LiA-CLUB
What is the LiA-Club?
The LiA-Club stands for Living & Lovely Food & Learning in the Allgäu
Learning in the Allgäu: Private language school specialising in teaching English and German as a foreign language, especially for corporate training.
Living in the Allgäu: Joint activities such as visits to the cinema and theatre. Information about the Allgäu, its customs and traditions.
Lovely food in the Allgäu: International cooking evenings for cultural exchange.
Why might the club be of interest to you?
- Are you new in the Allgäu? Make new acquaintances, train languages and get to know foreign cultures.
- Are you from here? Feel like meeting new people, making contacts and speaking English, Spanish etc. in your spare time.
- Participate in international cooking evenings to immerse yourself in other cultures and train your language skills at the same time.
- You want an evening out? Join us and spend an evening at the theatre or cinema with people alike, have fun sledging, hiking and much more.
- We inform you about interesting facts from the Allgäu, its traditions and customs.
- What's new in the world of languages?
- Give your employees the opportunity to find their way around the Allgäu more quickly or to train their language skills in a friendly and cosy atmosphere.
- All our joint activities focus on socializing, acceptance, languages and cultures.
Daniel's Allgäu Experience Report
Four years ago, I fell in love with a German woman. I’ve now been living in Germany for two years. I’m originally from the United States, where I lived in a big city. Life here in the Allgäu is different. I feel at home, even though the German language is challenging. I know I need to speak German better so I can get to know more people. My experiences with Eva and the people I’ve met through her keep showing me that this is where I belong. I’m determined to learn German well. The nature here is diverse and incredibly beautiful. The mountains and Lake Constance are close by. You’re allowed to hike almost anywhere, something that isn’t so common in the U.S. I enjoy the local traditions and the rich culture. I went to my first Viehscheid, when the young cows come down from the mountains after the summer. Sometimes I think I have more cows than people as neighbors. The more time I spend here, the more I know I made the right decision. Where else can you eat pretzels every day? I have a fantastic tour guide - my partner - for my life here, but I’m also finding my own way.
Fancy an evening at the cinema or theatre in English? Over the past few years, we have seen various Shakespeare plays in the original language and many cinema films in English or Spanish with German subtitles. We visit Christmas markets together, go for walks and hikes in the beautiful Allgäu region and meet regularly for conversation evenings. Just join us next time when it's "Allgäuern together" again. Sign up below for the LiA Club newsletter and stay up to date!
Jessica's Allgäu Experience Report
My name is Jessica and I am a 26-year-old Brazilian woman who moved to the Allgäu region in 2016 for professional reasons. It is important to say that I had no idea what the Allgäu means when I first came here. I only lived in Stuttgart for one year, but that was basically my whole reference regarding Germany and that even without speaking German. In the beginning I was able to speak a little German, but soon I felt the need to learn the language properly because I just couldn't express myself properly and it was also difficult to understand what people wanted to tell me. I had some hard moments where I even thought about whether to stay here or go back to Brazil because I felt that I wasn't making progress and it felt like a waste of time and effort. But after a while I got tired of self-pity and decided to enroll in private lessons at Lernen im Allgäu, which changed everything. Not only did I start learning very quickly, but I also met new people through the LiA-Club (which wasn't the case before, because I lived in a village). And the special thing about these people is that they had the same experiences as me and shared a lot of their own culture. Life in the Allgäu became much easier, I started to make new friends, managed to do a completely different job parallel to mine and I got the feeling that I really understand how life and people are here in the Allgäu. This has enriched me personally very much. Life is still full of ups and downs, but wouldn't it be the same everywhere? My heart stops beating for 2 seconds every time I look at the beautiful mountains, or the trees that change their colours and leaves in every season, and I realize that I am only a small part of everything. It is magical, and I am pretty sure that this is not something I would find everywhere.
Do you like to eat? Do you like trying different foods? Are you interested in cultural exchange? Then you've come to the right place. We meet up to cook together, chat and practise our language skills in the process.
In recent years, we have already cooked and enjoyed delicious dishes from Spain, Greece, India, Japan and Poland, as well as vegan and typical Allgäu food.
Our international cooking evenings are very popular. Our international cooking nights are very popular. Want to join us sometime? Then sign up for the LiA Club newsletter below and stay up to date!
I’m looking forward to meeting you at the next cooking event.
Hokuto's & Naomi's Allgäu Experience Report
We have been in Germany since December 2014. Luckily I got a job quite by chance in the beautiful Allgäu and we moved to Kempten. I am a software engineer and my wife teaches Japanese at the adult education centers. It was a dream for me to work in Germany. My wife also enjoys doing language and culture courses in the Allgäu. Mastering German is not easy like other languages. At work I mostly speak English for technical things and German for general conversation. I find it very helpful to learn German from other German learners. They can show slightly better expressions, which I can adopt immediately. Getting to know new people is not difficult in the Allgäu without being able to speak German well. But basic language skills make it much easier. I also enjoy getting to know different foreigners in the Allgäu, who we would not meet in Japan. The people here are friendly and trusting. Besides beer, the lakes, the mountains with the snow, the green grass, the blue sky and the clear air with the smell of cows are what we like best about the Allgäu. I always find the events of the LiA-Club a good idea. We have already participated in the conversation evening and the theatre visit. At the conversation evening you can meet many international people in the Allgäu. I was surprised how international the Allgäu actually is. It opens your eyes that there are many different backgrounds in the Allgäu, too. I think it is different from the big international cities. The theatre visit to Hohenschwangau Castle was really great. We watched Tempest by William Shakespeare together. The English was a bit difficult, but the atmosphere and the play were very good. Thanks Eva for the invitation. We would not know that we can experience such great artistic things in the Allgäu!