Hochzeit!

For those who check in here regularly (hi mom!), we apologize for the light posting lately. We’re currently in western Massachusetts getting married…But we promise photos as soon as we’ve got some. And more stories from Germany once we get back…
–Gal and Debbie

Obama: Well-Equipped

I thought I was excited by the prospect of a million Berliners turning out tomorrow to hear Obama speak. But it looks like I can’t top Angela Merkel’s anticipation. I’m hoping this was a translation error–I got this from Reuters–but when she was asked today what she thought of Obama, she said he was, “well-equipped–physically, [...]

Why Germany is Good for Me, Reason #83

On sale now in a bookstore in Cologne. Marx’s Das Kapital, all 1,360 pages, for not even 8 Euros. What more could you want?
–Gal

The Singing Condom Salesman and His Bride-To-Be

First, a bit of explanation. They don’t do bachelor and bachelorette parties the same way we do at home. No binge drinking and lap dances. No Chippendales or candy penises. The objective in Germany (and, from what I’ve seen, in Italy and France as well) is to humiliate the bride and groom-to-be as much as [...]

Old London Town

I spent July 4th weekend in London visiting Rose. It was wonderful to leave this little German enclave, speak some good old English, and eat a pie and mash. Granted, a July 4th party in the land of our oppressors is not quite the same. I grilled some burgers on a George Foreman grill and [...]

Unser Zimmer

Not that this provides any better idea of what our room looks like (especially since somehow a disco ball, or Diskokugel, and a jacuzzi made it into the drawing) but this is our resident artist, Carly’s, rendition of our zimmer. To be exact, we were studying a series of verbs that take the accusative case [...]

Beheaded No More!

For those of you concerned about the state of Hitler’s head, fear not. While a visitor to the new Madame Tussauds in Berlin ripped off the former Fuhrer’s wax head with his bare hands this weekend, the museum has vowed to reattach it and put Hitler back in his little wax bunker.
A 41-year-old former policeman [...]

Hitler Beheaded!

Don’t know if this story made it to the States, but it’s too amusing not to share. At the end of last week, one of the big news items here was the opening of a Madame Tussaud’s wax museum in Berlin. The curators had decided to include a wax Hitler. They made a big deal [...]

Why I Can’t Wait for Berlin, Reason #134

I have a love hate relationship with Jonathan Franzen (respected The Corrections, can’t stand his superciliousness). So when my beloved German teacher, Katrine, chose out of the newspaper to have us together read an interview he gave in German I huffed and puffed. To add to the hate column: he speaks perfect German and he [...]

Schneeweisschen

When Walt Disney interpreted Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, he turned to Germany, the story’s birthplace, for inspiration for the castle. The castle, as legend has it, is somewhere along the Mosel River.
Gal and I needed a break from the little hotel room we call home so we headed out for our first adventure, [...]