by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jul 1, 2024 | History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Coming out of the pandemic, my family limited our long-distance travel and started exploring places closer to home. These day trips from Berlin are some of my favorite places and we have re-visited often. But I am always looking for somewhere new. Enter the...
by HF | Apr 15, 2024 | German language, History and culture
Indiana: The Hoosier State The US state whose name means “land of the Indians” also has a lot of German connections. In fact the largest ancestry reported in Indiana is “German” – with 22.7 percent of the population claiming that ancestry in...
by HF | Oct 30, 2023 | Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Room Taxes, Spa Taxes, and ETIAS Traveling in Europe or anywhere else has always involved spending a certain amount of money. But over the past decade or so a new kind of travel expense has arisen in Europe, including the German-speaking countries. And yet another, if...
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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