My dance club asked me to write a very very short story for a dance competition. Yup, you read that right. A story for a dance competition. When you enter a figure dance (a choreography for 8-16 dancers) in an Irish Dance competition it needs some kind of verbal introduction, a very short story that is read out before the dance begins. It should ( Read more... )

Every year, at the beginning of May, there is a Highland Gathering in Peine, a little town, just a thirty minute drive from Braunschweig. For a whole weekend, the air is full of pipe music and smoke from all the BBQ fires, and Scots and Germans march around in kilts, playing pipe music or just having a good time. Tons of grilled sausages and steaks ( Read more... )