Originally, I come from a small farm in a village near Detmold in Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1980 I moved to Germersheim, a small town on the Rhine in Palatinate, and began studying English and Spanish translation. I first felt like I was abroad, because here many people still speak a fairly strong dialect. After graduating, I soon started translating manuals into German for IBM, and I still do that today, more than 30 years later … Luckily my husband started a trade fair for special bikes (www.spezialradmesse.de) in 1986, which now even attracts visitors and exhibitors from America, Asia and Australia. So every year in April there is some variety in my working life!
In 2021, I discovered Chatterbug and have had a lot of fun with the live lessons ever since. Besides English, I learned French and a little bit of Russian at school myself, and I was an au pair in Sweden for six months, so I understand a little Swedish. I’ve always had the feeling that I have to know the grammar very well in order to be able to learn a language. Now I’m not so sure about that anymore and I enjoy watching you progress very quickly with the interesting and funny dialogues, texts and pictures.
In my spare time I love to play all kinds of indoor games like Scrabble, Skyjo, Skat (a typical German card game) and Mensch ärger Dich nicht or outdoor games like Wikinger Schach and Boule.
In summer 2022 I took a break to teach German to Ukrainians in Germersheim and to translate non-fiction books. Since June 2023 I am back at Chatterbug, and enjoy the live hours with you! This year I will be on vacation from August 21 to August 31 2023.
Welcome to the Chatterbug Tutor Community Doro!
Klasse! 
Ps: ich wohne in der Nähe 
Hallo, Renata,
das ist ja nett. Wo genau wohnst Du denn?
Thanks, Megan,
for your encouraging answer to my introduction. I have two questions concerning it, though:I don’t manage to find your detailed post concerning my introduction anymore. Is there a quick way to see already read replys to ones profile, especially those I have not yet answered? And the other question is: Somehow I don’t manage to embed an image into my introduction. I uploaded one but it’s not displayed but appears as a hyper link in my introduction instead.
Hi Doro, that message will be in your chat box on the main Chatterbug website or in your email. Regarding the image, I see that you have an image of a cat - is this what you mean?
ich wohne in Hockenheim