Berlin — Always something going on

Berlin — Always something going on

by | Sep 7, 2012 | Europe, Germany, Travel

One of the biggest “problems” with living in Berlin is that there always seem to be too many things going on at any given time. Just during the upcoming weekend, there are close to 100 events happening around Berlin — and these below are on our short...
10 Things I’ve Learned About Berlin

10 Things I’ve Learned About Berlin

by | Aug 21, 2012 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Travel

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...
Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

by | Aug 14, 2012 | Expat Life, Travel

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...
A first look at our new place

A first look at our new place

by | Jul 3, 2012 | House & Home

Yesterday we took possession of our new apartment and moved our “start up” furniture and boxes in. It involved renting a massive cargo van with 14 cubic meters of space, which we filled with our bed (out of our guest house since we’re trashing out old mattress...