Moving To Berlin: Everything I Gave Up & Everything I Gained
A year ago today, we boarded a flight to Berlin. I knew everything I was giving up, but I had no idea how much I would gain from moving here.
A year ago today, we boarded a flight to Berlin. I knew everything I was giving up, but I had no idea how much I would gain from moving here.
In this hustle of Berlin life, we forget how important it was to just chill and hang out and without realizing it, needed that time so bad.
The beauty of being in Germany with a local German is evident: access to both a car and a driver, someone who understands the landmarks, the language and Euro price-points, and of course, the opportunity to see the physical landscape that shaped the beautiful woman I’m about to marry. Add Christmas to the mix, and …
Have you ever experienced a moment so serene, so picturesque, so perfect that its inception seems utterly orchestrated? You have to stop and wonder; where is the art director hiding? Because this is too special, too amazing, too heartfelt? Words cannot describe driving to our German (second) home from our niece’s, pulling up to the …
Somewhere in East Germany, this small town was a popular weekend destination for my fiancée and her school friends, where the mall was always open, the ice-cream always cheap and the bus ride short. It was a pleasure to step back and re-visit these old haunts with her, and to marvel at the stark sameness …
No this isn’t Rome, Venice, Florence, or any part of Italy in fact. Its the gorgeous city of Dresden, in East Germany – a city that stole our hearts and our imagination. I was looking through old photos and re-organizing some of my uploads, and I stumbled upon this gem. Check out the full post …
Boots: TOPMAN, Pants, Hat, Shirt & Scarf: ZARA, Blazer: H&M Behold my completely high-street look, which ironically got more compliments then any of my designer duds while we in Europe a few months ago. Its all in the delivery folks. On a side-note, I loved the fall weather that Europe offered me; layers, but not …
Although Prague is a close competitor, I think Dresden in Saxony is one of our absolute favourite cities in Europe. This city in East Germany completely took our breath away. You could look up, down, left or right and be stunned by the architecture in both its grandeur and its intricacy. Although I do have …