[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-schwupp-und-weg-reeve-mcintyre-hit-frankfurt":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Look! Seawigs have reached Germany! Here are some young rambling isles who we met last week at the European School in Bad Villbel, near Frankfurt.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt_seawigs1_zpsqyohjqb2-14fe6ad4d3.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Dressler\u003C/b>, our German publisher, had asked us to go and visit some international schools to spread the word about \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>, or \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dressler-verlag.de/buecher/specials/schwupp-und-weg.html\">\u003Ci>Schwupp und Weg\u003C/i>\u003C/a> as it’s known in those parts. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt_seawigs2_zpsumodu0t2-b02d84ec63.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Clj-embed id=\"3062\"/>\\r\n\\r\n\u003C!--more Click here for more under the cut!-->\\r\nOur main host was \u003Cb>Stephanie von Selchow\u003C/b> who is the librarian at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.esffm.org/en/home.html\">European School in Frankfurt\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_stephanie_zpswi6yechm-ff1a0f9bf0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nShe’d arranged for us to do two sessions there, for her own students, and a visiting class from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.textorschule.de/\">Textorschule, Sachsenhausen\u003C/a>.  A lot of the kids had already read \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/oliver-and-the-seawigs/\">\u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, so after we’d talked a bit about it we went on to \u003Ca href=\"http://www.jabberworks.co.uk/cakes-in-space/\">\u003Ci>Cakes in Space\u003C/i>\u003C/a>, which has just been published in Germany as \u003Ca href=\"http://www.dressler-verlag.de/buecher/neuerscheinungen/details/titel/1317049/20676/10259/Autor/Philip/Reeve/Kekse_im_Kosmos.html\">\u003Ci>Kekse im Kosmos\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. Most of the audience spoke good English, and it seemed to go down well... of course, some of the show needs no translation; the bit where I hit Philip over the head with a mandolin case goes down well in any language.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt_drawing1_zpsth8jwr8r-18b92c3967.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThat afternoon we had a quick wander around Frankfurt, and tried to draw some of the odd but attractive nobbly linden trees which line the riverside.  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt_drawing2_zpsjvyzbxsx-33ab5bffc1.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThey're quite tricky trees to draw, and I'd love to have another try at them. One of the school kids had a picture of this kind of tree in his \u003Ci>Oliver and the Seawigs\u003C/i> artwork and he got the funny shape of it just right. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt_drawing3_zpstafijwpc-8b4cea5f6a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThen it was off to the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.gold-mund.de/\">Literaturhaus restaurant\u003C/a>, where we had dinner with Stephanie and some of her colleagues from ESF and other schools. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_literaturahaus2_zpsteinmx6r-3a57a57e38.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAs you can see, it was very grand, and the food and company were first-rate. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_dinner_zpssjicodz4-7bfb4a8d49.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThe next morning we were picked up by \u003Cb>Manuela Rossi\u003C/b>, who whirled us down the Autobahn to Bad Villbel, where we talked \u003Ci>Seawigs\u003C/i> and \u003Ci>Cakes\u003C/i> to some of the students of the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.es-rm.eu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20&Itemid=32&lang=en\">European School Rhine Main\u003C/a>. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_library2_zps1savhdok-ed0750e706.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cb>Ute Arias\u003C/b>, the librarian there, showed us some of the great artwork the children had produced, including this fantastic tower of houses. It looks a bit like a Traction City out of Philip’s Mortal Engines books.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_house_tower_zpsdyu9ncdx-acb2f6a9b7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nMost amusing question of the day: Where did you get those GIGANTIC SHOES?\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_shoes_zpsjwdes75r-b83d3e6ffa.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThen it was back on the Autobahn to yet another international school, \u003Ca href=\"http://en.school.accadis.com/\">Accadis\u003C/a> in Bad Homburg. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_accadis3_zpscyujloe6-799ac925c7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWe’d met \u003Cb>Samantha Malmberg\u003C/b> and \u003Cb>Caitlin Wetsch\u003C/b> from the school at the previous night’s dinner, so it was good to see them in their natural surroundings, and meet their students, who were VERY EXCITED TO SEE US. \\r\nSome of the classes had done whole whole projects on \u003Ci>Oliver the Seawigs\u003C/i>, complete with some great drawings.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_oliverhouse_zpsolvundh4-b4b5abf282.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd after that we had a little bit more time to mooch around Frankfurt...\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_centre_zpsfq6qcgei-7f99f77f03.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n...in the guise of Mitteleuropean crime-fighting duo Peek & Cloppenburg.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_peekclop_zpsr8pqkryn-3cd790c1a0.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nStrange things were going on in Frankfurt city centre. Nobody seemed to be bothered by the fact that the shopping mall was being devoured by a wormhole…\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_wormhole_zpsdy1n93ue-63e400c14d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut we discovered a natty German-style TARDIS and were able to save the day.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_tardis_zpsep3i8xo0-2f0b0a5ad5.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd we both found excellent covers for our pop albums, should we ever find time to write and record them. Here’s Philip, waiting for the Trans-Europe Express…\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/philip_reeve_railhead_zpszexxyawb-d406287c7b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nHeaven knows what mine is going to sound like.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_wormland_zps0thx8of5-be94c0eb2d.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nBut whatever it is, it will be lovely: some things are Better Than Perfection.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_betterthanperfect_zpsgsec68wq-11c5cd361b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nThanks to Stephanie, Ute, Sam and all the staff and volunteers who helped to make our visit to Frankfurt so enjoyable. We were very sad to leave! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/frankfurt15_leaving_zps2vwf4gsg-f65f3e0d84.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>(Here's the link to \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/frankfurtergebloggen.html\">Philip's blog\u003C/a>, which is pretty much the same as mine, because he wrote it up on his laptop while we were waiting at Frankfurt Airport!)\u003C/i>","2015-05-24T17:59:00.000Z","schwupp-und-weg-reeve-mcintyre-hit-frankfurt",[],"schwupp und weg: reeve & mcintyre hit frankfurt",1776628728528]