Summer Recap
It is Sunday, September 15th and I’m finally taking the time to sit down and write a bit about the last months. I can’t believe it’s almost fall. Our summer has been quite busy and even though I really wanted...
It is Sunday, September 15th and I’m finally taking the time to sit down and write a bit about the last months. I can’t believe it’s almost fall. Our summer has been quite busy and even though I really wanted...
As some of you might know, I am a contributor for “Heimat abroad”, a magazine for German-Americans and German-speaking expats in the U.S. The latest issue contains two pieces of mine. First, a portrait of the school I’m working at,...
Köln-Ehrenfeld This used to be our neighborhood. We moved to this “Veedel” (which means a city district in the local dialect) of Cologne in 2001, that was the first apartment my husband and I lived together. In November 2005 we...
One of my favorite blogs is Liv Hambrett. She just published a book about the topic I’ve been contemplating about for the last years as well. Heimat does not really have an adequate translation in English. What does Heimat mean? Is it...
Courage isn’t having
the strength to go on –
it is to go on when
you don’t have the strength.
— Napoléon Bonaparte
I’m Kathrin, a German who’s been living the last 16 years in the crazy world of the Silicon Valley. Even though I love our life in California, I’m still missing Köln (Cologne) and the German lifestyle. On this blog I share some of my stories and ruminate about what home really means. I’m a mother of two girls and the wife of an iSlave, a teacher, a social introvert and very passionate about the things I do.
I’m glad you’re here! Schön, dass du hier bist!
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