Audi Forum, Ingolstadt, Germany
Throwback Tuesday Post (TBTP) from 2013: Visiting the Audi Forum, the grand showroom and car museum of Audi carmakers: history and speed combined.
Scotch Whisky Tasting with ESL Students at Vom Fass in Bamberg, Germany
Throwback Tuesday Post (TBTP) from 2013: I organize a scotch whisky tasting at Vom Fass olive oil, vinegar and, of course, whiskey and other liquors in Bamberg, Germany. We learn the distilling process and taste some wonderful spirits.
Old School Beer Education in Bad Staffelstein, Germany
Teaching English here in Germany affords me a lot of information about the local dialect and traditions that tourists wouldn’t normally discover. And that’s why I’m here.
Here’s a good example. Two of the groups I’ve taught consisted of IT team managers at Deutsche Telekom, the German equivalent of AT&T or Verizon. I came to know them a couple of years ago and met with them almost every week on Thursday at their office building. We all grew to be friends.In the course of teaching them English, I was privileged to learn about their families, hobbies, projects and opinions. And last June they invited me and my husband for a “short walk” to a well-known local landmark, Staffelberg. I included quote marks in the previous sentence because a German’s idea of a short walk is vastly different from an American’s idea of one. However, they took it easy on us and we had a grand time.I made a slideshow out of some of the photos I took that day. Peep it:
Excursion to Staffelberg Germany with ESL Group from Karren Tolliver on Vimeo.
The first song in the slideshow is called the Frankenlied, or the Franconian Anthem, which sings the praises of the glorious local land. The second song is called Es Gibt Kein Bier auf Hawaii, or “There is No Beer in Hawaii,” in which the singer says his fiance wants to go to Hawaii for her honeymoon and he doesn’t want to go because there is no (German) beer there. So that’s why they are not married yet, after 12 years of engagement! One of the lines in the chorus is “Hula hula doesn’t make your thirst go away.” They taught me about these songs at dinner after our walk.
Teaching English in a Foreign Country (Germany this time)
A little hint of what it's like to teach English in a foreign country - namely, Europe/Germany. Here's an example of one of my classes and some commentary on this fun job.
German Idioms
A few German phrases that don't translate literally into English - plus their real meanings. A few photos of a German train station, too!