Listen, Listen, Listen

Well, today was my last day at work and I fly back to London tomorrow – so that I can begin the wonderful and not at all long, arduous and drawn-out process of… Continue reading →

Day 1: I’m on a boat (and a train)

One of the (many) brilliant things about Germany is that it is located almost slap bang in the middle of Europe and has a transport system which, although perhaps not quite as ruthlessly… Continue reading →

Frau Merkel Will See You Now

Since my last post not a lot of interest has happened here in Berlin, although the Christmas Markets have started going up and the whole city is starting to look quite festive. I… Continue reading →

Under Pressure

So, another week goes by and a busy one at that. This week the Humboldt was host to a two-day ‘ArGuS’ event – that is ‘Arbeitsgeberkontakmesse für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftler’ (apologies if I’ve… Continue reading →

Half-Time

Today I am exactly half-way through my six months here in Berlin, which is both sad and terrifying in equal measure. Although my German has certainly improved significantly I still think it’s going… Continue reading →

I Have Seen The Light!

No, no, I haven’t had some sort of re-awakening (spiritual, religious or otherwise). I mean the above in the most literal sense since the Berlin Festival of Lights is on this week. Around… Continue reading →

Another History Lesson

On Saturday I got another great insight into the fascinating if somewhat troubled recent history of this amazing city. I headed to Hohenschönhausen (north-east-ish of Friedrichshain) to have a guided tour around the… Continue reading →

Deutsche Bürokratie

I’m expecting this to be a relatively short post this week. This is not to say that I haven’t done anything this week (quite the opposite in fact), however I wouldn’t wish to… Continue reading →

Berlin, du bist so…seltsam?

Well, tomorrow is the final day of our Intensiven Programm at work and I think I am both sad and happy about this in equal measure. On the one hand the last three… Continue reading →

Hallo aus Berlin!

Well, I’m finally here. It’s all Berlin for the next six months! If any former EC people are reading this (specifically those who took German GCSE) I hope you appreciate the title. As… Continue reading →