein Akzent ist offentsichtlich amerikanisch, aber mein […]
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I’ve rejoined the world! We have phone service again, but alas, no dsl. I woke up in the middle of the night with a migraine, which sucked. My migraine medicine also has the unpleasant side effect of making me feel like I have a full body bruise. It sucks, but it’s better than a migraine, […]
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This guy is the grandson of one of my ancestors. Nice huh?
From an article on wikipedia.com:Hugh (1286 - November 26, 1326) was sometimes referred to as “the younger Despenser”. He was the son and heir of Hugh le Despenser, Earl of Winchester, by Isabel Beauchamp, daughter of William de Beauchamp, 9th Earl of Warwick.
He was knight of […]
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Christina Geyer has lived in Germany since May 2002. She has lived in Berlin, Rostock, Potsdam, and has now settled pretty much permanently in the Regensburg area. In addition to blogging on AmiExpat.com, she founded the parenting site Mamas Worldwide. For more, see About Christina.
