by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jan 26, 2020 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
In the lead-up to Christmas, full of company parties and gift shopping and Christmas Markets, we had a new German word to look-up: Schrottwichteln. It had my German-fluent husband stumped with Schrott roughly translating to “garbage” and Wichteln to...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Dec 30, 2019 | Expat issues, German language, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
I have heard this period between Christmas and New Years described as Zwischen den Jahren, or “between the years”. It is a quiet time where Germans spend quality time with friends and loved ones, chatting and drinking and eating at homes as many...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Oct 8, 2019 | Daily life, Tips, advice, suggestions
As I wandered the rolling green hills of Ireland on a recent trip, I was hit with how Germany has changed me. Ireland just felt different from Germany, and then I realized it was me. I was perceiving these differences from a cultural no-man’s-land. As to the...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Sep 2, 2019 | Berlin, Daily life, Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
I got a new cell phone (or Handy in colloquial German) shortly before our trip to the States, but didn’t get around to putting on my favorite apps until our return. And many of those have to do with life in Germany. Some of these have to do with the language, a...
by AlieC | Jul 8, 2019 | Daily life, German language, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
Learning German whilst living in Germany must be easy. Well, no. Not necessarily. Many foreigners working in Germany are here because of their native language; they speak it at home, at work and with friends, sometimes going days without speaking German at all. As...
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