Tag Archives: Germany
Oktoberfest canceled by COVID – but the party went on anyway
Munich's Oktoberfest was canceled due to COVID-19, but locals are celebrating anyway.
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Oct
The Race for Space is Over (but not the way you think)
Shopping pre-corona in Germany used to be a contact sport - that changed overnight
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May
Berlin, lost and sometimes found
On one last pre-corona trip to the capital, abandoned streets allowed fresh insights into the....
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Apr
The Secret Second Life of Balconies
Balconies are great in summer, but they can be useful in winter in surprising ways.
Jan
The Sound of Freedom – Uniting East and West through Country Music
To me it was just another country song, but to an East Berlin taxi driver....
Jan
German Christmas means hot wine and cold toes
Every town has its Christmas market. I try my luck fitting in as a local....
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Dec
The 37 days of Christmas
From late November to early January, it's one long holiday season in Germany.
Nov
Thanksgiving? Not as traditional as you think
Americans like to think of Thanksgiving as being the ultimate American holiday, but it's actually....
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Nov
St. Martin’s – A holiday best spent on the couch
Feel like a walk in cold rain with a blustery wind while trying to keep....
Nov
The Berlin Wall, 30 years later
Many people did not expect Germany to be reunified. Thirty years after the fall of....
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Nov
Halloween has gone global but strange things happened
Halloween has made its way to Germany, but some funny things happened to this holiday....
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Oct
An in-tents experience – My Oktoberfest visit
The Oktoberfest is inextricably linked to drinking beer. But there's a lot more beyond the....
Sep
World War Window
When I was a student, air conditioning allowed me to sleep. But Germans open the....
Jul
The curious case of the X in the sock drawer
The old joke "I have to organize my sock drawer" as an excuse to skip....
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Jun
Of planes to Spain exploring new terrain
I was thrilled when my daughter decided to study Spanish in Spain, but so much....
May
Roarin’ Retirees
The word “retire” means to rest, but in Germany, retirees have got it backwards: once....
Dec
German universities are nothing like American ones
Nothing prepared me for when my daughters set off for German universities. They have little....
Oct
Here we go again – it’s Oktoberfest time
Oktoberfest is here - again. When you've been there a dozen times, you start to....
Sep
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