by Erin "ebe" Porter | Oct 3, 2021 | Berlin, Daily life, Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Last month I met my parents in Iceland for a week of travel and an epic reunion. We hadn’t seen each other in over two years; since my 2-year-old was a baby, since we used to travel, since Corona was just a beer you drank on Cinco de Mayo. At the end of June 2021,...
by HF | Sep 20, 2021 | Berlin, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Before You Go If you, like me, have been champing at the bit, eager to once again fly to Germany from the USA, it is now possible. While we don’t currently have truly ideal conditions, US-Americans are now taking long-haul flights across the Atlantic and landing...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Aug 9, 2021 | Daily life, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
The German word for ice cream is Eis, pronounced similar to “ice”. This leads to countless renditions of Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” by any North American English-speaker in Germany. In fact, it can be hard to get the song out of my head in summer because Eis is...
by HF | Jul 26, 2021 | Berlin, German language, History and culture
A Preview of German Place Names and Connections: From Leipsic to Winesburg When I first wrote about German Place Names in the USA and Canada more than five months ago, I realized that the topic was far more vast than I had originally thought. Since then, as I have...
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