Please join us for our BGLA Kaffee und Kuchen this July! Our guest speaker is Anne Kroehn. Monday 31st July, 1pm Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria Street, Tanunda Anne summed up her German connection in her own words: “German has been such a large part of my life, my family came to the Barossa Valley from… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen 31st July 2023
The Carnival Experience by John Clarke For most people carnival or Mardi Gras conjures up pictures of colourful Italian, Spanish or South American street parades, but one of the world’s largest and longest carnivals is held annually in the German city of Cologne. At the last meeting of the German speaking group Kaffee und Kuchen… Continue reading The Carnival Experience- This was May Kaffee und Kuchen
The next Kaffee und Kuchen meeting of the Barossa German Language Association will be held at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria Street, Tanunda on Monday, 29 May, starting at 1pm. We invited Helena Weyland to be our guest speaker this month. Helena is the DAAD German Language Teaching Assistant in the German Department of the University… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen May 2023
The next Kaffee und Kuchen meeting of the Barossa German Language Association will be held at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria Street, Tanunda on Monday, 24 April, starting at 1pm. We invited Helena Weyland to be our guest speaker this month. Helena is the DAAD German Language Teaching Assistant in the German Department of the… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen April 2023
BGLA Lunch and Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday 27th March – Booking closes soon! Please join us for a BGLA lunch before Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday, 27th March at the Langmeil Centre, 7 Maria St in Tanunda. We will have lunch, followed by a presentation by our guest speaker and the chance to chat… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen +Lunch March 2023
At the next meeting of the Barossa German Language Association’s Kaffee und Kuchen EH Coombe will be the subject of a presentation in English by Helen Hennessy and Patricia Booth, Harry Coombe’s great-granddaughter. They are co-authors of The Defiant Anti-conscriptionist, a biography of EH Coombe. The meeting will be held at the Langmeil Centre, 7… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen February 2023
Invitation to the BGLA Kaffee und Kuchen On Monday, 28th November at 1pm will be our last Kaffee und Kuchen meeting this year and we welcome everyone to join us for a traditional festive Christmas theme and to sing some German Christmas carols. We are excited to have Jens Sandstrom as our guest again and… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen 28 November 2022- Weihnachten mit Jens Sandstrom
BAROSSA GERMAN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION INC. Sprachverein Barossa e.V. AGENDA Annual General Meeting—Jahreshauptversammlung 31st October 2022 … Continue reading AGM BGLA Kaffee und Kuchen October 2022
by John Clarke There can be few people who have made a more significant contribution to the cultural life of the Barossa Valley. At the last meeting of the German speaking group Kaffee und Kuchen the guest speaker was Gerlinde Trappe. Gerlinde introduced her talk by saying that she had three babies. The first was… Continue reading  A gift to the Barossa– This was September Kaffee und Kuchen
BGLA AGM + Guest speaker + Kaffee und Kuchen Monday, 31 Oktober, 1pm Guest speaker: Laura Geuting, DAAD German Language Assistant, University of Adelaide Coffee and cake buffet WHERE: Langmeil Centre, 5-7 Maria St, Tanunda SA 5352, Australia Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake) meetings are held on the last Monday of the month. We… Continue reading AGM + Kaffee und Kuchen October 2022