If you have ever been in Germany at Weihnachten (Christmas), you know it is a magical time. Christmas markets bring people together, the glühwein flows, the smell of Gebrannte Mandeln is everywhere, and Germans are at their jolliest. It is also a Coronavirus...
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10 things I find weird and wonderful about Germany
The week between Christmas and the new year beginning is often a 'no man's land'. No one knows what day it is or what to do as normal service is out of sync. It's not helped when you're driving between different locations, unpacking one day and re-packing the next....
It’s not all about the fireworks – 4 other New Year’s traditions in Germany
I’ve written about the German obsession at New Year’s with pyrotechnics for this blog before. This year Berlin was the same as always - air thick with smoke, sky alight with brilliant explosions of colour, and our ears filled with the constant cracking of bangers....
How to Survive a Berlin New Year’s
New Year's Eve in Berlin Can Be Dangerous (gefährlich) For the first time ever, I have returned to my childhood home in the Pacific Northwest to celebrate Christmas. Partly due to our new arrival and our desire for her to meet her American fam, it was also just time....
And the sky became a sea of light – Silvester in the Hauptstadt
A Scary New Year's Eve in Berlin We were lucky this year that the Berlin snow waited long enough for Silvester's detritus to be cleared away from the streets. In 2009/10 - the winter of the big freeze, when the pavements stayed covered in thick layers of ice and snow...
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