Deutschfreunde für November u. Dezember: Amazon.de, Fußballfreunde, Ihre Anregungen

Dear Victoria German speakers!

I will be returning to Victoria Tuesday after six months in Germany and I'm looking forward to seeing you again at the events I will organize. Also, with Christmas coming up, I'm once again providing others with an opportunity to join a group purchase from Amazon.de (see below).

I would like your input in scheduling events: if you've been inclined to come, but have found Friday evenings to not be suitable for you, I'd love to hear from you.

For November and December, I've only scheduled two evenings of German football. Once I've received some feedback, I will schedule some other activities, including German Games Night and Flimmerkiste.

German will indeed be spoken, great for anyone who'd like to improve or keep up their German, or just to make new friends through the German language. German speakers of all levels are welcome!

To view a calendar with these events directly, please visit Deutschfreunde.

Note that refreshments are now available at all events. Please RSVP if you intend to attend any events. Thank you!

Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch!

Amazon.de Order
Products from Germany!

Amazon.de sells thousands of products and ships to Canada at a flat rate of 14 Euros per shipment. I will be coordinating an order again this year in order--it really is quite economical to order as a group! Anything that Amazon.de will ship to Canada, that is in stock, may be ordered, so browse away!

Feel free to ask me to help you make a selection! E.g. a page-a-day Tagesabreißkalender from publisher Harenberg is a great way to have daily exposure to a language you're learning!

Please contact me no later than Sunday, November 20 if you are interested in ordering something.

Fußballfreunde!
UEFA Champions League
Hubertus Klause Pub (Edelweiss Club, 2nd Floor)

Wednesday, November 23 ••• 18:30
Wednesday, December 7 ••• 18:30

UEFA Champions League action and highlights. Can Bayern München, Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen beat Europe's best? Coverage is from German TV, recorded earlier in the day.

Also worth knowing about...

Deutscher Abend an der Uni
<http://www.uvic.ca/humanities/germanicslavic/news/home/abend/index.php>

Facebook German-Canadian Cultural Society of Victoria - Edelweiss Club
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-Edelweiss-Club-German-Canadian-Cultural-Society/306479895964?ref=ts#!/group.php?gid=155487772723&ref=ts>

The Victoria German Language Meetup Group
http://www.meetup.com/The-Victoria-German-Language-Meetup-Group/

Please have a look at what these groups have to offer, and be a part of the German-Canadian community in Victoria!

Mit freundlichen Grüßen Michael Poplawski michael.poplawski@gmail.com http://deutschfreunde.blogspot.com

Amazon.de Ordering Group

Just a reminder that Christmas is coming up and if you would like to order a special German language book, calendar, CD, video or anything else Amazon.de offers, time is running out fast to join in my next order!

Please contact me for more details.

A special gift for someone (or for yourself) is a German calendar, and those by Harenberg are particularly nice, either the page-a-day kind on a subject like film or art, or those with beautiful photography which can be easily converted into postcards (they're perforated) when they're used up.

Ein "Scha(r)fer Krimi" von Leonie Swann

Tonight, Munich author Leonie Swann visited UVic on her tour of Canada in promotion of her book "Three Bags Full" (original German title: "Glennkill") tonight and gave an appreciative audience a reading of the book's introduction and early pagesin both English and in German.

Several audience members brought their copies of the book with them for signing, and I myself may just read this book some day, especially as I know several people who are reading it.

As host of the Deutscher Abend an der Uni event, Peter Gölz said, English editions of her book are available on the shelves at Chapters. If anyone is interested in ordering a new copy of this book, or any book or product amazon.de sells, please contact me and I will try to help you--I order from Amazon in Germany about twice a year.