Back to Berlin...and BEYOND

Original building on Richardplatz I had a really embarrassing moment when I tried to intern at a Berlin magazine. I had been in Berlin...

Even with Berlin ’s wonderful transportation options, the city can be a monster to traverse. Walking is inevitable no matter your mode o...

My parents were on their third visit to Berlin and though we'd had a great time checking out baby stuff and traipsing about Switzerl...

This city is full of nondescript, even decrepit-looking buildings that hide a world of Berlin history. So we weren't put off when we a...

Our first year in Berlin we traveled all over Germany . We loved train travel and getting to know small-town Germany. This time around ...

We hadn't planned on visiting the Allied Museum. It is located by the American embassy all the way down in Dahlem and we had never e...

Sometimes called Berlin ’s ‘Vietnamese mall’, the Dong Xuan Center was originally run and frequented by East Berlin's expat Vietnam...

Once again , we took to Berlin's UBahn to drink and rate our way through an entire line's stations, simultaneously horrifying and ...

Berliners get extra ungemütlichkeit in winter as the days grow short and ice freezes in your/ Ian 's beard. Many try to flee the cit...

We first heard about the Tropical Island south of Berlin driving down to the Spreewald . Like an enormous metallic pimple, it stood ou...

Ian is in the habit of familiarity. If he's cooking dinner I can guess the meal is going to be Mexican and if we are going to ...

Though I've posted about  festivals in Berlin and drinking quite frequently (some would say too much - sorry parents ), somehow I hav...

The UBlau. Where we ride a line of the U-Bahn from start to finish, getting off on every stop to discuss, rate, take a pic, and drink. Do...

We arrived in the sleepy NW corner of Berlin to things looking just a bit different. Some people were dressed in viking-esque garb. Multip...

Vatertag or Männertag is celebrated on Ascension Day, or the much more fun to say "Christi Himmelfahrt". The holiday has been ...

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 ...

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...