by HF | Nov 9, 2017 | Daily life, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
November: The Mourning Month and Its Fateful Dates The first two days of November are significant in the Christian religious calendar. November 1 is All Saints Day (Allerheiligen). November 2 is All Souls Day (Allerseelen). In Germany, most of Europe, and all over the...
by AlieC | Oct 30, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
At 8am on a Sunday, walking my dog here can feel like a scene from a zombie apocalypse film. Not that the maybe two people I will pass look ghastly and likely to want to eat my brains, just that there is an eerie quiet that descends on the village on Sunday. As...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Aug 9, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
I don’t want to say Berliners get a bad rap, because they can be incredibly rude. They live up to the standard German reputation of shutting doors in your face, non-existent customer service, and refusal to engage in simple pleasantries – then up the ante...
by HF | Apr 5, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
I first wrote about Tempelhof Airport when I was living in Berlin, just before the air terminal shut down in 2008. In fact, my post about Tempelhof’s closing (now deleted) was one of the very first German Way Expat Blog posts. Berliners’ “nein”...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Oct 5, 2016 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
After all my complaining about finding an apartment in Berlin, it seems like everyone is moving into their home. We moved into our new place – complete with a room for our girl – almost exactly a year ago. While we were away in the States we missed two of...
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