by HF | Dec 24, 2018 | German vocabulary, History and culture
Introduction Besides being a popular hot beverage that warms your body and soul in the chill of winter, Feuerzangenbowle, also known as Krambambuli, is featured at German Christmas markets, and has a long Germanic university student tradition that dates back to the...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Dec 16, 2018 | Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Medical matters, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Living abroad has thrown me a lot of curve balls, and never more so than when I navigated my first pregnancy in Germany. That’s right – first. As in… I am having another baby in Germany! We are now 5 months in and even though I helped compile a full...
by AlieC | Dec 3, 2018 | Daily life, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
Whilst Christmas itself can get you through December with magic twinkling lights, cookies and copious quantities of warming booze the rest of winter can seem a bit bland, cold and uncomfortable in comparison. Short cold days that seep into long freezing nights,...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 18, 2018 | Berlin, Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
My parents are visiting us in Berlin for their…sixth time? We are lucky that they have visited so many times and come to (grudgingly) love our city and our place in it. But even after all of these visits, there are still things that throw them off. There are...
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