We were blessed enough to have discovered an apartment situated between two lovely weekly farmers' market locations: Winterfeldtplatz, which is the largest most magical farmers' market in Berlin...and Wittenbergplatz, which is small but still has everything you need 3...
The weekend before last, we were invited to the housewarming party for an old friend who we haven't seen much of since he moved to Berlin a few years ago. As it turns out, he and a couple of his friends decided to do the unthinkable and bought an old farm. The place...
As the financial capital of Germany, Frankfurt often gets a bad rap for being boring, expensive and ugly. Now I know I've not always written the nicest things about Hessen and the people that live there, but I also know that many people end up there because of their...
Now that we've been here in Berlin a little over four weeks, we have really begun to compare the city we left with the city we moved to. To be honest, there is no real comparison between Frankfurt and Berlin, because they are just worlds apart. One is an amazing city...
As you may know, when we decided to move to Berlin, our first instinct was to sell both of our cars. But we learned shortly thereafter that we'd be better off keeping the Cayenne for now, despite the fact that we don't expect to use it much. And in fact, we have used...
You may remember that at the end of April, we visited Berlin for an initial test to see how we might like living here. We stayed at the Grand Hotel Esplanade, which was really beautiful and even inspired a post about all the great design elements they used in our...
Well, we're officially moved in. The majority of the boxes have been unpacked, the rugs have been laid, the furniture is built and filled with whatever belongs in it and we're starting to finally think about finding a rhythm and some "normalcy" again. We've already...
During our six years in Schöneck, we've grown to know (and love) many of the local businesses in the area. Although we've now moved on to exploring Schöneberg, Büdesheim will always hold a special place in our hearts. So I wanted to do a bit of a tribute post to the...
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When people think of visiting Frankfurt, they generally have ideas of work in mind. For the most part, Frankfurt is not a place you'd travel to in Germany just to enjoy the city. But if you are living nearby, or do happen to find yourself in Frankfurt for a few days...
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