by HF | Apr 3, 2023 | Berlin, History and culture
Germany’s capital city is famous for its museums – and with good reason. Berlin’s museum offerings are both wide and deep, covering just about any topic or field you can imagine. And some you can’t. Updated for 2024! Unfortunately, not all museums...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jan 23, 2023 | Berlin, Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
One of my favorite parts about living abroad is that you get to make your own traditions. Deciding we really aren’t fans of turkey, we still host an annual Thanksgiving party but usually buy a half dozen halbes hähnchen (half a roasted chicken) from the nearest...
by HF | Dec 12, 2022 | Berlin, Book reviews, History and culture
Mark Twain, whose passport bore the name Samuel Langhorne Clemens, crossed the Atlantic Ocean 49 times. In Europe the American writer visited many German-speaking cities, from Berlin to Vienna, and many points in-between. The future globetrotter’s first foreign...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | May 16, 2022 | Daily life, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
As we near the summer season, I am still thinking fondly of a trip I took this winter. After two plus years or restricted travel, we have kicked 2022 off strong with a visit to our family in the USA, a week in Austria, and 10-days in Andalusia. It has been amazing to...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 29, 2021 | Berlin, Daily life, German vocabulary, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Germany is officially in the fourth wave of the pandemic. After a summer of poking our head out of our shell, feeling like maybe – maybe! – things were a little closer to normal, another lockdown looms. The new coalition government is doing their best to...
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