by Erin "ebe" Porter | Dec 28, 2020 | Berlin, Medical matters, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
The first vaccinations have been administered in Germany over the weekend with a flurry of publicity. The Local.de reports that a 101-year-old woman in a retirement home was the very first person to be inoculated against coronavirus on Saturday, December 26th. Though...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 30, 2020 | German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
If you have ever been in Germany at Weihnachten (Christmas), you know it is a magical time. Christmas markets bring people together, the glühwein flows, the smell of Gebrannte Mandeln is everywhere, and Germans are at their jolliest. It is also a Coronavirus...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 2, 2020 | Daily life, Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Uncategorized
Since this post is sandwiched between Halloween and a truly terrifying presidential election in the USA, I thought this was the perfect time to go over some German superstitions, or Aberglauben. Every culture has them, but when you aren’t raised around them they...
by Sarah | Jan 14, 2019 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
The week between Christmas and the new year beginning is often a ‘no man’s land’. No one knows what day it is or what to do as normal service is out of sync. It’s not helped when you’re driving between different locations, unpacking one...
by HF | Jul 6, 2018 | Daily life, Expat issues, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Germans don’t mind noise — as long as you don’t make any. I have no solid comparative data to back it up, but I would rate the German tolerance level for noise (Lärmempfindlichkeit) as among the lowest in the world. This is especially true for Germans...
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