Author Archives: siewlyn

Bridge of Spies

Agentenbrücke

Bridge of Spies

Was it optimism or irony that made them name the bridge the Brücke der Einheit (Bridge of Unity)?

Christmas Cookies

Wiehnachtsplätzchen

Christmas Cookies

Each year in early December, Yoggi's kitchen would be filled for days with the smell of baking. His Yuletide gift ...

Bear in Mind

Berliner Bären

Blame the Buddy Bears for popularising the notion that Berlin derives its name from ‘Bär’, German for ...

The Hills are Alive

Die Berge sind Lebendig

The Hills are Alive

Was it the princess in the lake that drew me? The Müggelberge's mysterious lake and moors transfixed me when I ...

Easy-Care

Pflegeleicht

Of all the German words that I encountered when I first moved to Germany, it was ‘pflegeleicht’ that ...

Ramadan in the Pleasure Garden

Ramadan im Lustgarten

Ramadan in the Pleasure Garden

The venue was so heavily 19th century European it seemed the most unlikely place to hold a celebration of the end ...

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