by HF | May 3, 2021 | Expat issues, History and culture
Switzerland as a Refuge US-born Tina Turner lived in Switzerland with her German-born husband from 1994 until her death at 83 in May 2023. Albert Einstein did the same with his wife in Bern and Zurich about a century earlier. Both Albert Einstein and Tina Turner also...
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...
by HF | Feb 8, 2021 | Berlin, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture
North American Communities with German Namesakes This was originally intended as a normal brief blog post about German (and Austria/Swiss) place names in the USA. However, as I was researching and writing this post, I began to realize that the topic was far more...
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