I've finished my last Exam. What a feeling. I'm exhausted from the studying and stress but exhilarated its finally over. For better or worse, I will have a University Degree. After working in menial jobs for ten years, the achievement is sweet. I phone mum. Some background: My mum is German. She met my dad as a teenager on a school trip to the UK, they even...
Es ist ein schrecklich langweiliger Freitag Nachmittag. Meine Name ist Bernd, ich bin 20 Jahre alt und stehe kurz vor dem Abitur. Eigentlich sollte ich lernen, aber wir haben gerade gestern zwei Klausuren gehabt und ich könne mir einen Tag Pause. Meinen Freunden Fred, Peter, Clara und Sophie geht es da ähnlich. Fred und Peter sind ähnlich gebaut wie ich. Pet...
American readers may be inclined to think the following is a work of fiction, and if my wife ever reads it, I hope that she does, too. * Having landed in Frankfurt for a business meeting but having some hours to kill, I drove my rental car up the A5 north and east around the city to the nearby village of Burgholzhausen. At the edge of the village, between...
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It was a lovely midsummers day in Berlin. My wife and kids were away in Dresden for the week, visiting the grandparents and I had decided to visit a nude beach for the first time at the age of 45. Having grown up in the UK, it was a bit of a culture shock when we first moved here to witness the nonchalance with which East Germans get naked in public. Apparen...
During the summer of 1975 I took a working vacation to Germany to gather material for a couple of travel magazines I sold to on a fairly regular basis. Of course, I did all of the usual tourist spots along the Rhine and Mosel rivers in the hope that I could find an angle the other travel writers had not worked to death, but I knew I really needed something t...
I would like to thank Alexandra my editor for correcting my English and her wise remarks. Prologue I was planning my visit to a professional trade fair in Cologne in Germany. I do have a habit of spending one or two exhausting days in the fair and then allowing some quality time with myself, as due to our company's policy I travel alone. After surfing the...
Bevor dein Urlaub seinen Lauf nimmt, kannst du in den Einstellungen oben rechts (3 Balken) die Namen ändern. first_name = Jungenname last_name = Mädchenname Die 8 Inselgesetze von Eros Mindestalter: Das Betreten der Insel ist nur Personen mit einem Mindestalter von 18 Jahren gestattet. Kleidung: Bekleidung jeglicher Art ist verboten! Eine Ausnahme bildet da...
My life in England has suddenly turned a bit crazy, but in a good way I think! After that stupid Italian guy dumped me and I lost my job at the hotel I was nearly ready to give up and come back to Krakow, but one of my friends in London was nice enough to let me stay at her place for a couple of weeks to sort myself out. Anyway I was looking at Craigslist fo...
Introduction I am a consultant for a large international consultancy company and due to the nature of my job I have to travel a lot. As I work in a very special area I mostly don't have a team with me but travel completely alone. Travelling alone has its advantages as you don't have to wait for others and you can make your own plans regarding the choice of...