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It’s a bad, bad day to be a necktie.
Just before the end of January, I was in the grocery store with a friend when we passed an aisle filled with costumes- the exact same sorts of costume gear that you would normally see in a Target or a...
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Public Holiday: May Day
One of the many things I had to learn when I got to Germany was the different holidays. Many of the holidays that I’m used to from the US just aren’t a holiday here. Thanksgiving is a great example of...
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Dinner Was Fabulous
This town consistently does little things to remind me just how awesome it is. For example, we wanted to go to dinner tonight at Pam Pam, a great little Italian restaurant in the Altstadt. Dinner was...
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Doc Holiday or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Urlaub*
By the end of July, I’ll have been to Prague, Barcelona, Amsterdam, London, and Edinburgh, all within a four month span. In September I’m visiting Berlin again, and possibly Vienna. I’m also planning...
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Halloween In Germany
Halloween isn’t really a traditional German celebration, but it has become more popular in recent years, especially with children. Most people seem to think this is partially from seeing it depicted...
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Christkindlmarkt Time
It’s that time of year again. For the month of December, right up until Christmas Eve, the Christkindlmarkt or Christmas Market is open in cities and towns all over Germany and Austria. Also called...
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Maybe Falkor should have been a Luck Pig.
I was walking past the bakery late last week, and I noticed a tray of little marzipan piggies with signs that said “Viel Glück!” which translates to “Good Luck!” Sensing the possibility to learn...
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Ain’t No Party Like A Tollwood Party
I rang in the new year with Hanley and Esther at the awesome 2012 Tollwood Silvester Party. Hanley wrote about it in her own blog, so if you read both of us, this will seem like a bit of a repeat. The...
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Weiberfastnacht 2: The Reaping Of The Ties
Last February, I wrote about Fasching, including “Weiberfastnacht”, or “Women’s carnival night”. Here’s a quick recap about Weiberfastnacht: The Thursday before Ash Wednesday is known as...
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Four Day Weekend Ahead!
I just realized that Friday the 29th of March and Monday the first of April are both Bavarian public holidays. That means I have a perfect opportunity to get some proper travel in. Now I just have to...
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Q&A Time!
A short while back, I posted an ‘Ask Me Anything’ post. Some folks used that as a chance to ask for advice in advance of their upcoming travels to the area, and I tried to answer what I could of those...
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Raising A Maypole
On the first of May last year, I wrote a little bit about May Day, and about Maibäume, or maypoles. This year, I got to see the raising of a May Pole up close. My partner-in-crime Jenny and her...
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A fabulous day on Haidplatz
I am always amazed at how constantly there is stuff to do in the Altstadt on weekends. Saturday the 15th of June was once again Christopher Street Day. I first encountered this one last year, quite by...
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
For my American friends and family, have a wonderful Thanksgiving. It’s not a holiday here, so I’ll miss the food and festivities. Here’s two of my favorite Thanksgiving jokes. They’re both old...
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Christmas Market Season Is Here!
Last week, the Christkindlmärkte opened all over Germany. It’s time for Glühwein (hot mulled wine), hot fresh festival food, gingerbread, and the warmth that comes from spending time with your...
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Hunting Krampus In Berchtesgaden
I went to a Perchtenlauf this weekend in Berchtesgaden, a town nestled in the Alps near the Austrian border. It’s surrounded on three sides by Austria, and is actually south of Salzburg....
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Merry Christmas, everyone!
For those who celebrate it, Merry Christmas! The Christmas markets have only two more nights before they’re closed for the year. This is one of my favorite Christmas comics, created by the geniuses...
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Valentine’s Day In Germany
Like Halloween, Valentine’s Day is a late addition to Germany. Children here don’t typically exchange valentines in school like I did growing up, and the holiday is mostly for romantic couples here....
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Carnival in Cologne
On Rose Monday, I was in Köln for the Rosenmontag (Rose Monday) Parade. This was part of a slightly larger trip which included Karlsruhe and Stuttgart- I’ll talk about those in another post, because...
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The Holiday Fantasy of Lights at Tradewind Park
I’m being a very bad blogger, because I haven’t actually had much downtime to write a regular post lately. I also don’t have many ideas for what to write about, but I’m still working on that. I do...
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