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For myself I am an optimist – it does not seem to be much use being anything else. —Winston Churchill

Fractured Fairytale

Posted on 29 May 2011 by amandalindsey

Today I was serenaded by a stranger. Sounds terribly romantic doesn’t it. It would have been perfect had it not been a stranger, rather the love of my life, unfortunately though he is all the way back in Australia though, so … Continue reading →

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Getting direct with the Germans

Posted on 23 May 2011 by amandalindsey

An older man just followed me on his bike. I wasn’t making haste, I had plenty of time to get where I was going so I was meandering. I sensed that there was a bike moving slowly behind me and … Continue reading →

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Things I’ve learnt from random men in buses…

Posted on 13 May 2011 by amandalindsey

It sounds odd, I know it does. Particularly as older German natives are generally less forthcoming when it comes to conversing with strangers. It seems though that when you do something they consider so completely and utterly stupid (demonstrating, in … Continue reading →