Archives for April 2011

Jesus Christ Superstar

April 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Ein Kreuz - ©iStockphoto.com/jessicaphotoJesus Christ Superstar ist ein musikalischer Film, der die letzten Tage von Jesus Christus vor der Kreuzigung erzählt.

Obwohl das Stück “Jesus Christ Superstar” von Andrew Lloyd-Webber und Tim Rice bereits als Bühnenmusical lief, wurde der gesamte Film in Israel gedreht.  Er erschien im Jahr 1973 – und der Stil ist eindeutig 70er mit sowohl Rock als auch Balladen.

Als “Rahmen” für den Film werden die Schauspieler am Anfang (und später am Ende) gezeigt, wie sie im Reisebus ankommen und wegfahren.  Aber danach geht es richtig los und ein Lied folgt dem nächsten, viele Lieder die später zu richtigen Hits wurden wie “I don’t know how to love Him”, “Gethsemane” und “Superstar”. [Read more…]

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Can you go shopping on Good Friday?

April 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Hot Cross BunI was asked this week if the shops are open in Germany on Good Friday.

It’s a simple answer: no.

Even on Gründonnerstag (Maundy Thursday) many shops are required to shut earlier than usual, with supermarkets that usually stay open until 9pm, 10pm or even midnight on other days closing their doors at 8pm and not opening again until Saturday morning.

And when they do open there will be a last-minute rush for Osterhasen and generally a lot of people stocking up before everything shuts again for another two days.

With even the bakeries closed on Good Friday, the petrol stations will be doing a good trade and are probably the best place to go if you run out of anything over the weekend.

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Osterhase? Nur solange der Vorrat reicht

April 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment

“Nur solange der Vorrat reicht” is one of those standard German sentences that you often see on any type of special offer that a shop or online vendor advertises for.  Quite simply it means “while stocks last”.

So, as in the English equivalent, you might find that an offer is particularly popular and goes out of stock.

However, this being Germany there are rules on how long a product has to be “in stock” for a shop to be able to claim this, so that they do not purposely have very few available and just use the offer to get people to enter the store.  In the event that they do run out without a certain amount of time, they have to offer the consumers who want to take advantage of it the chance to receive the product later at the advertised price. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Easter, Shops Tagged With: , , , , , , ,

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