by Erin "ebe" Porter | Sep 30, 2015 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
Do Germans have a saying for “When it rains, it pours”? After months (and months) of house hunting we finally got a place, only to be offered another Wohnung right after that. Now we just need to find a Nachmieter (a renter to take over our current lease),...
by HF | Sep 23, 2015 | Book reviews, History and culture
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World by Andrea Wulf Let’s start at the beginning. There were several special reasons I wanted to read Wulf’s Humboldt biography. I myself have many connections with the Humboldt name, but I did not...
by Jay | Sep 9, 2015 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
Every year, millions of tourists flock to Germany, a number that has been increasing year over year for over a decade. Most choose to stay in traditional forms of accommodation, but an increasing number are renting rooms directly from locals through websites like...
by Chloe D | Jul 29, 2015 | History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
A couple of weeks ago we had night without children (they were having a sleepover in the KiTa – worthy of another blog post). But what a rarity! Seeing a film was the obvious choice – prior to parenthood we went to the movies all the time. But it had...
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