I'm off to Germany for a couple of weeks, so my next blog update may well be on my return. While there, I hope to learn more about Roman history in Germany by visiting Xanten, Aachen and Trier.

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This is a new free download for German. (Scroll down to Grammar charts.) The chart shows the key pattern for endings and how this is applied to articles and adjectives. This learning technique will appeal to those who like easy memorisation tools, analysis or overviews.

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A few months ago, Yakiniku Japanese Restaurant (ph 3871 1988) opened on Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia, Brisbane and I went there for the first time last night.

It has a café feel to the furniture and there is a fair amount of road noise; however, the first sign of quality came when we were presented with the menus and told that there was no sushi that evening as the recent rains meant that the fish wasn't good enough. Pity, given that I really like sushi, but I was pleased to draw the conclusion that this restaurant was not going to compromise on quality.

There is nevertheless a two-tier menu, with many dishes offered as a smaller quantity served on rice for about $8-$12. We ordered from the main menu, where prices for main courses were $13-$26. Our first dish was king prawns in a light ginger sauce. This was a generous serving of tasty prawns, accompanied by precisely placed salad vegetables. The other dish we ordered was a spicy seafood soup, served in a hot-pot. The delicious stock was full of fresh fish, prawns, scallops and squid.

Talking with one of the owners after our meal, we found out that they had had a restaurant in Paddington many years ago and had received a number of "good food awards". Given the quality of the meal we had just enjoyed, this was not at all a surprise to us. This restaurant is certainly worth a return visit.

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