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Mondays every fortnight
at 10 am in Monks' Dyke Road
The German Group In what is becoming a regular feature of our year, for one meeting in December the German Group joined up with our equivalent from Market Rasen U3A. ‘Not too much work’ had been the plea from Market Rasen, so about 18 of us met at Martha’s home for a more social occasion. Louth members took turns to read German Christmas poems and stories, and having done our homework, were able to supply some ad hoc translation where appropriate. Martha interspersed these with recordings of Christmas music. Market Rasen planned to test our speed with German numbers, during a game of Bingo. Rachel & Ralph Hewes 13/12/09
TRANSMISSION FROM ACROSS THE NORTH SEA Peter Ormerod, an active member of our German Group, has obtained a satellite dish and a digital decoder to receive German T.V. Our group had the pleasure of viewing a transmission “Live” from Germany , and we were all impressed with the quality of the picture and the programmes. It is also possible to receive other European language channels in Spanish, French, Dutch; even the Arab channel ALJAZEERA, which also broadcasts in English. After a cup of coffee and biscuits at Peter's we were served an excellent lunch at the Windmill Hotel, Alford. Thanks to Peter and the rest of the group this turned out to be an informative and enjoyable meeting. Bis nächste mal ! Martha German Group At the German group we often discuss holidays and different areas of Germany. The flat we stayed in had a beautiful view over the Mosel valley and Herr and Frau Braun, the owners, lived downstairs and were very welcoming, even bringing us fresh bread rolls every morning for breakfast. Their English was very limited, but this was an extra bonus as I could make good use of the German which we practise at group meetings. The flat was very reasonably priced at 40 Euros per night, and eating out in Bernkastel was such good value- a meal for two with wine costing under 30 Euros- that we did no cooking in the flat!
An excellent holiday, which cost us less than many self-catering holidays we have had in England. If you would like to improve your German so that you can book holidays direct with German speakers, and get more out of stays in German speaking countries, come along to the German group. Ralph Hewes
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