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• Fall of the Berlin Wall Celebrations at Potsdamer Platz

  

  Last night marked the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. To celebrate, 8000 lit balloons on 3.6m poles, match the height of the wall, were release... Read more

  Posted on 10 November 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Will Arnett on Wetten, Dass…?

  Wetten Dass is Germany’s biggest Saturday night entertainment show, attracting around 10 million viewers (at its high point, it drew 23 million – in terms of... Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Weekend Trips from Berlin: Weimar

  

  One of the nice things about living in Berlin is its easy connections to other towns and cities. This weekend, The Bavarian and I went to Weimar, which is a... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Weekend Trips from Berlin: Weimar

  

  One of the nice things about living in Berlin is its easy connections to other towns and cities. This weekend, The Bavarian and I went to Weimar, which is a... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• AV Postcard Berlin

  Filmmaker Ismar Badzic and musician Sam Hanlan have recently come up with a way to reboot the postcard, from a physical card with a limited choice of landmarks... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Erich Kissing at Galerie Schwind

  

  Last night was the opening of an Erich Kissing exhibition at Galerie Schwind on Auguststrasse in Berlin Mitte. The artist, as well as gallery owner Herr Schwind... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Things My German Husband Says

  

  I occasionally tweet random things that the Bavarian says to me under the tag #ThingsMyGermanHusbandSaidToday, so I thought I’d collect these under one blog pos... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• This Week’s Newsweek Cover: The German Century

  Newsweek has just declared that this could be the start of a new century of German Success – have a look at the German-themed cover and read the article here.... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Studio Visit Berlin

  

  Berlin has long been known as a city of artists, but it’s often difficult to find them; galleries are hidden away and have strange opening times, and many Berli... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• ILA Berlin Air Show

  

  The Bavarian is really into planes. When he books a flight, he takes the aircraft model into consideration. Sometimes, he makes me play ‘guess the flight’; we... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Isaac’s Eye at the English Theatre Berlin

  

  Photo by Magnus Hengge | studio adhoc, courtesy of the English Theatre Berlin Friday night saw the European premier of Isaac’s Eye – a snappy play tackling the... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Schwarz Gemacht at the English Theatre Berlin

  

  Photo by Dragan Simicevic, courtesy of the English Theatre Berlin Last night was the premier of Schwarz Gemacht, the first play to be developed and produced by... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• The New York Project at TheaterForum Kreuzberg

  

  Living Room Productions is currently staging two plays by New York playwrights Daniel Sauermilch and Barbara Hammond at the TheaterForum Kreuzberg. Each play... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2014 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Pieoneers: Bringing British Pies to Berlin

  

  Winter is coming.  Berlin winters are harsh with Siberian winds and temperatures dropping to -20 °C. Spectacularly, the Deutschens carry on as normal; schools... Read more

  Posted on 02 November 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Theatre: An Enemy of the People at the Schaubühne

  

  Photo: Arno Declair Having recently seen Public Enemy at the Young Vic in London, I was keen to see what Berlin’s famous Schaubühne would make of Henrik... Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Neighbourhood Italian: Mami Camilla

  

  The Bavarian and I have recently finished watching HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and have started watching Rome. We tend to get immersed in our dramas. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• TEDxBerlin: City 2.0

  

  In 2008, the number of people living in cities surpassed those living in rural areas, and that number is set to rise. So what does this mean for cities? What... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Blind Dates with Books in Berlin

  

  If you live in Berlin and you like books, you’ll be as excited as I am about Book Flaneur – a novel way of introducing Berliners to books! Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Guest Post: Training Day with the Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, by Pat O´Day

  

  Have you been seeing posters like this all over Berlin? Wondering what it’s all about? Guest-blogger Pat O´Day investigated… The New York-based experimental... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Villa Grisebach

  

  On Sunday, The Bavarian and I previewed some works that are to be sold over the next week at one of Berlin’s finest auction houses – Villa Grisebach in... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL