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Budni got rid of plastic bags. Thank you!

Tweet One step forward for the environment! Too few of us are aware of the devastating impact plastic waste has on the oceans and nature in general. Plastic bags rank high as a polluting factor, especially given that
January 05, 2015
Comment Downton Abbey a commencé : les tribulations d’une cuisinière anglaise
French article
Tweet Des bouquins pour les Fêtes, j’en ai eu une tripotée ! Je devrais avoir de quoi couvrir mon blog pour le premier trimestre 2015… Mais bon, comme j’étais en France et que c’est rare que j’ai accès à autant de livres de poche à la fois, je me suis
December 28, 2014
We love Thomas Raphaël! Le Bonheur Commence Maintenant.

Tweet Thomas Raphaël writes girly books. That’s what you’d think by looking at the book cover. It is sort of true but his two books (La vie commence à 20:10 and Le bonheur commence maintenant) are the cutting-edge of what girly books can be. Mostly because there is so much more to them.
December 12, 2014
Language learning tool: Lernkrimi

Tweet Since I’ve been living in Germany, I’ve been working on learning German (very urgent) and Spanish (for fun). My local library has a lot of resources for languages (even for Slovak or Swahili!) and I ran into
December 08, 2014
How to order Glühwein (and so much more) in Hamburg

Tweet Winter’s finally here in Hamburg! Cold, grey, windy and foggy, this winter is starting late but harsh. Fortunately, the numerous Christmas markets, disseminated across the Hanseatic City, help us
December 01, 2014
Guide de traduction pour le marché de Noël à Hambourg
French article
Tweet Neige, vent, glace, grêle, froid, grisaille ! Youpi, l’hiver arrive ! Et le meilleur moyen de fuir la dépression hivernale quand on a pas les moyens (ou l’envie) de s’exiler à Avoriaz est
November 29, 2014
Swedish is on Duolingo!

It’s still on beta but it is now available as one of the 9 languages you can learn on the language learning platform.
November 27, 2014
Alundra – the game in which hardly anyone survives

I just finished playing Alundra again, a Zelda-like classic released on PSX in 1997. It’s a pretty fun game, developed in a very similar way Landstalker on Megadrive was (I just read it was the same development team) The main difference with Zelda is that you can jump (!) and it actually makes the game […]
November 16, 2014
The real Hallowe’en is in Germany

It’s dreadfully spooky. It makes you feel like you’ll never make it. It can take a whole day. It’s like torture but you cannot escape it. It’s every year in October in Germany.
October 03, 2014
Et soudain, Mésuline devient noir
French article
La série Mélusine, c’est mon enfance avec Boule et Bill, Astérix et Natacha, hôtesse de l’air. Même se je ne suis guère plus les autres, je restte un inconditionnel de Mélu et emporte ma série d’albums avec moi. Ils ont déjà vu la France, l’Irlande et l’Allemagne !
September 05, 2014