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• People in Berlin Sporting the Paedophile Look

  A lot of people in Berlin are sporting beards and big plastic glasses at the moment, which reminded me of this video: At first, I thought it was some weird flas... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Gallery Weekend, Berlin

  

  Friday 26th April to Sunday 28th April was Gallery Weekend – when galleries all over Berlin had exhibition openings. There were 51 official participants, but a... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Ice Hockey: Eisbaeren Berlin v. Dusseldorfer EG

  

  Yesterday I joined over 13,000 spectators at the O2 Arena in Kreuzberg to watch Berlin’s very own ice hockey team, the Eisbären, play against Dusseldorfer EG. Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Everyone is Moving to Berlin

  …and apparently, only the bloggers can kiss. For more, read the Berliner Morgenpost article on why everyone is moving to Berlin. Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Very Inspiring Blogger Award

  

  What a lovely way to start the year. Beth, who writes the bi-lingual (German/ English) blog Phoenixrisesagain, has nomiated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2013 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Top 10 Berlin Songs

  Lots of songs are about or feature Berlin. Here are my favorite! 10. Kaiserbase – Berlin Du Bist So Wunderbar Berliner Pilsner used this for their advertising... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Vansittartism

  

  Last Wednesday, I  learnt a new word that filled me with a mixture of glee and shame at Hans Vaget’s lecture Vansittartism Revisited. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• R.B. Kitaj: Obsessions Exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin

  

  The first large-scale retrospective of R.B Kitaj‘s work in fourteen years is currently on at the Jewish Museum Berlin. R.B Kitaj (1932 – 2007), an American... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Is the CineStar in Potsdamer Platz the Worst Cinema in Berlin?

  Yes, it is. I went to see the new James Bond film, Skyfall, there yesterday, and remembered why I stopped going there about a year ago. They play over an hour o... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Dirk Nowitzki Receives the AmCham Germany TransAtlantic Partnership Award 2012

  

  Last night Dirk Nowitzi was given an award by the American Chamber of Commerce for his foundation’s work with disadvantaged children at the Ritz Carlton,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Opening of the Google Offices in Berlin

  

  On Wednesday night, Google officially opened its offices at Unter den Linden 14. We used our best gate-crashing skills to get in, but the party was... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL