One of my most hard-won visas is this "Auftenthaltstitel" for Germany. Having learnt German as a kid at primary school, and gone on with it through high school and university, I was desperate to live in a German-speaking country to have half a chance of getting a second language up to scratch (and …
Germany
Onion cake? Culturally satisfying Zwiebelkuchen
It's all about food today, because I'm feeling kind of peckish. I just came across this photo of our homemade Zwiebelkuchen and wanted to share it. My (German) husband’s not usually much of a cook, but he can turn out a mean Zwiebelkuchen. Literally translated, a Zwiebelkuchen is an onion cake, …
My top three castles: Bojnice, Osaka and Heidelberg
Coming from Australia, where castles don't really exist - well, except for the movie The Castle! - I've long been fascinated by these structures, right from when I was a kid and the Disney castle would show up on TV every Sunday night. And my sentimental yearning for the Disney castle is what has …