by HF | Jun 1, 2020 | Berlin, History and culture
“Heroes” is the only Berlin Trilogy album fully created and recorded in Berlin Most music fans know that the British singer and musician David Bowie lived in West Berlin and created three albums there, commonly referred to as the “Berlin...
by HF | May 4, 2020 | Book reviews, History and culture, Travel and transportation
The Nazi Rumors and Disney Over the years, at various times, Walt Disney’s been labeled anti-Semitic, a Nazi sympathizer, and a racist. When Leni Riefenstahl (1902-2003) visited Hollywood to promote her Olympia film in 1938, Walt Disney was the rare exception of...
by HF | Apr 6, 2020 | Berlin, Expat issues, Medical matters
We are far from the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, but Germany’s fatality rate from the disease is at this point far below that of the United States and most other countries. Let’s take a look at some possible reasons for this. (Also see our comparison...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Mar 23, 2020 | Berlin, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Medical matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
I have a cousin from Arkansas who recently moved to China with her family. I admire their adventurous spirit as I can’t imagine a much more drastic change for them. Moving from Seattle to Berlin as two footloose and fancy-free twenty-year-olds is one thing....
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