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I left home this morning at 6:30—actually a few minutes before that—and did not return home until just after two.
Along the way I discovered that something I did in one stop in Weimar is done in two stops in Berlin, and must be done in a specific order. It should be obvious by now […]
So it’s Monday and today I went to work at my new job for the first time—well, not really.
I actually went in to the future office so that I could sign my contract and hand over some documents that are needed for employment, plus to collect the documents I need to get registered with […]
A quick rewind is in order: Thursday the movers came to move me: they promised to arrive between 7 and 8. I got a phone call at 7:04 telling me that they were half a kilometer away.
Pause there for a second: If movers in the US promised to arrive between 7 and 8 (and […]
Dear Mayor Wolf and Fellow Citizens,
I’ve had a great six years living in Weimar, European Capital of Culture, 1999. The city is beautiful, the people friendly, and parks plentiful. Even as I move to Berlin, I will always have a place in my heart for Weimar. That said, I hope that Weimar finds […]
I found movers using My-Hammer.de, and for the price of moving 3 blocks Weimar (plus a couple weeks of storage), I am moving from Weimar into a storage unit in Berlin.
Yes, it’s true, I have no home in Berlin to call my own, but I got very lucky and am subletting an apartment from […]
I think World Cup fever has gone a step too far.
I need to be in Berlin Monday in order to visit the place that I hope to be living in while I work and search for an apartment. I decided to head up here a couple days early just to party for this weekend is, as Snooker reminded me, Christopher Street Days in Berlin!
For […]
My Comfortable Future Home.
As you know, I am moving to Berlin, with a new job starting on 1 July 2010 – a mere two weeks away!
While I had confidence before, I lack it now: I will not find an apartment to my liking in time for the start of my new job. […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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