For the Americans (and Canadians) among you, pumpkin pie is a clear staple of the Thanksgiving dinner table. And back home, with the help of a can or two of Libby’s pie filling, a frozen crust, and some Cool Whip, baking a pumpkin pie is relatively simple. But if you’re trying to celebrate Thanksgiving while …
Since I visited the Bremer Freimarkt for the first time last week, I also didn’t want to miss out on the highlight of the whole Freimarkt — the parade! And even if I hadn’t been in the mood for a parade, my current apartment is near the parade’s staging area, so I would have been …
Despite the fact the the Bremen Freimarkt has been around for nearly 1000 years, and holds the claim to being the oldest fair in Germany, I had never visited until this past week. Held every October since the year 1035, today the Freimarkt is a carnival full of rides and games and food. (I was …
One of the (many) things I love about the German language is how apartment buildings are referred to as “houses”. For a language rich in precision, it’s surprising to me that there really isn’t another word that tries to distinguish a freestanding house from an apartment building (that I’ve ever heard, but correct me if …