Paul Shoebottom is the upper school co-ordinator at Frankfurt International School in Oberursel. He met up with us at the park to talk about how he came to Germany and about his work at FIS, especially about how ESL students are supported and the difference between ESL and EFL.
Listen to the podcast to find out more:
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
The RMV, oder Rhein-Main-Verkehrsbund is an organisation which brings together different types of transport in the Frankfurt and Rhein-Main areas.
Buying an RMV ticket means that you can travel to your destination using a bus, a tram, the U-Bahn or the S-Bahn – without buying a separate ticket for each system, as long as they all belong to the organisation.
RMV also offers day-tickets, weekly, monthly or even yearly tickets. The area is divided into zones. You buy your ticket based on the zones that you are travelling through.
They are just one example of many such organisations throughout Germany.
To hear a simple explanation in German, listen to the podcast:
(Press the “play” button to listen to the podcast)
Each year Oberursel holds a wine festival over the course of a weekend in the summer. The stands sell wine from the Rheingau area of Germany and there are stalls with food, drink and usually other attractions – music, and merry-go-rounds for children, and so on.
This year, however, the festival appeared to me to get smaller. Normally it overflows into the streets surrounding the market place, but not this year. I counted 18 stands in total, about 4 were selling food and the rest wine. There was a stage where live music was performed, but otherwise not much in the way of attractions.
There was a special time for childrens’ games, but otherwise not much in the way of rides.
It was pleasant surprise, though, to see that the prices for the wines (and the food) had stayed more or less the same as last year. The wines are served in 0,1l glasses and cost upwards of around 1,30EUR per glass. Very good wines, eg. ice wine (“eiswein”) cost 5EUR for 0,05l!
I was planning on producing a podcast from the festival, but although I recorded it I discovered a small problem whilst editing… and so while I sort that out I won’t be putting it online.
Unfortunately the rest of my family was away for the weekend so after doing the recording I didn’t stay as long as I might have done. This was a shame, because the last couple of years we have always spent a whole evening there and even brought back bottles of wine to drink at home during the winter months.
Let’s hope it works out better next year!
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