Podcasts

ARD & ZDF

September 5, 2007 By Graham 1 Comment

ARD and ZDF are two public service broadcasters in Germany. ARD is made up of a number of smaller, regional broadcasters whereas ZDF is more centralised and is based in Mainz-Lerchenberg.

Major shows such as Wetten Dass…? and Fernsehgarten are broadcast by ZDF, and the daily news Tagesschau is broadcast by ARD.

Besides their own channels, both are involved in other public service projects such as KiKa – a channel for childrens’ programmes.

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Filed Under: German Words Explained, Podcasts Tagged With: ARD, broadcaster, public service, ZDF

Life as a principal – an interview with Rhiannon Wood

September 3, 2007 By Graham Leave a Comment

A few weeks ago we spoke to Rhiannon Wood about how she came to Germany to teach at Frankfurt International School. She returned to talk to us about her life as principal of the upper school.

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Frankfurt International School

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The Schönes-Wochenende-Ticket is an offer from Deutsche Bahn that allows you to travel anywhere within Germany for a whole day on certain types of trains. Currently these are the RegionalExpress, Regionalbahn, InterRegioExpress and S-Bahn.

The ticket is valid for up to 5 adults or for parents with all their own children, or for grand-parents with all their own grand-children.

For the exact details and current pricing and conditions please refer to the Deutsche Bahn homepage.

To hear a simple explanation in German, listen to the podcast: