Occasional musings, Geistesblitze, photos, drawings etc. by a "resident alien", who has landed on American soil from a far-away planet called "Germany".

Sunday, February 26, 2023

German Soccer Terms

I am watching the German Bundesliga on ESPN+. The commentators are typically fluent in German and do not hesitate to insert German terms into their remarks, when they cannot think of an equivalent word in English or when they want to add some local color (or simply show off). Some of these terms are common words used metaphorically. But most of them have been coined specifically for the soccer context. Whatever their origin, they tend to be very expressive, and I started a collection (click on the link below).

Collection of German soccer terms

Schwalbenkönig Neymar

Saturday, February 25, 2023

Travels with Laraine

A photo album showing selected images taken during trips my wife, Laraine, and I made to countries in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The travel photos are interspersed with pictures we took of each other or taken of us by others. The subtext is to show how two people grow old together.