Did you know that rhododendrons are the state flower of Washington? We grew up with them in our yard and every time I see them here in Germany, they feel like ein Stücken Heimat (a little piece of home). So I’ve always been curious to visit Bremen’s Rhododendron Park, the second largest collection of rhododendrons in the world …
I don’t know about other runners, but after a particularly hard or long run, my body responds best when I keep on moving instead of dropping immediately on the couch for the rest of the day. Even though I usually want to do nothing more than eat and sleep, staying active after the run helps …
Yesterday I did something I’ve never done before — I ran a half marathon without having any idea of my pace. I’ve been training like that for weeks now with the goal of rediscovering my love of running… I had reached a point where I was burnt out on training for speed, as well as a bit overwhelmed with other stuff …
Life is all about perspective, isn’t it? When I first moved to Hamburg from New York City in 2008, the city with its 1.7 million residents seemed impossibly small. But I grew to love my first home in Germany with all my heart. Now after spending nearly a year-and-a-half living full-time in Bremen (with about one-third …