“Don’t be such a plague!”: A Selection of German False Friends for English Speakers

I wrote about false friends way back when in a post in 2016. You can read up on it here. In that post, I went over some basic words you might hear in Germany, such as Handy (mobile phone) and Gift (poison). Seen as I haven't wrote a language post in a while, I thought I'd write…

November and December 2015 in pictures (and an apology…)

Dear readers, Long time, no see! And by long time I mean about half a year... oops. I don't really know what got in the way. Christmas, Spanish classes, Walking Dead... and generally working life. Life seems to kind of fly by when you get stuck in a routine. Just this evening I got a…

Braunschweig and Hannover – Business Trip Style

It took me a lot less time than expected to get back to Niedersachsen, but I managed it, and all thanks to my work. My company's headquarters is in Braunschweig (or if we're going to properly stick to English, "Brunswick"), and I was sent there on a 3-day training course for a couple of the…

The end of another chapter.

Hello readers, both new and old (hoping I get at least one person who's reading who read my previous blog, not including my mum)! I'm going to start this off with a very brief introduction for those new readers - I'm Dan (as you've probably guessed from the blog title), and as of 3 days…