Currywurst and sushi

Berlin is slowly emerging from months of lockdown. With the incidence number now well below 100, the emergency brake is no longer in place. ...

It’s 7 am on a Monday morning and my son’s Covid self-test kit is on the breakfast table next to the cereal bowls and the mugs of tea. This ...

The worst months of the year are over as far as I’m concerned.  January was a very dreary month; it felt as if it would never end. Lockdown ...

With all the doom and gloom out there, it may seem difficult to see any positives right now, especially for those of us living in lockdown. ...

#StayatHome So here we are again, only this time it’s worse. We’re in the middle of the second wave of the Covid pandemic and the situation ...

  The partial lockdown that was supposed to save Christmas has turned into a full Christmas lockdown.  Today is the last day of lockdown lig...

Lockdown light is not having the desired effect. As we’re coming to the end of week four of lockdown light, it’s become increasingly evident...

Mexico City or Berlin? The second week of “lockdown light” is coming to an end, but you wouldn’t know it walking around the streets of Berli...

The first week of “ lockdown light ”, as it’s being called in Germany, is almost over. Compared with the first lockdown in the spring, when ...

As the lockdown measures continue to be relaxed ( Corona-Lockerung , as it’s known in Germany), life in Berlin is slowly returning to someth...

I feel that my “lockdown diary” is coming to an end, unless the situation precipitates and the lockdown measures need to be reinstated. When...

It is now two months since the lockdown measures were introduced in Berlin. Though many restrictions have been lifted, our new way of life i...

This week has been an emotional roller coaster ride. On Monday I was fed up with the whole lockdown situation, especially the uncertainty ab...

We have entered a new phase of quarantine As in other European countries, the lockdown is gradually being eased across Germany. While measur...

Another exhausting week of lockdown and homeschooling is over. The biggest challenge, in addition to trying to master German grammar (i...