I originally 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 the Palatinate, and started studying English and Spanish translation. At first I felt like I was abroad, as many people here still speak a rather strong dialect :).
When AI started to change many aspects of modern life and translating became post-editing machine translation, I discovered Chatterbug and have been enjoying the live lessons with you ever since.
As well as English, I learnt French and a bit of Russian at school, and having been an au pair in Sweden for six months, I also understand a bit of Swedish. I’ve always felt that I needed to know the grammar very well to learn a language. Now I’m not so sure anymore and it’s fun to see how quickly you progress with interesting and funny dialogues, texts and pictures.
In my spare time I like 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.
For those of you who like cycling: My husband started a trade fair for special bicycles in 1986, which gradually attracted visitors and exhibitors from America, Asia and Australia. So every year in April there was a great festival of special bikes from all over the world here in Germersheim! The show has now moved to the south of Germany, but just have a look at the website to enjoy the extraordinary diversity of the cycling world!
I used to work as a teacher for a daily German course for migrants in 2023, which I really enjoyed, but it was too strenuous for me (I’ve had multiple sclerosis since 2008). However, I sometimes get called in as a substitute teacher when other teachers are ill. This was the case and is going to be the case on Thursdays in December 2024 and possibly in January and February 2025. I’m really sorry, but I had to cancel some of your Thursday lessons for that reason. I’m really sorry, but as this course runs very irregularly, this will only be a very rare occurrence.
Ps: ich wohne in der Nähe 
I missed our little chat but I booked another session for next week 
