German woman at the table next to us in Brindisi just asked the waiter ‘Is the steak from a … a … a moooo?’

I keep reading this as ‘Irn Bru’.

I only took medication during pregnancy when medically necessary. This is such weird advice (above and beyond the fact that there’s no evidence it causes autism).

Watched a tour guide explain something in sign language to her clients and then realised she wasn’t using sign language, she was just Italian. 🤌

Xmas schnauze

Seriously how hard is it to say “This is an outrageous attack on our friends and neighbours who are in this country legally and have followed all the rules to get settled status, who are valued members of our communities, get to fuck frog-face”?

Interesting thread about the ‘tradition’ of Trachten - which reminds me a bit of Scottish kilts and tartans. If you are ever near Würzburg, the Trachtenmuseum in Ochsenfurt is fabulous. www.ochsenfurt.de/de/tourismus...

We are in southern Italy and it’s 30°C. I’m not used to this heat anymore - it was barely over 25°C most of the summer.

Peak German?

Can anyone sum up the Your Party thing so I don’t have to trawl through a week of posts.

The rarely spotted Linea Vesparina in her natural habitat.

Trying to signal to the Italian waiter at the bar - with my facial expression - that the cappuccino isn’t for me.

I bought the €9 ticket, even though I barely used public transport. It was just so handy to have in case I wanted to jump on the tram. And I used the tram more than normal. Would have probably paid €20ish a month. But once it went up to €49, it wasn’t worth it for me.

"Niemand fällt bei uns in die Armut, nur weil er arbeitslos ist." Das hat er wirklich ernsthaft gesagt. Ich wünsche Multimillionär und Bundeskanzler Merz mal drei Monate lang ein Leben von Bürgergeld.

Germans: Du bist doch nicht aus Zucker 😏 Also Germans: [fully equipped with the most sophisticated rain resistant technology at all times]

The measure app is really handy sometimes

It's Hildegard of Bingen Day today! She who started the empirical sciences in German-speaking countries which obv has a mighty legacy but who The Economist this very week says is not "relevant": excitingholiness.org/first-editio...

Our annual post of this little classic

There are lots of influencers in Bergamo, posing coquettishly in their flirty dresses while dangling useless handbags. But there are also lovely gardens like this one, in a recently renovated palazzo.

Told our B&B owner that we’d arrive around 6pm. We are about 45 mins away. It’s almost embarrassing, how very German we are.

Always wanted to see an Almabtrieb. Ticked it off the list - a lovely coincidence!

Good that I can see my feet in the dark, BMW engineers. Thanks.

Road trip is go!

It might be a hot topic, but the amount of misinformation & ignorance about immigration & visas is staggering. As a fmr 🇦🇺 Family Migration Officer & part of a 🇩🇪🇬🇧 family, I was particularly happy to find this video. It explains spouse migration. Because spouses 'can't just come & live in the UK'.

Yes Jonny they are. In our house (and on this account) we routinely comment on the love of puffy jackets at all times of the year. Listen, it's a bit cool this morning but (this is key) it will get warmer during the day. Are gloves and winter hats really necessary?

if they're calling it the Reichstag fire themselves doesn't that sort of give the game away

When returning the key to the shop, you might want to have a mug of their hot chocolate. Would be rude not to.

A beachside cottage in the beautiful Anstruther © Dave Coulson Photography #fife #scotland

That’s it Sainsburys, you tell him!

Have there been photos or videos of Trump since the ones at the 9/11 memorial yesterday? Don’t like to be all tin-hat, but that droopy face sure looked like a stroke.

Ms Whitney is the woman in the horror movie who goes down to the basement when she hears weird noises. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

DARF ICH BITTE MAL FRAGEN WIE VERURTEILTE VOLKSVERHETZER IN STAATLICHE KOMMISSIONEN REINKOMMEN

Could the companies that make mammography technology, please please employ more female engineers.

AOC gibt hier ein wesentlich nuancierteres Statement als die "political violence has no place in this country"-Statements ab. Politische Gewalt passiert jeden Tag, sie weist auf die erneute Schießerei an einer Schule hin. Wer immer verhindert hat, dass Waffen kontrolliert werden, sollte ruhig sein.

You join us live from Danny Dyer’s birthday drinks.

More extraordinary still is the sanitising of Kirk's politics. Kirk was - and this is just a straightforwardly factual statement - a far right activist. And here's a former British Prime Minister not merely mourning his death or condemning his murder but actively *praising* his politics.

Achtung! Achtung! Am Donnerstag 11 Uhr ist bundesweiter Warntag!

As I compared Stockholm’s rail approach to Köln’s yesterday, here for completeness is the Rhine bridge and Kölner Dom in all its glory. They finished building the cathedral after they built the railway. #Schengen200

every time there's political violence discourse i think about how jo cox was assassinated in broad daylight by a fascist who shouted "britain first" as he shot her, and now nine years later her party is dedicating every moment in power to placating the ideology of her murderer

99.99% of French wifi users couldn’t spell his name, I’m sure. Good way to cut down on people using your WiFi.

Hat hier jemand Erfahrung im Umgang mit jemandem mit bipolarer Störung? Bitte mir eine DM senden. Anyone with experience dealing with someone with bipolar? Especially in Germany. Please DM me.

Every Apple event

If you understand this headline, be sure to get your shingles vaccine if you haven't already.

I hope this ishmael finds you whale

The family is literally sitting around the table passing this around like a joint, squirting it straight into our mouths.

It’s so cold today, I’m seriously considering putting the heating on.

This is a perfect illustration of the key point. When Starmer says he understands the feelings of the ‘protestors’, he’s legitimising being afraid of brown and black people. So, yes, he’s appeasing racists. He’s supporting racism.

2005 median monthly earnings according to ONS is £2,536. Annualised & doubled, that's £60,864. No wonder people are angry.

Shocked. Shocked, I say, to discover Boris Johnson is a wrong ‘un.

We’ve been stopping to take photos of this covered bridge for 30 years now. Today, it was on our way to a garden festival where I bought a new hat and some ribbon to trim it like someone from a Jane Austen novel.