As it’s our first year as mommy & daddy we decided to forego our usual Silvester Bash and spend a quiet night at home welcoming the new year with our little mouse…it didn’t quite happen that …
Canadian to German Driving License in just 4 steps?
Unbelievably in a country as chock full of bureaucratic BS as Germany it really did only take 4 relatively simple steps to exchange my Canadian driver’s license for a German Führerschein…
Finding a Home in (Berlin) Germany
So, you’ve found love, a new job or for some strange reason think this dirty, unfriendly, xenophobic, racist, antisocial city is just fantastisch. Whatever the reason, you’ve moved to Berlin & now need a place …
Knocked Up in Germany
Congratulations! You have successfully procreated! It’s a time of excitement, fear & joy! If you live in Germany it’s also a time of paperwork, confusion, desperately looking for a doctor you can get along with …
How to (not) get married in Germany
DISCLAIMER: This my personal experience of how I (a Canadian) married my German spouse in Denmark in 2011 and avoided the insanity of attempting to get married in Germany as a foreigner. I am unable to …
Self Employment Visa – or – how I became legal in Germany
DISCLAIMER: This my personal experience of how I (a Canadian) received my first 1 year freelancer/self employment visa (Freiberufliche Tätigkeit) in 2008 + how I extended it for 2 more years & then got my insanely …
Hiding from evacuation police – or – WW2 Bomb found 2 blocks away
In the early morning of July 7 we were blearily completing our morning routine (change/feed baby, make coffee, take dog for potty, get bakery croissants, check e-mails…). As we sat down at our respective computers …
Why road signs exist…
Awhile ago we had nasty road construction for a week (they re-did the tram tracks) and it was non-stop noisy and smelly, just when we thought we couldn’t take any more jackhammering it suddenly stopped …