Wadlstrumpf

Earlier today, I drafted a blurb on visiting the Freiburg Bürgeramt (public authorities office), but I decided my description sounded unnec...

In Germany, as in the U.S., socks that you know went into the washing machine mysteriously fail to emerge from the dryer.

Elias headed off this morning for a two-night field trip to the Landschulheim ("country school home") in Bonndorf (in the Schwarzw...

A month ago, I thought it was just an anomaly. I thought the big Edeka on Habsburger Strasse was simply selling leftovers from last year, cl...

There's a certain sound that a door makes when it closes and locks behind you. When you are on the outside of your apartment door with y...