Invitation to the BGLA Kaffee und Kuchen This will be our last Kaffee und Kuchen for 2022 and we welcome everyone to join us for a traditional festive Christmas theme. We are excited to have Jens Sandstrom as our guest again and look forward to a soiree coupled with singing some traditional German Christmas carols and sharing… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen November 2023
The Enemy at Home by John Clarke Whose home is it? Who is the enemy? The Enemy at Home – German Internees in World War I Australia is the title of a book by Nadine Helmi and Gerhard Fischer, and it is a title that invites such questions. Was Australia less the home of second… Continue reading Recap: The Enemy at Home. Our September Kaffee und Kuchen
Our next Kaffee und Kuchen on Monday 25th September will be a delicious luncheon of Sauerbraten, red cabbage, potatoes and include our famous Kaffee und Kuchen afternoon tea. The cost is $25 per person and lunch is at 12 noon. Please book with Steffi on 0408 621 384. Our guest speaker is Nadine Helmi, co-author… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen + Lunch September 2023
Who Knows How Far – Kaffee und Kuchen with guest Anne Kroehn by John Clarke Who knows how far learning a language will take you? The guest speaker at the last meeting of the Barossa German Language Association’s Kaffee und Kuchen was Anne Kroehn. The Kroehn family arrived in the Barossa Valley from Prussia in… Continue reading This was July Kaffee und Kuchen
Friederike Zahn ist unsere Gastrednerin im August. Sie schreibt: “ Mein Name ist Friederike Zahn und seit zwei Jahren arbeite ich als Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Universität zu Köln. Vor meiner Anstellung in Köln habe ich in Münster und Bonn Germanistik, Anglistik und Angewandte Sprachwissenschaften studiert. Im Rahmen meines Studiums hatte ich die Möglichkeit zu… Continue reading Kaffee und Kuchen August 2023
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