At this time of year in Germany, the gray rainy Lenten skies can become a bit monotonous, forcing you into a late winter low. Karneval is over, Easter […]
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Karneval is coming. Yippee (or not)!
New Year’s celebrations are just over and already Karneval costumes are out in the shops and Karneval stories adorning the newspapers. Karneval or “Fasching” will begin to permeate […]
Ah, the Advent Wreath!
It is the beginning of Advent and I am so pleased, our Christmas wreath already adorning the table. This Sunday, it will be two candles and then three […]
Hooray, it’s Christmas Market time!
Twenty-one years ago, I landed in Germany for the first time, my hotel a stone’s throw from the Cologne Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market). It was a business trip and […]
It’s flu season, know your neighborhood Apotheke
Just because we move to another country, it doesn’t mean we get a pass on colds and flus and sore throats and rashes on some body […]