Time to meet Heike and Michi who send greetings to home. Do you know those wonderful places on earth where you just feel like being in paradise? One of those places is Arvidsjaur in Swedish Lapland – to be more precise:… Read more ›
This week it is Birgit’s turn to send some greetings to home. Birgit and I met in August 1999 in a bar. Her back-then boyfriend and my to-be roommate and I were about to start our trip to spend an exchange semester in… Read more ›
A Monday evening in Copenhagen. I – a West German – am sharing my dinner table with 3 Ossis. We are all pretty much the same age and we have one thing in common: We all live in Denmark. The… Read more ›
My friend Katja was born in a country that doesn’t exist anymore. The anthem and the flag were put in the basement and German maps from 2014 look significantly different then the ones from 1989. But her home still exists. It was not… Read more ›
Tomorrow Germans celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall. German reunification. You might think it is a day early, but my friend Doreen´s story starts on the 8th of November 1989 and I would like to share… Read more ›
Living abroad, traveling, and having foreign friends gives you a great insight into other cultures. True. But it also gives you a great insight into your own culture and into yourself – Why do you do the things you do… Read more ›
