Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Nov 26, 2009, 11:10 am
Germans are remarkably restrained when it comes to biscuits (that’s cookies to any readers from over the pond). For eleven months of the year, that is. As soon as Advent comes around, this chang...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Nov 6, 2009, 4:15 am

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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Nov 5, 2009, 11:30 am
This week I went with my visiting father and my youngest daughter to Wuppertal and took a ride on the Schwebebahn. My grandfather lived in Wuppertal around 1911 – and he had told my father abou...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Sep 20, 2009, 10:54 am
Today was finally time to pick the rest of the grapes. The vine grows all across the pigsty, which I use as an office… and across the front of the barn. In fact, if I don’t cut it back so...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Sep 19, 2009, 3:58 am
This is exciting! I was invited this week to be – get this – a special guest star on Graham Tappenden’s weekly News Quiz. Graham records a podcast of his quiz every other week under ...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Sep 19, 2009, 3:48 am
Next time the Düsseldorf city authorities decide to close one of the bridges over the Rhine for resurfacing, they should phone me first and check my schedule. On Thursday I had a speaking appointmen...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Sep 12, 2009, 8:03 am
The weather has been kind over the last week.  The autumn sunshine has started to bring some colour to my grapes. Of course we’ve been eating them non-stop. With around 600 bunches of grapes t...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Sep 2, 2009, 1:26 am
The good weather seems to be coming to an end.  While it lasted, our cats loved it. Sprawling in the sunshine with nothing better to do than sleep until the next mealtime. Early evening had the feel ...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Aug 30, 2009, 2:09 am
I spotted a deer the other day, lurking way up the far end of the orchard. I suspect he’d come to scrump windfall apples. I did take a picture… but as the camera’s flash was on, it&...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Aug 29, 2009, 11:34 am
We’re approaching that time of the year again. The grapes have been forming and now we have to see whether we get enough sun to ripen them. This year so far, everything is looking promising. W...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Aug 23, 2009, 4:42 am
Deutsche Welle is running a series about expat blogs in Germany and this week they’ve featured none other than Planet Germany! Do remember to click through to the podcast… where you can h...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Aug 22, 2009, 4:29 am
Most of the time when you travel, life doesn’t seem all that different from being in your own country. There are plenty of familiar things, like buses, trains, post offices, supermarkets, school...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Jul 18, 2009, 2:28 am
The hedgehog babies are proper teenage hedgehogs these days. Last night one of them strolled out of the undergrowth and lay down on our driveway and promptly fell asleep. Personally I suspect he̵...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Jul 12, 2009, 12:04 pm
This afternoon we had the chance to visit Düsseldorf artist Ellen Schweitzer in her studio. Ellen creates amazing art and sculptures using mirrors, glass and a wide variety of other materials such...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Jul 11, 2009, 2:06 am
I mentioned before that I’m growing my own vegetables this year. One of the things I wanted to do was pick varieties that I wouldn’t normally be able to buy in the shops – or at lea...
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Cathy D. posted an article on Planet Germany - Jul 4, 2009, 3:15 am
We’ve been having a heatwave for the past few days… glorious sunshine, tropical heat, still heavy air… and ingrates that we are, we’ve been cowering in the cool shade of the ho...
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