French national Hélène Beaugy came to the UK as part of an Erasmus exchange during her studies for a BA in Language and Cultural Studies at the University of Dijon. Following a 10-year career in language teaching, whilst completing an MA in French and Spanish at the University of Northumbria, Hélène decided to take the [...]
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Experience Northumbria Tours – in French, Spanish or English
Posted in Culture, Sport & Leisure, Travel on February 20, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Getting ready for Christmas
Posted in Events organised by Others, Food & Drink, Stammtisch, Travel on November 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas is only just over a month away and here are some events and activities that you might enjoy in the run up to the festive season: There is, of course, our own Christmas Stammtisch on Monday, 12 December at the Mansion House in Jesmond. Starting at 7pm with a Glühwein reception, our dinner includes [...]
German Christmas at the Mansion House
Posted in Business, Events organised by Others, Food & Drink, Stammtisch, Travel on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We now have a date for our Christmas Stammtisch. On Monday, 12 December the Mansion House in Jesmond will host our traditional German Christmas Dinner from 7pm. You can look forward to a Glühwein reception, Hühnerleberpastete mit Zwiebelmarmelade (chicken liver pate with onion marmalade), Champignon-cremesuppe mit Mandeln (mushroom crème soup with almonds), Gebratene Weihnachtsgans mit [...]
Oktoberfest @ The Broad Chare – Tuesday, 11 October
Posted in Food & Drink, Languages & Communications, Restaurants, Stammtisch, Travel on October 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have just found out Terry Laybourne and his team will run a ‘Oktoberfest’ at their gastro pub ‘The Broad Chare’ down at the Quayside from 10 October for one week. They have a fabulous menu on offer and on top of that will stock the award winning WEST Brewery beer, brewed in Glasgow according [...]
Beer Festival Time
Posted in Events organised by Others, Food & Drink, Networking, Restaurants, Stammtisch, Travel on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We’re currently planning our next few events for autumn/winter time. As it’s been a while since we met, I thought why not just attend one of the local beer events. Popolo’s in Newcastle (Pilgrim Street) currently have an Oktoberfest Beer Menu, which includes Augustiner, Hacker Pschorr, Hofbräuhaus, Löwenbräu, Paulaner and Spaten. Why don’t you join [...]
Summer Holidays
Posted in Books, Business, Film, Travel on August 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In Bavaria, there is an exhibition about King Ludwig II from 14 May to 16 October 2011. It is the 125th anniversary of the mysterious death of the Bavarian King, who left behind the castles of Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee and Linderhof. Related to the Austrian empress Elisabeth and a key supporter of Richard Wagner, the life [...]
Go on a Summer Holiday – to Germany
Posted in Music, Sport & Leisure, Travel on June 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
As summer approaches, you might fancy a holiday on the continent and in particular Germany. Here are a few tips about travelling, activities and events that you might find useful: The German Tourism Office released the introductory video Erlebnisland Deutschland to give you a flavour of Germany. And ‘Mit Volldampf durchs Land’ is a two-part [...]
Spring News
Posted in Books, Culture, Stammtisch, Travel on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, we had another successful evening at the Mansion House and I would like thank Gunther for the lovely meal and Councillor David Faulkner for his interesting talk on the Ruhr, which celebrated Capital of Culture in 2010. One of the acts that David mentioned was an American singer called Bobby McFerrin – who, [...]
Books & Pennies
Posted in Books, Travel on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to see what Germans are reading right now – the Stern had a review of popular novels earlier this year. Click here for details. One of our Stammtisch members also suggested a small book fair of German books. Maybe more of you have books you no longer want to keep, or language [...]
Merry Christmas / Frohe Weihnachten
Posted in Film, Stammtisch, Travel on December 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Stammtisch Friends First of all I would like to thank Gunther and his team at the Mansion House for our fabulous Christmas dinner earlier this month. A hard core of Stammtisch members braved the weather to come along to our last get-together of 2010. If you’re not going to make it to Germany for [...]
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