#Germany
Life & TimesYa girl is German
Yeah, you read that right. More specifically, I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and German. What a journey it has been. I wrote my first entry on this blog…
October 6, 2025 · 4 min read
Life & TimesWalk Down Warschauer
Last month, on our quest to pick up vegan doughtnuts from Brammibal's, it was a bit warm, so we decided to hoof it rather than take public transportation. This…
June 14, 2015 · 2 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 & 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 & TimesWrangelkiez, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Welcome to my neighborhood, Wrangelkiez, nestled on the eastern edge of Kreuzberg. For those of you who don't know, Kiez is a word used in certain parts of…
March 26, 2015 · 6 min read
Life & TimesA Trip to the Zollamt
As anyone living in Germany knows, the Germans do love their bureaucracy. But of all the Ämter, my least favorite is, hands down, the Zollamt. This is…
March 19, 2015 · 3 min read
Life & TimesKreuzberg Stroll
A couple weeks ago was one of my first "free" days in some time, and in the afternoon, I met with some clients in Graefekiez. After a leisurely lunch at…
March 4, 2015 · 2 min read
Art & CultureBerlin: Karl-Marx-Allee
For the first nine months that I lived in Berlin, I didn't leave the city at all, except to head to neighboring Potsdam a couple times with my parents and…
January 27, 2015 · 4 min read
Life & TimesBerlin --> Goose Bay --> Newark --> Houston --> Knoxville
So, we're finally in Tennessee. As seems to be the tradition, just about everything had to go wrong, which mean we ended up arriving a day after scheduled...…
November 29, 2014 · 6 min read
Life & TimesBerlin: Pfaueninsel
I can't remember when I first heard about Pfaueninsel (Peacock Island), but I know I was amazed. An island? Full of peacocks? In Berlin? And you have to take a…
November 18, 2014 · 4 min read