Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

Dear Hotel Esplanade — I’m sorry

You may remember that at the end of April, we visited Berlin for an initial test to see how we might like living here. We stayed at the Grand Hotel Esplanade, which was really beautiful and even inspired a post about all the great design elements they used in our...
Soccer, Germany & Patriotism

Soccer, Germany & Patriotism

As I sit here typing this, Germany is playing Holland in the EM European Championships — and the usually busy street outside is absolutely dead. As the game plays on the TV in front of me, all of Germany is sitting on the  edge of their seats as Germany battles...