Tag: Berlin
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Managing Expectations: At Work or Barely Working
Managing work expectations. In this episode, of Managing Expectations, Zoe and I talk about everything job-related. To say our Berlin job search was a breeze would be a lie. Sometimes, you have to be ok with where you are in order to get to where you want to be. This couldn’t be more true about finding work. […]
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Managing Expectations: Friendship is HARD
Managing friendship expectations. Episode 2 of Managing Expectations is now live on Spotify and iTunes! In this episode my cohost, Zoe, and I breach the topic of friendships. They can be so challenging to make and maintain generally, let alone in a new city. In short, we discuss everything from friend date to contextual friend […]
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Managing Expectations: the Podcast
It is quite surreal to finally be writing about this. We launched a podcast! As many great things do, this project started over wine and pasta, at a time where spirits weren’t the highest. Searching for a creative outlet, allowing my brilliant co-host Zoe and I to stay connected as our paths started to diverge, Managing Expectations […]
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5 Awesome German Words You Need to Know
In the spirit of starting German classes again after a long nine month hiatus, I wanted to share five of my favourite German words. Although there are an incredible amount of fantastic words phonetically (krass, schade, etc.), I will limit myself to these ones as they don’t really have a one-word equivalent in English nor in […]
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Berlin on Film
Going home for the holidays meant sorting through the overwhelming amount of stuff that apparently belongs to me. This also meant reigniting an interest for certain objects, which then sneakily made their way into my suitcase. One of these treasures being my first ever film camera I received for Christmas when I was about 11. […]
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5 Little Things I Love About Berlin
Starting off the year (quite late) on a positive note, I’d like to share 5 little things I love about Berlin. When discovering a city, there are of course the staple things to see and do: museums, restaurants, clubs, historical monuments etc. They all give you a comfortable and satisfactory peek into everyday life, without […]
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In the Handbag – I Can’t Leave Without These
Before we get into the handbag (pun 100% intended) I must admit that I’ve been desperate to try my hand at a flat lay since I’ve started this blog. Call me basic, but the level of satisfaction you attained from placing a bunch of random objects next to each other without them rolling around in […]
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Critical Mass Berlin
Believe it or not, before coming to Berlin, I had only ever managed to sit on a bicycle for more than three seconds once – that is, without training wheels. What can I say, I was apparently a “stubborn child” and always lived down the street from a subway station. I have always wanted to learn, […]
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The Premise – What is This Blog About?
So let’s talk premise! Why am I starting this blog? I’ve wanted to do this for so long but have never plucked up the courage to do so. Having closely followed the blogging world explode over the past several years, I have found it increasingly difficult to believe I would have anything relevant enough to […]
