To Prussia with Love Misadventures in Rural East Germany (Audible Audio Edition) Roger Boyes Brian Bowles Audible Studios Books
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'We-have-a-house-in-the-country?'. Lena nodded solemnly. 'Where?'. I almost shouted, briefly rattling the table. 'No, wait, don't tell me - it's Todi in Umbria, right? The old manor house, the one with the lemon groves'! 'Alt-Globnitz'. 'Alt-Globnitz?'. Suddenly I felt cold. 'Alt-Globnitz. It's a really nice place. You will love it'.
In a desperate attempt to save his relationship with girlfriend, Lena, and take a break from the world of journalism, Germany correspondent Roger Boyes agrees to make a great escape from the easy urban lifestyle of Berlin and decamp to the countryside. Roger has hopes for southern Italy, but Lena has inherited a run-down old schloss in deepest, darkest Brandenburg. Needing a form of income, they decide to set up a B & B with a British theme. Enter unhelpful Harry and his Trinidadian chef cousin, a mad Scot to advise them on re-branding Brandenburg, some suicidal frogs, and a posse of mad tourists.
It all culminates, naturally, in a cricket match between the Brits and the Germans on an old Russian minefield. Farce meets romance in this follow-up to the successful A Year in the Scheisse.
To Prussia with Love Misadventures in Rural East Germany (Audible Audio Edition) Roger Boyes Brian Bowles Audible Studios Books
I bought the two Roger Boyes books with much anticipation but both of them left me disappointed and feeling ripped-off. You see...I'm a US citizen that lived in several small villages and large cities in East Germany over a period of almost 15 years from 1986-2000. Some of the author's humor was on target and occasionally made me chuckle. More often than not however the book fell flat. Boyes tries too hard to make everything funny and it gets monotonous. There WERE many quirks to be found in daily life in the "New States". Many of those quirks could leave an outsider dumbfounded or even amused. Now however, great changes have taken place and a whole new generation of "Ossis" have grown to adulthood never having experienced the DDR. I was hoping for a trip down memory lane but got an annoying, shallow attempt to find humor in a situation that seems heavily embellished.Product details
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To Prussia with Love Misadventures in Rural East Germany (Audible Audio Edition) Roger Boyes Brian Bowles Audible Studios Books Reviews
It's different because it's not about the south of France or Tuscany. Boyes writes a free and easy book that is enjoyable to pick and follow his journey in the fatherland.
I bought the two Roger Boyes books with much anticipation but both of them left me disappointed and feeling ripped-off. You see...I'm a US citizen that lived in several small villages and large cities in East Germany over a period of almost 15 years from 1986-2000. Some of the author's humor was on target and occasionally made me chuckle. More often than not however the book fell flat. Boyes tries too hard to make everything funny and it gets monotonous. There WERE many quirks to be found in daily life in the "New States". Many of those quirks could leave an outsider dumbfounded or even amused. Now however, great changes have taken place and a whole new generation of "Ossis" have grown to adulthood never having experienced the DDR. I was hoping for a trip down memory lane but got an annoying, shallow attempt to find humor in a situation that seems heavily embellished.
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