My Favorite Weird German New Year’s Tradition
Since moving to Germany I’ve had to learn a few things about the New Year’s. First, it’s not called New Year’s Eve over…
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Christmas Trees Around the World
The Christmas season has arrived and, just as last year, I’m joining the Christmas in Different Lands Series by Multicultural Kid Blogs. Last…
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…
Weekend at the North Sea
If you are following me on Instagram you may have noticed some recent seaside photos without any water in sight. This weekend we went…
Read Around the World Summer Series – a Book from Germany
This summer (is it really summer already?!) I am participating in a fun even called Read Around the World. Throughout the summer bloggers…
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…
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…
Bye bye Germany, Latvia here we come!
While hubby and I were still dating each of us spent the Christmas Eve with our respective families. Once we got married we…