Soča Fidler, Ljubljana, Slovenia
This is our first letter to you and we hope to receive a word from you, too.
We are a group of Slovene ladies who are fond of English and enjoy travelling very much. Since our pensions are not too high, we prefer to stay within your big garden in case we need your help. [...] continue reading
Marlene Faul, Senior Student, Ulm
Even when I was a young girl, I was severely interested in foreign countries and people. As soon as 1953, when I was 16 years old, I travelled to Italy with a friend of mine. I continued travelling trough out my whole life, today I am 72. [...] continue reading
Kristina Ehrhardt-Westerhaus, Neckarstadt, Germany
“Are you serious?“ was the comment we heard from most of our friends and neighbours when we broke the news of our upcoming move from Feudenheim East to Neckarstadt West. More than a quarter of a century Wolfgang and I had been living with our three kids in a single family house in Feudenheim, a quiet suburb with a clear middle class structure – many doctors, psychologists, lawyers and teachers living there. [...] continue reading
Hanns Hanagarth, Senior Student, ZAWiW, Ulm
Walking through the streets of Lahr 60 years ago, one must have felt as in a French garrison city. Alright – this may be a little far fetched, especially since I was only 5 years old then and may thus not be the perfect judge. Lahr, a small town in the south German Baden between Freiburg and Strasbourg, was the domicile of [...] continue reading
Barbara Heinze, Senior Student, Ulm
A German-Russian seminar in Kursk
After a ten-hour bus ride we arrive in Kursk at midnight. It is dark, there is almost no lighting in the streets, it is cold. Stiff, after the long drive, we get from the bus. Outside, a group of 15 people, who have waited in the middle of the night for us and who are going to be our hosts, are welcoming us. [...] continue reading
Werner Toporski
Dear bridal couple (Anja and Marinko), dear friends!
You know, it is the very essence of marriage to join what is different. Two individuals form a couple, from which new individuals will emerge, now with a new combination of attributes, of characters. So far everything is as usual. However this wedding is not quite as usual. Take a look around: Not only are there Germans from all over the country; there are also many Croatians, your family, Marinko. There is Andrew, a Brit, who is married to your sister, Anja, about to move to the US, their daughter, our granddaughter is growing up bilingual. [...] continue reading