One conscious decision we made in transitioning into a bigger apartment was that we wanted to start investing in furniture that we actually liked (rather than desperately needed). Luckily, Berlin is basically a treasure trove of beautiful pieces with lots of history. However, we also knew we didn’t want to spend an arm and a …
The good news? I successfully defended my proposal for my dissertation project yesterday afternoon. Yahoo! But now I’m pretty burnt out and am taking a few days off to recover a bit in Berlin. This morning I slept until 11am, which was obviously much needed. Otherwise, I’ve spent the afternoon cleaning up the balcony — …
I haven’t been around the blog much in the last couple of weeks, a lot of which has to do with the state of our new apartment (as evidenced in the photo above). Don’t get me wrong, things are definitely moving along. For example, we are now the proud owners of a refrigerator and …
So, we did it. We finally made the move to Berlin. After spending more weekends than I can count doing nothing in Hamburg but packing, it was nice to finally arrive and settle into our new place. Can I just say, we LOVE it. It’s about 20 square meters (215 square feet) larger than the …