by Erin "ebe" Porter | Feb 20, 2022 | German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions, Travel and transportation
Since my daughter started Grundschule (elementary school), we have come to the grim realization that we are tied to the school schedule. While schools in Germany have many extended breaks throughout the year, they have traditionally been inflexible about vacation days...
by HF | Feb 7, 2022 | German language, German vocabulary, History and culture
Exonyms: Shape-Shifting Place Names “Munich” is the English exonym for the city that Germans call München. An exonym is a name used in a specific language for a geographical feature situated outside the area where that language is spoken, and differing...
by HF | Jan 10, 2022 | Daily life, Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
Number Idioms in German Cats have been around for thousands of years. They are said to have more than one life. Just how many lives depends on where you are. Arabian and Turkish cats have six lives. For some reason German or Spanish cats have seven lives. In the...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Nov 29, 2021 | Berlin, Daily life, German vocabulary, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Germany is officially in the fourth wave of the pandemic. After a summer of poking our head out of our shell, feeling like maybe – maybe! – things were a little closer to normal, another lockdown looms. The new coalition government is doing their best to...
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