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

Definitely in the minority, but good to see: a Stolperstein that ended with the word "Ueberlebt" ("Survived") rather th...

Everyone we know in Germany is getting a chicken for the holidays, because there's something comforting about creating a flock of cheerf...

It rained all day long. During a brief, promising sunny spell, Stefan, Elias, and I drove up to the Platte, an elevated area above St. Peter...

Today I trotted into the hills behind Herdern and made my way to the top of the Schlossberg on trails I hadn't traveled previously. Some...

In addition to Kastanien , this is also the season for Maronen--edible chestnuts, as in "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" (or a...

Today, while we were stuck in a traffic jam in the rain, Stefan inadvertently taught me another way to curse auf Bairisch : "So a Kaas....