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Easter Stammtisch – 12 April

Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on March 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I hope you are all well and that those who were unlucky enough to bite into one of the ‘mustard’ doughnuts last time have by now recovered from the shock!

We thought that April will be a good time to meet again and we’ll have an Easter Stammtisch organised now for Monday, 12 April at the Hilton in Gateshead.

Felix, who organised our previous events has now moved on to bigger things at a Hilton in London, but will come up to join us. David and the German chef are still here to look after us, so apart from having possibly some French influences, there will be no change (we might even have a chocolate fountain at the next event). Also you might want to know that since January this year, all of the hotels in the Hilton Group are dog friendly.

Therefore for your diary: 12 April, Stammtisch start around 6.30pm, food arriving at 7pm and cost will be again £15/head for the food. Further details about the event will follow in due course.

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A bit of Bavaria in Glasgow

Posted in Food & Drink, Restaurants on March 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Just over three and a half years ago, Petra Wetzel from Bammersdorf near Forchheim opened in Glasgow the ‘West Brewery, Bar & Restaurant’.

Her house beer, St Mungo, is still brewed according to the German Reinheitsgebot (purity law) and besides typical local food, West also serves Gulaschsuppe, Schnitzel, Bratwurst, Apfelstrudel etc – just check out their Specials Menu.

Petra is also the initiator of the current Scottish Draught Craft Beer Festival, which will run until next week Thursday, 11 March. If there’s interest from some of the Stammtisch group to do a trip up north one day, let me know – in the summer West apparently also has a very nice beer garden!

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Battle of the Beers

Posted in Food & Drink on March 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »

There’s always been a bit of healthy competition between the Germans and the English – which we will no doubt experience again in a few months’ time when the football teams play in South Africa.

But now the Scottish have also moved in on the act, but this time it’s all about the beer!Glaswegian BrewDog recently launched their controversially named ‘Sink the Bismarck’ and claimed to have now the world’s strongest beer with 41% alcohol content – beating their German rivals Schorschbock by 1%.

If you want to find out more about BrewDog and their ‘beer’, just watch their video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blxE8SEkqwM

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Carnival Stammtisch – 15 February @ Hilton in Gateshead

Posted in Food & Drink, Stammtisch on February 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The next Stammtisch will be on Carnival Monday, 15 February again at the Hilton in Gateshead.

The Carnival Buffet includes Leberkaese (meat loaf), various sausages (Nuernberger, Bockwurst), matjes & cheese bread rolls,  Goulash, Krapfen and much more. The Stammtisch will start to meet up from 6.30pm, with the buffet opening at 7pm.

This month our guest of honour will be the  German Consul, Mr Wolfgang Moessinger.

Costume is optional – but of course, the more the merrier 🙂

If you haven’t yet registered, email info@lexica-communications.com.

See you there!

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A Happy 2010 to the Stammtisch

Posted in Film, Food & Drink, Languages & Communications, Stammtisch on January 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The first Stammtisch event of the year will be at the Hilton in Gateshead on Rosenmontag (carnival Monday), 15 February. Our theme will be ‘Heaven & Hell’ (optional of course), with a carnival buffet on the evening at a cost of £15 per person.

We are delighted that the German Consul, Mr Wolfgang Moessinger will also be able to join us and say a few words. The event starts at around 6.30pm and the buffet opens at 7pm. Please let me know if you can make it, so that we have an idea about numbers for catering. It would be great to see you all.

In the forthcoming three months, the Tyneside Cinema will feature German, Spanish and French movies as part of the Language Café initiative. German movies will be shown on the following dates:

Tuesday, 19 January @ 17:45     Das Leben der Anderen
Sunday, 14 February @ 17:35     M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder
Sunday, 7 March @ tbc              Nirgendwo in Afrika

Following each performance, there’s also a free get-together where you can talk about the film in German. Click here for the full Tyneside Cinema programme.

If your New Year’s resolution includes to learn German, visit the BBC’s website for a taster. They have an entertaining German language section, which is also quite good fun for native speakers. In ten short videos, German comedian Henning Wehn explains ‘What’s so funny about German’. Let me know what you think J

Now that the snow fall in the UK has calmed down a bit, ‘Daisy’ has been causing havoc in northern Germany. The Stern magazine has some impressive photographs online.

Last, but not least – the Ruhr area/Essen is this year’s Capital of Culture. With daily flights from Newcastle to Düsseldorf, you might fancy a weekend trip to the celebrations – check out RUHR2010.

See you soon!

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Christmas Stammtisch @ the Hilton in Gateshead

Posted in Events organised by Others, Food & Drink, Languages & Communications, Stammtisch, Travel on November 18, 2009| Leave a Comment »

The Hilton Hotel in Gateshead has organised a German Christmas Dinner on Tuesday, 8 December. We will meet first for some Glühwein and chats at 6.30pm and ‘Weihnachtsgans und Klösse’ (goose and dumplings) from 7.30pm onwards.

The venue is the bar area with fabulous views of the river Tyne. Everybody pays again for themselves, depending on what they’re having – the Christmas dinner is priced at £12.50/person.

Please email us to let us know if you’re coming and if you’re bringing anybody so that the Hilton knows for how many to cater for – info@lexica-communications.com. Thank you!

Other interesting events taking place:

From 26 November to 24 December

A traditional German Christmas Market will be in Edinburgh for the Christmas season. Eastcoast Rail also offers cheap tickets from £12.50 each way from Newcastle.

Saturday, 28 November

St James United Reformed Church (Northumberland Road, Newcastle – next to the City Hall is holding its annual German Christmas bazaar again from 11am – 2pm. If you want further information, please let me know and I’ll email it.

Monday, 7 December

The Sprachcafe meets again in the Gala Theatre in Durham from 6pm – 8pm – for anybody who wants to practice their German.

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