by Erin "ebe" Porter | Mar 4, 2024 | Berlin, Daily life, Tips, advice, suggestions
During the pandemic my family would take long walks around our neighborhood in Berlin. As nearly nothing was open, it was our entertainment and we wandered far and wide, through forests and meadows, parks and gardens. As the pandemic-measures wore on, playgrounds...
by HF | Feb 19, 2024 | Berlin, History and culture
Coburg, Germany Before, During, and After the War As Black History Month has recently passed its halfway mark, I’m returning to a theme I’ve written about before: Black Americans and Germany. Which, believe it or not, brings us to the northern Bavarian...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Feb 5, 2024 | Daily life, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Last November I was in a funk. I had found myself in visa limbo after living in Germany for many years, newly laid off, and facing a big decade birthday. I kept telling myself it would all work out, but the anxiety was eating me alive and an impending birthday...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jan 8, 2024 | Berlin, Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
It feels like every year at about this time I hear rumbles of dissatisfaction with Berlin. Sometimes they are coming directly from me, but this year I’ve noticed more online posts than usual complaining about the rising costs of the city, the dismal winter...
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...
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