by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 30, 2016 | Daily life, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
How to Avoid Getting a Lecture from the Kita Teacher When writing my post on “How to Dress for Winter in Germany”, I felt like I could complete another full post on “How to Dress your Kid for Winter in Germany”. Germans take winter clothing...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 2, 2016 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Medical matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
It’s hard to tell what the weather will be like day-to-day in Berlin. You can wake up to bright sunshine, leave your Wohnung (apartment) amidst deep fog and return home to an epic downpour. Other places like Freiburg may boast more sunshine than anywhere else in...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Apr 20, 2016 | Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
When my baby started Krippe last fall I thought I was ready. I was distracted with moving apartments, loads of typical German paperwork and internet disasters. We had steeled ourselves for our baby spending time away from us for the first time. We thought we had this....
by Chloe D | Jan 20, 2016 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Snow, glorious snow. At last, winter arrived in Berlin and the streets were paved with white. That was two weeks ago – after an unseasonably warm December, the temperatures dropped and it snowed – for a day or two at least. Then it warmed up again and...
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