Category Archives: Culture

Gray-haired man with binoculars - roarin' retirees
Roarin’ Retirees

The word “retire” means to rest, but in Germany, retirees have got it backwards: once....

10
Dec
Young people wearing germ masks standing in front of train doors
On the train from Munich to Berlin

It’s a bright sunny day as my daughter and I hop on the train to....

15
Nov
Humboldt University, Berlin - one of the most important German universities
German universities are nothing like American ones

Nothing prepared me for when my daughters set off for German universities. They have little....

02
Oct
Old man wearing traditional Bavarian hat with goat hair tassel
Here we go again – it’s Oktoberfest time

Oktoberfest is here - again. When you've been there a dozen times, you start to....

30
Sep
Blood moon as seen through tree branches
Looking for the elusive blood moon

Determined to see the Blood Moon, we wandered through the neighborhood to get a better....

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03
Aug