I was late and as I entered the bar I noticed the banner reading “happy birthday”. I managed to track down the birthday boy. I…
Written by Michael Schmitz 01.04.2021 Speed tests are a lovely thing in general. You put an oversized cotton pad up your brain, twirl it around…
Today, we’ll first discuss the German sirens followed by Hamsterkäufe. After a short time living in Nordrhein Westfalen, I became curious about the regular sirens…
What is ‘der Papierkrieg’? Let’s find out! Germany, like any country, has a range of stereotypes associated with it. There are many positive ones, such…
Germans will be obliged to take an integration test in Germany – Re-education upon failure. Today, the German office for migration and refugees (BAMF) published…
When I recently listened to a Podcast on the history of Pentecostalism in the United States, I couldn’t help but wonder how this global Christian…
Do you feel tense whenever you see a young child playing video games and wonder if they even know where strawberries grow? You are not…
Sommerzeit: the first modern suggestion of “summertime” came from a humorous observation by Ben Franklin. Franklin’s insight was sparked by Paris’s latitude being about 1,100…
Germany has many beautiful places worth visiting. But besides the beauty of the country, it is also one of the largest in the European Union.…