If not, this little video might push you to sign up for your first Dutch lessons... ...it's the 7th and one-before-last part of a hilarious web-series by Dutch director, actor and puppeteer Eva van Heijningen. Under the pseudonym Evita Schwarz she took on the challenge to direct against renown Dutch-American director Paul Verhoeven: a script, … Continue reading Do you speak Dutch? – A Puppet-Porn.
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Winter
When it's freezing cold in your bathroom in the morning, and you just came out of bed, and it's weekend, and you're trying to flush, but there's not water - you know the builders back in 1937 made some mistake, when putting the cold water pipes in to the outside wall without insulation and you … Continue reading Winter
Mornings, brains & Courgette Tartelettes
Was it a cat I saw? - Professional networking platforms, food and fun mornings brain steam.
Old School.
I screened a movie today at my old school: The KRG Neustadt. In Germany we spent 9 years at highschool: from age 10-19. I learned Latin, I met boys, I did politics. Strolling the yard of your old school ... it feels strange... some teachers look younger than you are... the trees grew...barriers prevent everybody … Continue reading Old School.
“Soccer is like Chess – only without the dice”
German soccer players are fun. and they talk funny, even funnier than fun. The German national team is important: TheWikipedia entry of Deutsche Nationalmannschaft is available in 57 languages - certainly important for soccer fans is the fact, that one of these languages is "Simple English" (soothing that "bread" has in 116 languages wiki-entries, one … Continue reading “Soccer is like Chess – only without the dice”
Grosse Sause im Neuen Hause
Not the first time I am sorry about the un-translatability of some very exquisite and in this case even slightly and very beautifully indeed oldfashioned words the German language has to offer... ...Few of my friends - Brazilian, American, Israeli, Italian - started already language courses - I swear I do not get a share … Continue reading Grosse Sause im Neuen Hause
Bavarian Wonderworld.
Just to make one thing clear: the Franks ruled the area around Munich as well as vast parts of Bavaria, having it in their tough Merovingian grip as part of their Eastern territory: Austrasia. ...till about AD 800, when out of the bushy woods climbed* the Bavarians and started complaining. Which is what they love … Continue reading Bavarian Wonderworld.
Find the Award…
Especially for my friend Jaromir Zezula, here a little hide-and-seek: Find the Award - it is a large sculpture and should be not to hard to spot in my rather not so large place. Enter the competition by leaving a comment with a description of the place, you spotted in the picture as the location … Continue reading Find the Award…