holidays
5 German Christmas Traditions You Will Want To Try Out This Year
Living in Germany as an expat, the holidays seem to hit pretty hard. Among all the warm lights and smells of cinnamon, the distance from family can be felt more than ever. Traditions surrounding the holidays are different, foreign, and…
Sweets or Something Sour? Our Halloween in Germany
Now that both of our kids can walk and put up with some degree of shenanigans, we decided to do the full Halloween thing this year. Halloween is a holiday that was non-existent in Germany 20 years ago and has…
What July 4th Means to Me as an American Not Even Living in America
For the first several years of living abroad, I didn’t really think about the 4th of July much. It comes at a time of year when most are preoccupied with planning for summer and wrapping up tasks before said fun…
Let’s Decorate the Easter Tree and Blending Cultural Traditions
There’s one German tradition that I actually thought was a joke or just done ironically, and that is this: Hanging eggs on trees, bushes, plants, etc. at Easter time. It still kinda seems a bit silly to me from an…
What a Girl Has to do for a Corned Beef
A lot. Make it yourself, apparently. Like actually cure it yourself. Which requires a few hours of prep and about 10 days to marinate it, according to Google. Which will make it hard to have a traditional St. Patrick’s Day…
