Last week I caught up with a former student of mine who had decided that instead of migrating to Australia, she would return home and start up life again there. Now, Australia's a nice place, but since her home is Berlin, I could totally understand this. Being one of my very favourite cities, I …
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Euro 2008 – Go Deutschland!
Did I not say, just a couple of weeks ago, that Germany would get to the Euro 2008 grand final? Well, technically speaking, I didn't, but that was the message behind my patriotic post. And look - Germany is in tomorrow night's Euro 2008 grand final!Before I get distracted, let me explain this …
How Australia’s becoming that little bit more European
When my (German) husband persuaded me that moving back to Australia was the right thing to do, he used a lot of arguments about the good weather, the friendly people,job opportunities and my family and friends being here. My counter-arguments (which obviously weren't quite as good) included not …