#2015
Life & TimesBerlin: Rudolph-Wilde Park
There's nothing quite like a walk through a park just as the seasons are changing. And during my Zollamt adventures in Schöneberg earlier this year, I found…
May 17, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #19
My blood draw a couple weeks back revealed something that, in hindsight, makes a lot of sense: my iron levels are low. I have already said that the exhaustion…
May 11, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #18
Greetings from the end of a beautiful weekend in Berlin. Springtime in Germany is fantastic for many many reasons, one of which is that once it really gets…
May 4, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesGörli to Hermannplatz
Ask anyone who has been in Berlin for a few years, and all will agree that this past winter was not a particularly bad one. However, it has been kind of on the…
May 2, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #17
How is it almost May?! I can hardly believe how fast the time is going, but I guess that's a good thing, because we have a lot of exciting changes coming up in…
April 28, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #16
Better late than never, right?! I have just been so exhausted in the past couple weeks, which I am going to blame on this creature taking up space in my…
April 21, 2015 · 3 min read
Here & ThereMallnow: Oderhänge Mallnow
Though the Easter weekend in Germany is a long one—from Friday until Monday—we didn't have much on our agenda... that is, until M.'s mother asked if we wanted…
April 14, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #15
This weekend was another successful one, in that we accomplished household stuff but also got to relax to a degree. Friday night was the start of that when I…
April 13, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Richardkiez
The other day I was in Neukölln running errands, when I realized I was dangerously close to Vux, just in time for a perfect afternoon snack. I was a bit worn…
April 10, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesA Trip to the Zollamt, Part 2
Last month I had to visit the Zollamt not once, but twice, over a period of a week-and-a-half. Here's hoping that was my yearly quota. But like I said…
April 8, 2015 · 2 min read
Life & TimesWhere I Came From and Why I Left
Whenever I meet a new person, one who knows nothing about me, there are the usual questions such as "What do you do?" and "How did you learn German?" and "How…
April 7, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesWeekend Update #14
This past weekend was a long one, but you won't hear me complaining, as this Friday through Monday stretch of holiday was ultra relaxing—the kind of weekend…
April 6, 2015 · 5 min read