http://www.cafebabel.com/Les articles du magazine europeen, rubrique holidayen© cafebabel.comFri, 30 Sep 2011 14:48:08 -0000300http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/25419/tower-of-babel-holiday-expressions.html<p>Be it the word for ‘dead leaves’ in German, holiness or simple Latin - how European use of the word 'holiday' has evolved<br></p> ('Sarah Meleleu',)Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:48:08 -0000174637http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/31072/gdr-east-germany-nudism-childhood-nostalgia-wende.html<p>West Germans often subscribe to a pretty grim idea of life growing up behind the wall in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Yet although East German children had few toys and less holidays, were they really less happy than their western counterparts? Eik, 29, recalls his Soviet upbringing</p> ('Sarah Pybus',)Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0000346898http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/31077/environment-green-holiday-wwoofing-organic-farming.html<p>It’s wet and it’s muddy, not to mention the slugs. I've come to England, where World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms first began, to find out what's behind the mysterious appeal of the green holiday alternative known as WWOOFing...</p> ('Aatish Pattni',)Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:00:00 -0000346943http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/27075/tower-of-babel-languaghe-expressions-halloween.html<p>Pumpkins in expressions can be saying no to a date in Spanish, being dumb in Italian or sleeping early in English - weekly language expressions</p> ('English language version of cafebabel.com',)Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:45:00 -0000188418http://www.cafebabel.co.uk/article/25856/nudist-germany-poland-border-complaint-beach.html<p>The nudists have always been there, but until Poland entered into the Schengen agreement on 1 January 2008, Usedom beach, which lies between the German and Polish towns of Ahlbeck and Swinoujscie, was divided by a wire-mesh fence</p> ('Sarah Pybus',)Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:00 -0000179025