German Friends: The Irish Times: Editorial Page (Letters To The Editor): Ireland Of The Welcomes
Sir, - My husband and I have just had the pleasure of the company of our German friends. We did our best to return some of the hospitality that they afforded my husband while he lived in their city.It is with great shame that I recount some of their experiences during their visit here. The were amazed at how dirty Dublin was, that so much litter was lying around. They were shocked at the prices in restaurants and in lodgings. B&B rates have almost doubled since their last visit...
German Friends: Cycle of life,
Nothing takes you closer to a country than hitting its roads on two wheels
TO GET to the heart of a country, cycling is unbeatable.Recently, I flew into Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, from Istanbul on a one-month visa that cost US$75 (S$121), together with two German friends.We fixed up our bikes at the airport and cycled out at 5.30am when the sun was just warming up the sky.It did not take too long to reach the city centre. We had little problem with the local signs since both my pals had studied Russian in then-East Germany.We stayed at a motel...
German Friends: 3 Were Not Kidnaped
An American woman and two West German friends were reported safe yesterday, the day after a previously unknown group claimed to have kidnaped them in Beirut. Police said they had not been abducted. The three - Deborah Fahrend, 54, of San Francisco; Mounir Shamseddin Sami, 39; and his 7-year-old son, Danjel, arrived in Cyprus yesterday."We are investigating to find out whether they were robbed or their passports were just stolen," a Beirut police spokesman said. A...
German Friends: Treacherous night on Rainier,
Bodies retrieved: 2 Oregon students, German visitor
When 21-year-old Keeta Owens and three German friends set out to ascend Mount Rainier via the treacherous Liberty Ridge route Saturday, they were among 256 climbers on the mountain. The weather was serving up a Northwest mix of rain, snow and clear skies, but forecasts called for conditions to deteriorate. The accuracy of those forecasts had dire consequences early Wednesday morning, when Owens and two of her fellow climbers perished in whiteout conditions high on the 14,411-foot...
German Friends: Four things to know about Birgit Klohs
-- There's no English allowed when Klohs and her German friends get together for coffee at the Wealthy Street Bakery every few weeks. "We yak away in German to hold on to our language," she said. Klohs also reads German books and magazines because "language is a living thing. It changes." -- For Klohs' 40th birthday, her staff created a Monopoly-type board game that incoporated the myriad misspellings of her name. They even...
