North German salad dressing advertises new ranch dressing on Times Square (or is this fake) www.zum-dorfkrug.de/ranch-akt…
I’m not saying I listen to music not appropriate for my age, but Spotify just recommended a “Teen Beat” playlist for me.
Misunderstanding with our accountant. She told us to send her some private receipts in two binders (Ordner), which I packed up and sent by post. She actually meant zip files of two folders (also Ordner). 🤷♂️
Wenn das Liebe ist - Nina Chuba open.spotify.com/track/1E7…
From the official McD Germany instagram. Are we going to have to change our signage? 😀 www.instagram.com/p/DLrM58L…
In Hamburg, but both our trains have been cancelled and nothing seems to be going to Berlin. We’re giving up, going back home and will drive to Dresden.
Thinking of the secretary at the Balkan employment agency we work with. Her favorite German word is Scheißegal (shit don’t matter).
With the dry weather we’ve got the grill shelter mostly stained. We’d be almost done if she didn’t want to paint the posts black. 😀
Weeks like this I’m glad I didn’t follow my schoolboy dream for a career in foreign policy. #Israel #Iran
Lorde/ What Was That music.youtube.com/watch
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Our new grill shelter, inspired by Pinterest, designed and built by our neighbor who loves building things, so we let him. 😀
My wife’s birthday was today and when we got home from biking and dinner our son was here and we talked for two hours and that was the best part the end.
“They go from house to house, asking for donations for the “injured” Pingstbüdel (who had supposedly broken a leg, and the doctor only treated him in cash—although sweets to ease the pain were also accepted). At the end of the parade, the “spoils” are divided fairly.”
“In many villages in the Lüneburg Heath, a children’s parade takes place on Whitsunday morning, with a handcart decorated with birch branches and flowers. The cart is occupied by the “Pingstbüdel,” usually a preschool-aged boy. The rest of the group consists of other children aged 4 to 14.”
Tonight is “Pfingstbaumpflanzen” in our village. Translated from Wikipedia: Whitsun tree planting is practiced primarily in Lower Saxony. Young birch trees are planted in front of front doors. The custom is often accompanied by singing and the consumption of alcohol. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfin…