Although the title might indicate it, this article is not about former Eastern Germany, where queuing and sharing was part of daily life. This article is rather about cultural differences connected with queuing and sharing. Although the event as such was not enjoyable, we were able to experience almost missing a flight due to problems … More About queuing and sharing
Today I am going to share some english expressions I have learned. Hoist with one’s own petard, means that one is injured by the device that was intended to injure others. Write in Janet and John style, mean write it easy like for kids. Have a memory like a sieve. This one needs no explanation as … More English Lessons – session 2
As it seems, I am not quite lucky in my interactions with banks. The story started when I was going to open a second bank account. One might think, why would they need a second bank account. But when you are getting paid in Stirling and have to pay certain costs in Euro, you soon … More Another story about banking
As some of you perhaps know I have a strange fascination for scientific and odd creatures (no, this doesn’t include Alexander – they are dead mostly). Therefore I took my chance tonight and went to the late exhibition of the Natural History Museum and booked a ticket for the ‘behind the scenes’-tour. We already did this tour … More A true love story
Follower of our blog may remember that we unsuccessfully planed to see a ballet on Valentine’s Day (see blog entry of 14 Feb). Just to let you, we finally enjoyed the ballet on 14 March. This Blog entry, however, is not about the ballet but about British Theatre Habits. Firstly, Brits do eat in an ordinary theatre … More British Theatre Habits
Getting a National Insurance Number – or just NINo – is an important task for settling in the UK. To some reason, I was accidently thinking that my employer would organise the NINo for me. Especially as I have not yet received any reminder for providing the NINo. But after my February payslip has not … More Getting a National Insurance Number
The days we’ve waited for so long had eventually come: The fifth season! On Wednesday before ‘Weiberfastnacht’ we took a plane to Cologne and were picked up at the airport by Andrea and Michael, which were so kind and generous to host us for the next six days and nights. But this wasn’t just hostig … More Halleluja, halleluhuja, haaaalleeeluuujaaa!
As you probably know we received the message that Alexander will be employed with PwC in London at our wedding in September. Therefore we decided on our honeymoon which we spent in the lovely Lake District (yes, again!) to become members of the National Trust, an organisation which takes care of the preservation of historic … More A nice day out
There are certainly some places in London which can be fascinating as well as cause nausea like the chamber of horrors at Madame Tussauds for example. But you don’t need to pay one single penny for this strange combination of feelings if you visit the Grant Museum of Zoology. Since I had some hours left … More Fascination and nausea
They get very happy when they recognize that the ‘Sleeping Beauty’-ballet at the Royal Opera House which they booked in January takes place on February 14th coincidentally. They send each other an electronic invitation via e-mail because they don’t want to miss the day. They agree a convenient meeting time 1,5 hours before the event. … More When the Kunkels have a Valentine’s date
Two years in London 