Category Archives: Leipzig
Stasi Museum
Echoes of the GDR are all over the place in east Berlin. This is good news for history buffs who regularly participate in pub quizzes, although many an ex-pat in the city has probably complained at one point or another: … Continue reading
Hindsight
If you haven’t yet had your fill of end-of-year slideshows and retrospectives, we have one to put you over the edge. Our predilection for travel and picture-taking reached new levels of mania this year, which means that I couldn’t possibly … Continue reading
Lübeck
We spent three days in Rostock last week while DH did academic type things (wearing Birkenstocks with socks, etc.), so I mostly toured the area on my own. However, one afternoon unexpectedly opened up for DH, and he made the … Continue reading
Filed under Germany, Graduate School, Leipzig, Outings, Travel
Santa Maria Berlin
This has been a hectic week for us, full of list-making, planning, and procrastinating. One of the more important things we had to get done was make a plan of attack for food to try in Berlin. DH went so … Continue reading
I Wish I Were a German Kid: Part Four
Let’s hope you’re not getting sick of this series, because adorable playgrounds keep popping up everywhere. This one is in Leipzig’s Südvorstadt. These maritime themed playgrounds give me the urge to watch Hook again. Here’s a favorite Hook quote just … Continue reading
A Day at the Foreigner’s Office
Along with traveling, getting ready for a move, and working, August has also been the month of renewing our visas. It was a perfect storm. Expats here often complain about German bureaucracy, while conveniently forgetting the horrors of the U.S. … Continue reading
The Spinnerei
Things are getting seriously sentimental around here as we approach our last days in Leipzig. There are so many places – mostly ice cream parlors – yet to visit! The Leipzig Baumwollspinnerei has long been high on my must-see list, … Continue reading
Hello, Berlin!
Look, I know that I’ve been on and on about how great Leipzig is. I’ve tried to rein in all the annoying gushing, but I live in a city where there’s an ice cream parlor on virtually every corner, so … Continue reading
Filed under Berlin, Germany, Graduate School, Leipzig, Travel
Volleyball by the Opera
On Thursday big trucks parked in front of the Opera and the Gewandhaus and started dumping sand. After the sand, the stands were put together. On Friday, sausage and crepe booths popped up, and on Friday evening a volleyball tournament … Continue reading
