Archive for 'Culture'
Happy Halloween Posted by Sandra Rösner on Oct 31, 2011
The 31 October is very well known throughout the USA because it is Halloween – one of the most important holidays in the USA. The 31 October is also a holiday in Germany but unlike Americans we Germans celebrate, first of all, the Reformationstag (Reformation Day), which is a Protestant holiday. According to tradition, the…
Discussion: Occupy Wall Street Posted by jan on Oct 21, 2011
I know we had this just two days before… But it happened that Sandra and I prepared an article with the same topic at exactly the same time. She was a bit faster in publishing it 🙂 I just thought about deleting mine, but as I research more and more, the topic really seems to…
German movies: 23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint Posted by jan on Oct 17, 2011
Welcome back to another German movie that I want to introduce to you. This one might be not as bekannt (famous) as „Das Boot“, but nevertheless it is one of my favourite ones from Germany. It is called „23 – Nichts ist so wie es scheint“ and it could be translated as „23 – Nothing…
Der Lebenslauf – curriculum vitae Posted by jan on Oct 8, 2011
Maybe some of you might be in the situation to make an application for a job in Germany. Therefore I thought on helping you a little. So what does an application look like in Germany? Well, the answer is not that simple. It totally depends on the branch of trade you´re working for and, of…
Jugendsprache – Teenage Slang Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 30, 2011
People define themselves via the language they use. When young people reach puberty they try to distance themselves linguistically from their parents and other adults. This results in Jugendsprache (teenage slang). Jugendsprache develops fast because when the words have established within a linguistic system and even adults use the new created words in their speech…
Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser – The Reader, I Posted by Sandra Rösner on Sep 24, 2011
Als ich fünfzehn war, hatte ich Gelbsucht. Die Krankheit begann im Herbst und endete im Frühjahr. Je kälter und dunkler das alte Jahr wurde, desto schwächer wurde ich. Erst mit dem neuen Jahr ging es aufwärts. Der Januar war warm, und meine Mutter richtete mir das Bett auf dem Balkon. Ich sah den Himmel, die…
Drachenfest Posted by jan on Sep 13, 2011
Two weeks ago we had the chance to attend an event that is quite unusual. At least I didn´t see one like this before. It was called Drachenfest and it was all about Drachen (kites). The event took place on a big Wiese (hayfield) where hundreds of people met to fly their kites. Unfortunately…