I don't want to change who I fundamentally am just to fit into the culture here, but at the same time, you have to pick and choose your battles. One of these battles has been fairly personal, however, and it's not one I expected to fight.
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In the last couple years that I've been living in Berlin, I've become increasingly interested in the topics of digitalization -- particularly of government and public services -- and civic tech. In the interest of easing the path for any others who are interested in following these developments within Germany, here is a list of starting points
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If you love hiking but prefer to avoid camping, this beautiful trail along Portugal's awe-inspiring coast is a dream come true. Read on to learn more about our 5 days of hiking along part of the 450km Rota Vicentina.
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What if these feelings of never quite fitting in don't go away, no matter how long I live here? Does that mean I've made some sort of mistake -- that I didn't try hard enough to integrate, or that I simply chose the wrong place in the world to live?
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The perceived prevalence of cigarette smoking in Germany has always baffled me. Germans are model citizens in so many regards. So why, in God's name, do they smoke cigarettes like it's 1950 and lung cancer isn't a thing yet?
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On a holiday weekend, the cheapest airfare to a nontraditional location ended up being Bucharest. Neither of us knew anything about the city besides the absolute basics (capital of a former communist country, cheap, urban), so it seemed like the perfect mini-adventure.
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