Showdown At Fehmarn
The Beltretter Petition Drive at the Burg Market Square. Photo taken in August 2016 Co-produced with sister column The Bridgehunter’s Chronicles Petition Drive to Stop the Construction of the Tunnel...
View Article2016 Christmas Market Tour Part I: Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
Photos taken in November 2016 Author’s Note: This is the first of several installments of the 2016 Christmas market series. To get full coverage of the author’s tours and other stories behind this...
View Article2016 Christmas Market Tour: Freiberg (Saxony)
The next Christmas market to visit on this year’s tour takes us to the far eastern part of Germany. Specifically, what we are talking about is the city of Freiberg in Saxony. Located between Chemnitz...
View Article2016 Christmas Market Tour: Flensburg
I would like to start off this tour with a story and a definition of the word punch. It happened at my cousin’s high school graduation reception in 1990 and I was 13. We had a large bowl of fruit...
View Article2016 Christmas Market Tour: Zwickau (Saxony)
The next Christmas market on the tour takes us back to the Erzgebirge Region- or should I say the gateway to the mountains to be specific? Zwickau is located in the southwestern part of Saxony, 17...
View ArticleFlensburg Second
Since Donald Trump has taken office as President of the United States, he has been keeping his promise of ensuring that America goes first before all other countries, thus upsetting not only his...
View ArticleAlexandra Back In Service
The Alexandra at the Dock Schiffsbrücke in Flensburg 109-year old passenger steam ship back in Flensburg Harbor after “Heart Transplant” in Husum. FLENSBURG/ HUSUM- It has been four months, since...
View ArticleGermany Quiz 8: Part II
After getting warmed up with the Sächsisch Deutsch, as shown in Part I of the Quiz (click here to get to the page) Part II takes us to the state of Saxony itself. Having spent quite a few months there...
View ArticleFlensburg Files Accepting Stories of Christmas’ Past
While Christmas is over five months away, it is the season that creeps up faster than any of the other holiday seasons of the year. It is also one that is laden with stories of presents, families,...
View ArticleIn School in Germany: Picture Games
To start off this article, I would like to offer a word of advice to teachers whose passion also includes photography: Take as many pictures as you can and keep as many as you can. You may never know...
View ArticleNur Bares Ist Wahres: Why Cash Is More Reliable Than Credit Card
Eidersperrwerk: The site of an unfortunate event. This is the first of a series on the Eiderstedt Region and St. Peter-Ording in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. Already some bridge articles...
View ArticleChristmas Market Tour 2017: Hof (Bavaria)
Little is known about the first stop on the Christmas market tour of 2017. Hof is located in Bavaria near the Franconian Forest and the Fichtel Mountains. The city of 47,500 inhabitants is located...
View ArticleLeipzig Book Convention 2018: No Record but Lots of Suspense
LEIPZIG- If there is one theme that would sum up the 2018 Leipzig Book Convention this past weekend, it would be suspense. While members of the committee had expected another record year with a...
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