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 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...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Sep 18, 2023 | German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
If you missed it, this weekend kicked off Okoberfest in Munich. With the tapping of the keg and the magical words of “O’zapft is” (“It’s tapped”), the biggest beer festival in the world has begun. Last year was the first year after the pandemic that...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Aug 21, 2023 | Berlin, Daily life, History and culture, Travel and transportation
I have spent the last 5 weeks back “home” in the USA after over a decade living in Berlin. This is far from my first visit back. Typically I close down my German household and go back to my home state of Washington every year and a half, with parents...
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