Back to Berlin...and BEYOND

I love roller coasters. I always liked them as a kid, but kinda let them fall to the background as I became an adult (kinda. I'm getti...

Now that it has finally gotten warm in Berlin , I am waxing poetic about our time in the snow. Go figure.... It sounds so bourgeois ...

Before I called Europe home , I had only visited cemeteries for funerals. Impersonal, manicured parks... they didn't necessarily ins...

I had never really given much thought to David Hasselhoff . I certainly never expected to see him perform. But that was before I moved...

What to do on a Saturday night?  What to do? What to do? What to do? What about a drinking tour of the U-Bahn? OK ! Let's ...

One of the few downsides of living in Berlin is that it is located waaay up in the corner of the country and it takes a little more time, ...

A Swiss friend just told me that Bern is not actually the capital of Switzerland. What!? It is actually the Bundesstadt - a federal city or...

In the fall, a  notice briefly flashed across the UBahn monitor: “German Bowl XXXIV”. I knew immediately that we were going.  

If it is not already apparent from our blog or just life, Berliners love their fireworks (and Ian & I should never be allowed near them...

This year, we found out why they call it a bottle rocket . Remember the first time you lit a firework? I don't. We've never re...