It was my birthday at the weekend.
On Friday my husband suddenly announced that he was taking me for an impromptu weekend trip to Bruges in Belgium - so we flung a few clothes into a bag and off we toddled.
If anyone hasn’t visited Bruges… it’s one of those things you must do before you die. [...]
I was sent some lovely emails today which came from the pupils and staff of the Maria Theresia Gymnasium in Augsburg, where class 11b have been reading Planet Germany as a set text.
This is, of course a moment of mixed emotions for me. To start with, looking back on my own school days, I wonder [...]
Planet Germany seems to be on a roll at the moment. Expatwomen.com have just featured it on their front page with a full-length interview with yours truly.
I’m also very excited that Planet Germany is featured on the front page of Buch7.de - which is an online bookstore I would recommend to anyone living in Germany. [...]
This is an exciting moment for me. My book, Planet Germany, has been reviewed in the Telegraph. (You have to scroll down a bit to find the right bit).
I think I might raise a glass of something bubbly tonight.
Thank you everyone!
G posted a meme asking me to reveal what’s on my shelves. I’ve never had one of these before… but I discover that a meme is a bit like a parlour game. G revealed her shelves in response to Slouching Mom’s show and tell. Slouching Mom was acting under orders from Niobe. I [...]
This is a new experience for me…. what with all the PR around Planet Germany, I’m used to the language of book reviews and Amazon blurb. But all of a sudden, I’ve started being written up in the popularist press.
Great PR! I’m really pleased of course.
But will I ever get used to the way I’m [...]
One of the questions I get asked a lot since I wrote Planet Germany is whether the incidents described in the book actually happened. I mean, surely not. Nobody’s household is that chaotic.
Like the time I tried to have a party and made hot curry for an entire legion of Germans. You know, the [...]
