Currywurst and sushi

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

The summer in Berlin ended two weeks ago, when thermometers recorded a spectacular drop of 20°C. One day we were heading to lakes and outdoo...

It turns out that I was wrong. Although the lockdown restrictions are being relaxed, it’s not over yet and it won’t be over – not for me and...

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

While in some countries, children will not go back to school until September, in others the reopening of schools is a daily topic of debate....

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...

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

The Easter holidays are over and so is the first month of quarantine. If I had to find a word to define each week up to now, it...

We are now in the second week of the Easter break. The weather in Berlin has been exceptionally good this past week, so in a way it has...

While the rest of the world was fighting COVID-19, I was at home battling against tonsillitis. Fortunately I had a powerful and effec...

The second week of lockdown in Berlin is over. I don’t know about you, but I’m exhausted. In fact, I’m so tired that I’ve stopped worr...