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New Year Greetings
Though the blog has been a little silent lately we have not. Christmas and New Year’s kept us quite busy and a good time was had by all. If you did not receive an email with our digital Christmas card this year firstly, please accept my sincere apologies (I tried to get everyone!) and secondly,…
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Consider Columbus
For those not in the field of scientific endeavour (or indeed other forays into investigating the unknown) here is a quick working definition of what it is all about. Research, n.: Consider Columbus: He didn’t know where he was going. When he got there he didn’t know where he was. When he got back he…
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German Schools: Arrrrgggh!
Well where to start on this contentious topic? Having come from the progressive education system in Australia and taking it for granted I have found German schools not wholly to my liking. Why you may ask? The first surprise: school is only a half day, starting at roughly 8 o’clock and finishing somewhere between 11:30am…
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Summer Holiday 2005, Part III
10 AugustDaytrip to Venezia (Venice). I was very excited to be visiting Venice. We drove to a parking lot on the mainland (less expensive than the few on the islands) and caught a bus over the bridge. From here we caught a water bus (vaporetto) close to San Marco — the main square in Venice…
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Summer Holiday 2005, Part II
Apologies for the long time between posts but here is the second part of our trip to München and Italia. There will probably have to be yet another sequel — to round out the trilogy — before we are done with all we want to say and you are moved to tears (pick your reasons…
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Joshua’s Leisure Time
SportsGermans play some interesting sports such as table tennis, handball, soccer/football and tennis. Table tennis is a rather unserious leisure sport that we play during the break at school. There are four big slabs of concrete on concrete stands with a steel net and white lines marked on the concrete slabs. These are our tables…
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Summer Holiday 2005, Part I
This is the first part of the report on our summer holiday to München (Munich) and northern Italy. Apologies for the formatting. All the photos here (including larger versions and a few more) are available at our photo page at Flickr. More from the holiday will be added a bit later. We’ve also tried to…
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Holiday Plans: Summer 05
Just quickly, we are planning a trip for the summer down to Italia via München. The itinerary at this stage is: 1/8 Depart to München (Munich) 2/8-4/8 See München, including the Deutsches Museum. 4/8 Depart to Lago di Garda in Italia via Schloss Neuschwanstein (Joshua’s request). 4/8-12/8 Enjoy relaxing at Lake Garda, probably at Manerba…
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Recent Events: 27 June 2005
We recently had a friend from Australia, Kali, come and stay for a few days. She was studying in the US for a term and then touring England and Germany for a little while. She’s been to Europe a number of times before but never to our part. Though it was a short visit, she…
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Going Dutch
Even though we are living in Germany[1], I am employed by a Dutch organisation, FOM. For foreigners coming into the Netherlands, they invite you to a Dutch language and customs course. This is to help you assimilate and acclimatise and so even though I spend very little time in the Netherlands I was obliged to…