During 2020, I set myself a goal of learning the lyrics of 20 German pop songs. I thought it'd be a good way to keep revising my German language skills (especially as we should have spent the last month of 2020 in Germany and German-speaking Switzerland ...), because music is amazing like that - you …
living in Germany
My favourite road trip destinations in south-west Germany
Apart from Australia, I lived in Germany for longer than any other country, and yet I’ve barely blogged about it. Quite regularly, though, I find myself telling people on Instagram or Twitter or elsewhere about my favourite lesser-known towns in south-west Germany, around where I lived, and I …
Embracing Germany on a low budget
Some friends just came back from Berlin and they reminded me that it's insanely cheap to eat out there - especially compared to the exorbitantly high prices we have here in Perth. And in fact, there are a lot of ways to explore Germany on a low budget, something that surprised me no end when I lived …


