Days of Deutsch

Learning German, word by word, image by image. Some of it is useful, some of it is utterly useless.

Slide well into 2016!

It's the first New Year's Eve that I've actually spent in Berlin... and I'm terrified. Images of The Purge flash through my head as people talk about the pandemonium of a Berlin New Year's Eve—dodging fireworks and drunkards, and, more often than not, drunkards with fireworks.

Looking for something a little different in Berlin?

If you're in Berlin and bored of all the clubs and bars on offer (really?!) then here's something a little out of the norm.

Surviving a Berlin winter

It may have been sunny for the last few days but, Berlin, I refuse to be tricked by you. Winter is not over yet. Here's a few tips for surviving the cold.

My detox starts tomorrow

Hey you, yeah, you with the coffee and the croissant. Put it down. And you over there in the wine aisle, step away from the alcohol and head quickly back to the vegetable section. That's right, keep walking. Don't you people know that it's no-fun January??

So that was Christmas

The Berlin streets are awash with Christmas trees, disposed of in heaps at every junction. Overnight they crawl into the street and cause havoc with the morning traffic. While the smell may be overwhelmingly Christmassy, there is one clear message - Christmas is so last year. It's time to move on with 2015.