“Amundsen hat den Südpol entdeckt. Peary meint, den Nordpol entdeckt zu haben. Und wir sind die offiziellen Entdecker des Ruhepols”. Dina, Klausbernd, Siri und Selma A rural oasis of tranquillity between salt meadows and the sea makes Cley nex the Sea a place of peacefulness. A calm anchor in life and a good spot to …
Author Archives: Dina
Private As Private Can Be
“It was a dark and stormy night” With those as famous as infamous words Edward George Bulwer-Lyttons (1803-1873) starts his novel “Paul Clifford” (1830). This phrase was often ironised and mocked by many like Peanuts’ Snoopy. Do you know how it goes on? Of course “the rain fell in torrents”. But don’t you think that …
A Fine City
“Norwich is a fine city. None finer. If there is another city in the United Kingdom with a school of painters named after it, a matchless modern art gallery, a university with a reputation for literary excellence which can boast Booker Prize-winning alumni, one of the grandest Romanesque cathedrals in the world, and an extraordinary …
Memories
“Why make a fuzz about remembering. Forgetting is the challenge.” – Siri and Selma Dina A year ago I discovered an old collection of photos of Klausbernd’s family in a dusty photo album in the attic. It made me smile from ear to ear when I saw a children’s photo of him and his sister. As …
Cley Crash
First of all we want to say „THANK YOU“ to all of you who warned us that the last big flood might have uncovered mines on Cley beach and all who were worried and concerned after the helicopter crash in Cley next the Sea last night. Vorab möchten wir uns bei allen lieb bedanken, die …
Northern Mindscapes
Herzlich willkommen! Welcome! Velkommen! Nun sind Masterchen und wir liebklugen Buchfeen bei der lieben Dina eingezogen. Wir haben alle unsere Feensäckchen prall gefüllt mit spannenden Ideen mitgebracht. Now, Masterchen and we dear and clever Bookfayries have moved in at Dina’s blog. We have brought all our fairy bags packed with exciting ideas. Oh dear, that …
Lille Julaften
Do you know that in Norway the day before Christmas Eve is a holiday? It’s called Lille Julaften – Little Christmas Eve. We, the lovely Bookfayries Siri & Selma, asked our dear Dina to explain this funny holiday and her response was simple, “It’s the day we celebrate the start of celebrations!” This sounded like …
On Languages
How good is your English? Na, wie steht`s mit eurem Englisch? “Good English, well spoken and well written, will open more doors than a college degree. Bad English will slam doors you didn’t even know existed.“ Gutes Englisch in Sprache und Schrift öffnet mehr Türen als ein College-Abschluss. Schlechtes Englisch verschließt einem Türen, von denen man …
On the Move
Wonderful news – Klausbernd and our two Bookfayries Siri and Selma from kbvollmarblog are on their way to this blog! All ready and set to move in! 🙂 As from January 2014 the four of us will run this blog together. Why? You can read all about here, also in German for our German readers. …
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