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Getting Around: Biking in Berlin. By Conrad Smith

Getting Around: Biking in Berlin. By Conrad Smith

Photo by Chris Barbalis on Unsplash I've never heard anyone say anything good about biking in Berlin, and I'm still trying to figure out why. I'd love to transport some of these naysayers to an August afternoon in Manhattan, where the sweating streets are swollen with...

Der Umzug : Teil III

When I was at the beginner level in German, I was surprised to learn, along with fundamentals like Wie geht's Dir? or Es geht mir gut, this rather innocuous phrase: Die Küche ist ganz neu! Or, “the kitchen is brand new!” Funny. It's not what you'd consider one of the...

Der Umzug – Teil 2

Der Umzug – Teil 2

Figure 1: Das Formular; Photo by Krissie on Unsplash Maybe some of you have already found a place, though it's more than likely that many of you are still looking. What's certain is that most of you have encountered terms and phrases that weren't covered in the last...

Der Umzug, Teil I. Die Suche. The Search. By Conrad Smith

Der Umzug, Teil I. Die Suche. The Search. By Conrad Smith

Figure 1 : Photo by Lance Grandahl on Unsplash Hello there! Welcome to the first post in our new series of articles about life, culture and social life in Germany. In the first article about moving to Germany, Konrad Smith writes about his experience finding a place...