by HF | Dec 25, 2023 | History and culture
How a Stuttgart Publisher and US President Eisenhower Saved the Advent Calendar The Advent calendar tradition is a relatively recent Christmas custom, far more recent than the Christmas tree. Although homemade calendars date from around 1850, the first printed...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 13, 2023 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
The Deutschlandticket has been an absolute boon to my travel within Germany. With the tantalizing offer of low-cost air travel I have taken to sort jaunts around Europe from London to Naples. But as my family multiplies and travel costs rise, train travel has swung...
by HF | Oct 2, 2023 | History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
As I write this, Oktoberfest in Munich is about to end on October 3rd. Oktoberfest, which begins in September, is by far Germany’s largest and most famous folk festival (Volksfest), but there are many other attractive options all across Germany. These other...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jul 17, 2023 | Berlin, Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
I left a sweltering Berlin for an almost as hot Washington State. People always think of Seattle as rainy, but on the day my family arrived back in our home state it was over 80 degrees F (27 degree C) and clear skies meant the “mountain was out” as the...
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