Blogs from Nordhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Blog 2 - Germany For Bernie ... Something I love to do when I’m OS is going food shopping. I just find it facinating to see all the different types of stuff available, as well as familiar ones in different language packaging - yes Bonnie and Finn, they have Nutella over here too! However, the one thing that really gets me annoyed (jealous, actually) is seeing good Aussie wines selling at prices that I could only dream of back home. Can you Aussie readers imagine paying only €2,25 ($3.75A) for a bottle of (obviously good) Aussie red? It’s outright sacrilege! Although something that struck me as strange is that you have to ORDER cold beer in advance - imagine that! My mate Willem reckons that Aussie wine is so cheap here in Germany that he could ... read more