Michelle Wagenlaender



Role: Journalist, Arts
No. of articles: 21
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Ten Minute Tiramisu

I have never attempted a Tiramisu until two months ago; the thought of the complicated and tedious preparation put me off...

Zumba - still the hype in Munich and around the world?

Have you ever signed up for a fitness course, be it aerobics or a dance fitness class, and after three classes wanted to...

Naked protest against Putin

Topless activists protested at the Hannover Messe whilst Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel were in attendance. While the...

Recipe Corner - Apple Cake

This is the easiest apple cake recipe ever! One can also use other fruits like plums as an alternative. Ingredients: 600g...

German student dies in Soapbox Derby

Soapbox race car -- munichFOTO/Bill Wrigley
Oslo - A twenty-two year old German student from Schleswig-Holstein died in a soapbox derby when he missed a left curve on...

Aspirin scare

Use caution when giving aspirin to children - always follow the label instructions | munichFOTO
Acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), commonly known as Aspirin, is used everyday by billions of people all over the world. However,...

Nineteen people in one Transit

Nineteen people were found in a van the size of this one recently. -munichFOTO wiki
Rosenheim - A8 Police stopped a French registered Ford Transit on the A8 heading towards Munich only to find 19 people...

Cherry Docs by David Gow

"In an ideal world I'd see you eliminated. In this world I need you more than anyone." Cherry Docs, which is getting its...

Restaurant Review : Le Cezanne

After having travelled the last two years to several parts of France and indulging sinfully in the heavenly food and mouth...

The Multi-Faceted Approach to Health and Fitness

by Alun Evans C.H.E.K Exercise Coach Future Fit Nutrition Advisor Advanced Personal Trainer. www.evansfitness.de Many...

Move Over Cinema, Here Comes the American Drama Group Europe

Centuries after Shakespeare declared "all the world's a stage," the American Drama Group Europe is proving just that. As...

Stem Grafting

I am not someone who spends hours gardening, pruning trees or caring for them. I don't even notice if plants are dead or...

Banking on the poor

WHAT does it mean to be a woman? If there was a central universal question binding us all inextricably, this has to be...

A Weisswurst Breakfast (beer included)

It is not very often that one is served beer for breakfast.  And no, it has nothing to do with Oktoberfest! Weisswurst...

UK and Japan share 2012 Nobel prize for stem cell work

Two pioneers of stem cell research, Sir John B Gurdon (79) of Dippenhall, England and Shinya Yamanaka (50) of Osaka, Japan...

Spaghetti Carbonara for four (less than 10 EUR)

When my young twenty-something cousins came over, they were amazed at how easy it was to make this simple dish. Maybe it's...
Riemerschmid School. Photo: Michael Owens

School of hard knocks, German style

Picture the scene from "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" by C.S. Lewis, where Aslan walks voluntarily up to the stone...
World's longest bus unveiled Dresden | munichFOTO / Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems

World's longest bus in Dresden

Wednesday, 22.08.2012 - Crowds of visitors, including politicians, researchers and journalists, were given the pleasure of...
Record hot weather stresses both trains and travelers. munichFOTO

Sauna trains

Berlin - The record breaking high temperatures that hit Germany over the weekend have caused major problems for the...

Auer Dult

The Auer Dult is Munich's oldest fair, dating back to 1310 and it takes place over the 20,000 square metres of...

How Green should we become?

How Green should we become? Living the "Green" life in Germany took a bit of getting used to. The first few months after...