Germany is still a divided country! What? The wall has been down since 1989!! Yes, you’re right, but there is still a deep division running through Germany splitting not the East from the West but the North from the South: the potato salad line! Every year with the arrival of Spring the BBQ season gets ...
For me, nothing cures my homesickness for America like a cheesecake! Not the German Käsekuchen kind with curd and a yeast crust, but good old cookie crust with cream cheese filling and the flavor of the season cheesecake. So I have decided to share a series of seasonal cheesecakes with you in the upcoming weeks and ...
With over 4,500 exhibitors, the Ambiente consumer-goods fair offers an unrivalled overview of the world market in terms of breadth and depth. Over a period of 5 days, it attracts around 140,000 trade visitors every year who come to the Ambiente to view the goods and place their orders. It is the mirror of the ...
Oh winter sun there you are!!! You have been hiding for weeks and weeks. Bogging me down with grey, making me weary, with dark thoughts and a muddled mind. Sending me out aimlessly along my days, shuffling and head down instead of looking up and skipping along with a smile. But today you rose ...
Glühwein means “glow wine” in German, coming both from the glowing cheeks you get from drinking it and the glowing warmth you have inside after drinking it. Using white wine instead of red in Glühwein has become quite popular at German Christmas markets during the last few years and has always been the first choice ...
How important are local cultural centers to urban living? VERY!!! Hafen 2 in Offenbach states of itself: “Hafen 2 (meaning ‘harbor 2’) is a wild combination of artistic space, petting zoo, concert hall, café, arthouse cinema, meadow, art studio and house club. There is no term of just one word to name it appropriately. For ...
Away again?? Yes I know I just returned from Girona and the Costa Brava in Spain, were my husband Ludger and I launched our new travel blog www.personaltravel.biz . This new blog aims to combine travel ideas for above and below water. A way to share our travels adventures past, present and future and to suggest ways ...
When I awoke this morning at 09:10 it was pouring rain, only 18 ° Celsius with strong slashing winds, the men had already swum 2.4.miles / 3.86 kilometers and most had also already completed 67 kilometers of the 112 mile / 180.25 kilometers, and the women an avaerage of 60 kilometers. I look out ...
Culinarily speaking, Bavaria is known for it’s hearty food such as pig knuckles and beer. Yes, beer is a food in Bavaria. Whereas Frankfurt am Main also referred to as Mainhattan because of its bank skyscrapers, is part of Hesse, and it is known throughout Germany for it’s Apfelwein (applewine) and it’s Grie Sooß – ...
What kind of questions do you ask a Rose Queen? How do you milk a cow? What new mustard and vinegar combinations are available? Can you and your children recognize vegetables by their smell? Is Swiss cheese lactose-free? Did you know that you don’t need to travel to Italy to get good boar salami you ...