by Chloe D | Jan 21, 2013 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
It is very cold in Berlin; that sort of startlingly cold that seeps into your bones immediately on being outside and stays there for hours. This being my fourth winter in Berlin, I half-expected on that first frost glistening morning to be acclimatised – not...
by Jane | Oct 22, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
Now that we are back in Germany, my third child is now attending the same daycare or Kindertagestaette (KITA) as my first two children. This boy from day one has never been sensitive about being left with new people. He was at an in-home daycare in California from age...
by Chloe D | Jul 30, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
“It’s like being interviewed for a shared flat,” my German friend, the freelance TV producer, says to me one Wednesday morning over one of those pungent Berlin coffees. Having left our laptops gently purring on our dining table desks, we are now...
by HF | May 28, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
There is a German term for “German efficiency” – several in fact: deutsche Gründlichkeit, Effizienz, Fähigkeit, Leistungsfähigkeit, Tüchtigeit. German efficiency can be found gloriously in German doors and windows, in energy use (hall lights that only turn...
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