Birkenau by Larissa

The dark colors and cold wet stones create an authentic mood for this photo of Birkenau, the Auschwitz extermination camp. If these rail lines could talk they’d tell stories of horror, sadness, and despair.

Neue Wache by Alex

Munich by Antonija

Since Berlin has been in the news quite a bit this week, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, I thought I would take you on a quick trip to the Berlin I know and love.

I’ve made it no secret that Berlin is my favorite city in the world — the [...]

Brecht is hard to understand when translated to English. It’s even harder in German. It’s a lot harder when it’s performed for you so that you can’t read the text. It’s harder still when you completely miss the first act, are jet-lagged, hungry, and tired. But I somehow made it through my first German play [...]

With the 2016 Olympics recently being awarded to Brazil, and the World Cup in South Africa less than a year away, I thought it would be a good time to share stories of my experience at the biggest sporting event I’ve ever been to — the 2006 World Cup in Germany.  If you haven’t already [...]