Happy Halloween… An interesting read on the people who have to keep inappropriate images and videos from your social media outlets (WARNING: this is not a nice read). Two words and a big dribble: Apple Strudel. An interesting read from my lovely friend Debra about Warsaw being the new Berlin. Charlotte has some ideas on teaching English on skype – which Jason has just started doing. How funny to see our local Berlin trains running in the North Korean capital! An interesting video about a women being constantly harrassed in NY. Coolest video in the world goes to: Ok Go! WOW – and all done in one take – coooool!…

What’s the time Mr Wolf? Recently we have been taking part in a very “Berlin” thing: Brunch! It seems all the cool young people and also families will pop out on a Sunday morning to a restaurant and indulge themselves on a buffet of delicious food. We normally have Sunday morning breakfast eggs at our house with all the delicious trimmings of German bread and toppings. Occasionally we will go all out and have an English breakfast. However, we have recently discovered how lovely it is to have brunch out and today I’m going to tell you where our favourite place is. Hoppegarten is in Steglitz, in the south-west of…

This little light of mine… So we went on the last day of the Festival of Lights (Sunday), which is why I didn’t write this post up earlier. Basically, you missed it already, so here are the highlights kind of thing… They lit up famous buildings all over Berlin for a couple of weeks and we went to have a little look too. My favourite was the Brandenburger Tor, on which they beamed a 10 minute show of fun things. There was a colourful gate, a whole “making of” – when they showed how each stone was set to make the gate, an “I LOVE BERLIN” gate and even a…

Call me Dr Jones… Yes. I did just refer to an Aqua song, but it’s a great song. So there. Now, most of you know I seem to get sick all the time. Half of my life in London I seem to either have a cold or be getting over one. I know it’s not normal, but when you have always been sniffling, you just kind of get used to it. I have to say though interestingly, that in Berlin, I am sick a lot less. However, a few weeks ago, it happened yet again. I felt the sore throat and – lo and behold – the tickling in the…

Gangnam Style… Yup – there is a fabulous event in Berlin at Platoon Kunsthalle where you can eat Korean Street Food and we went to check it out last night. You get a feel of how fun the street food culture in Korea is. They have a few small stalls selling some Korean dishes and you sit on little plastic chairs around a low table. It was definitely a fun evening, but I have to say the food was very disappointing. We got a Bibimbap and a Kimchi Taco for ten euros, pretty pricy as the portions were small. Now, I have been to Korea and I have to say…

Oh when the Saints… Errr, there is a lot of nakedness in Germany and this poor English blogger’s mother came to Berlin to experience it first hand… We shall be visiting America in a few months time, so these funny tips/ customs showing restaurant etiquette between our two countries made me giggle. Looks like we missed out on a bargain here! Doh!

Rise and shine it is the morning… Yup, Friday Linkies is back and this link was written for Jason I think. If you want to learn about Japanese history through board games, check this out! Last week was a National Holiday in Germany and here is a great article explaining it all – plus it contains food! Three daughters share their stories of their Japanese mothers who were “war-brides” in America after the Second World War. Sounds super interesting! Amazing blog I found – Jillian wants us all to stop buying new clothing and instead re-fashion old stuff. She has some amazing tips and ideas and writes in a great…