How we failed at Germany’s favorite fall tradition
Around the 11th November – the St. Martin’s Day – German daycares and schools prepare for an event called Laternenlaufen or Laternenumzug, roughly…
Birdy Goes to Kindergarten
Here in Germany a baby’s first birthday marks the end of the paid parental leave and many little ones begin going to kindergarten, known…
A walk around Hamburg Altona, Germany
This week I’m participating in a series called Show Me Your Neighborhood Around the World. It is hosted by Annabelle from the Piri-Piri Lexicon…
Parent Café: Coffee and Music Included
The rainy, chilly winter weather of Hamburg would have probably turned me into a little hermit for the whole beginning of the year…
5 Things I Learned at Baby Class
As some of you might know, for over half a year Birdy and I attended one of Germany’s most popular courses for parents…
Announcing New Series: Baby’s 1st Year German Style
The New Year begun with some disappointing news: the baby class that Birdy and I have been participating in since she was 3 months…
7 German Habits that I Cannot Understand
This list pretty much wrote itself while I was working on my list of 7 habits for 7 years in Germany. For every thing…
7 Habits for 7 Years in Germany
At the end of this month I will be marking seven years since I moved to Germany. Sometimes it feels like yesterday when I was…
Throwing a German – Latvian Wedding
When Maria at Trilingual Mama started a blog link-up party about wedding traditions around the world, I realized that I never really wrote…
