by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jan 24, 2022 | Berlin, German vocabulary, Medical matters, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
After 2 years of not seeing my family, I was back in the USA twice at the end of last year. In October we booked emergency tickets and were back visiting a sick family member within 72 hours. A Christmas trip was planned. Both trips were a low-key shock to the system....
by HF | Dec 13, 2021 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
Reverse culture shock can be disconcerting, even scary. While driving in my US hometown recently, I had a flashback to my time in Germany when I noticed a few things that Americans do that contrast with normal practice in Germany and Europe. Some of them are funny,...
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 HF | Jun 28, 2021 | Berlin, Daily life, Expat issues, Travel and transportation
Why is Berlin such an international flight provincial backwater? For a major European capital city, Berlin has very few international nonstop flights. Long-haul flights to and from other continents are a rarity in Berlin, Germany’s largest city by far. (The...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Feb 22, 2021 | Berlin, Daily life, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
Several years ago, we experienced our first white Christmas with our daughter. She was a toddler – a near perfect cherubic age – and we were staying in my husband’s hometown. As the flakes began to fall and softly cover and quiet the landscape, we...
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