by Sarah | Oct 9, 2017 | Daily life, Tips, advice, suggestions
Before coming to Germany I thought I was a fairly good at baking. Lemon drizzle cake, raspberry muffins, carrot cake, treacle tart, no problem. I’m not claiming to be Mary Berry (British baking legend), but I could confidently walk in to the office knowing my...
by HF | May 17, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, The euro and money matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
Much of the online English-language tipping advice for Europe – and Germany in particular – is wrong. This is understandable when you realize that even most native Germans get restaurant tipping all wrong. The Myth That Won’t Die If you ask the typical German...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Apr 19, 2017 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Germans and their food obsessions. We are getting deep into Spargel season, but I am still stuck on the last seasonal mania, Bärlauch. Alternatively known as Allium ursinum, ramsons, bear leek, or wild garlic – all of these names meant nothing to me before...
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