Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby or He's not coming back!
Our kindergarten takes a three week holiday in summer. I didn't know that. Is that normal? Reading the notice I had a ...
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Achtung Baby or Bingo Wings
Admittedly, my theory was a little rose-tinted and Enid Blyton-esque. It was lashings of ginger beer and a world without bad ...
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Achtung Baby or Unfair?
Glow worms are insanely cute. I experienced their captivating charm for the first time last week whilst watching the footie ...
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Achtung Baby or "What do we want?"
I'd never been on a demonstration until I moved to Germany. Whether it's the Teutonic influence, my husband's persuasion or ...
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Achtung Baby or Yes sir that's my baby
My dad, when he really wants to turn our stomachs, refers to me and my brother as "The Product of his Loins". I still find ...
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Achtung Baby or You can take the girl out of Oldham...
I won't bore you with the detail but I do have a few points of contention with Finje's kindergarten. Suffice it to say, in my ...
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Achtung Baby or You eat what?
You get a pretty good idea of the kind of day to expect when your daughter stomps out of kindergarten, big grin, mucky face ...
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Achtung Baby or It's in the can
Things are happening in our village. Seriously exciting things. And no, I don't just mean the "exceptionally good" crop of ...
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Achtung Baby or Cool insults
Believe it or not Germans have it in the bag when it comes to jocular insults. Pleasingly, the type I'm talking about are ...
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Achtung Baby or England, where the women pee like German men
Here's something you probably don't (want to) know: In Germany the men sit down to pee. Having lived here for eight years and ...
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Achtung Baby or You're sending me where?
Finje is only four but I worry sometimes that her occasional moments of obstinacy which usually involve a lot of hand-on-hip, ...
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Achtung Baby or Come on...erm..
I like football and, according to my friend, I'm starting to get "inappropriately excited" about The World Cup later this ...
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