Sunday, August 24, 2008

Fußball? Nein. Limonade? Ja!

This was one of the first lines from my ALM German 1 textbook, circa 1980. Luckily, the German I learned in two years of high school and one semester in college has somehow come out to help me in times of need.

Upon our arrival in Frankfurt, we hopped a couple of trains to Bacharach, a picture-postcard-perfect town on the Rhine.



From Bacharach we headed by ferry up the Rhine to St. Goar, taking in the sights of all the various castles along the way, as well as the famous Lorelei rock. At St. Goar we visited Rheinfels Castle.



From St. Goar we took the train to Köln, and stopped to see the cathedral. From there we got right back on the train and headed to Dormagen/Zons, the sight of the wedding festivities. Koby was a "flower boy", and was appropriately dressed up for the occasion.




The wedding was beautiful—we expected no less from project manager Rebecca and engineer Felix. We had a fantastic time, but finally had to leave the festivities around midnight, when the disco portion of the evening was just getting underway.



We just arrived in Berlin, in the rain, and are looking forward to exploring the city over the next couple of days.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

very nice! hahahahaha

notmtwain said...

I found your blog because of a seach for "Fussball? Ja! Limonade? Nein.". For some reason that stuck in my head from the textbook too and I thought of it this morning as Germany is in the midst of World Cup fever. Isn't it funny how brains work? (I guess I had it backwards.)

Anonymous said...

Fussball? Nein. Limonade? Ja
Was machst du heute? Ich spiele Fussball, kommst du? Nein, ich glaube nicht. Du verlierst so oft den Spiel. Meinst du dass, oder sagst du dass nur so? Wohin gehst du jetzt, Helge. Ich gehe nach Hause. Trinskt du eine a Limo mit mir? Ja.

Anonymous said...

Was machst du? Ich ube Geige. Bist du muede? Ja.

Anonymous said...

Wohin geht Peter? An den See. Wo ist Monika? Im boot....O, Mutti! Dieser Pulli kostet nuer fuenf Mark! NICHT SCHLECT! Mochest du ihn fuer dich kaufen?...yeah, that's about it for ALM German.

Anonymous said...

Oh oh oh, wait! The daughter's answer...Und wie!

Unknown said...

Fussball 9-Limonade 10. Limonade edges-out Fussball yet again to maintain its unbeaten record.

David Kuhn said...

Lol!

Anonymous said...

You are great to remember so much of “Fußball nein.” I taught that dialogue for 7 weeks in my student teaching assignment and barely remember it. I’m better, however, on “ Der Briefträger Kommt.” Lol