“You have both been – obviously wrongly – locked in an asylum,” says Toby.
I cast a sideways glance at the Bavarian, who could probably quite legitimately be sent to a mad house.… Read More EXIT Berlin – Live Escape Game
Soundpainting is a live-composing sign language. The soundpainter (composer / conductor) uses gestures to direct a musicians, actors, dancers and artists in an improvised performance.… Read More Soundpainting in Neukoelln
One of the nice things about living in Berlin is its easy connections to other towns and cities. This weekend, The Bavarian and I went to Weimar, which is a two-hour train ride away.… Read More Weekend Trips from Berlin: Weimar
I occasionally tweet random things that the Bavarian says to me under the tag #ThingsMyGermanHusbandSaidToday which I thought I’d collect under one blog post for those of you who don’t follow me on Twitter (why not?!)… Join the fun @madhviramani
This week thousands of people went to Schoenefeld to visit ILA, the Berlin aerospace fair that occurs every two years.… Read More ILA Berlin Air Show
Finding a good Italian restaurant is no easy task…… Read More Neighbourhood Italian: Mami Camilla
On Sunday, The Bavarian and I previewed some works that are to be sold over the next week at one of Berlin’s finest auction houses – Villa Grisebach in Charlottenburg – because the Bavarian has registered to bid in their Autumn Auction.… Read More Villa Grisebach
The Bavarian and I have been very busy. One of the things we’ve been doing is conducting some research. A survey in fact, of burger places in Prenzlauer Berg…… Read More Top Five Burger Joints in Prenzlauer Berg
Despite the fact that we live in a city renowned for its clubbing scene, the Bavarian and I hardly ever bother. Thank god that Berghain has just this week fallen off the top ten list of best clubs in the world to place no. 13, so now when people ask us how come we’ve never… Read More Clubbing in Berlin
In England, you can stroll into a supermarket and pick up almost anything from star fruit to various Indian pickles, Quorn products, tortillas, short crust pastry and frozen, well, everything really. Here, I’ve had trouble at various times locating; canned chick peas (which are currently stocked in the exotic foods section at the Kaiser’s in… Read More Supermarkets, Socialism and Chocolate Biscuits
The opening of Compass, a collection of 250 drawings from the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) New York, in Berlin … Read More Exhibition Opening: Compass, drawings from MoMA New York
Apologies for the gap between posts – I’ve been spending long hours at the Pankow Rathaus (our local town hall) recently as the Bavarian and I have decided to tie the knot. As always in Berlin, there’s a lot of bureaucracy involved. The first hurdle was figuring out what documents an English person and a German… Read More Getting married in Berlin
Every time I mention the fact that my other half is a Bavarian to a Berliner, they raise their eyebrows and ask how he’s getting along. It’s condescending, this idea that a Bavarian in Berlin is some sort of lederhosen-wearing in-bred farmer holding a weiß wurst in one hand and a weiß beer in another as out of place as Crocodile Dundee in New York. I… Read More Berlin vs. Munich
The German and I had just picked up a coffee table and boarded a tram. At this point I have to correct myself, as The German dislikes being referred to as The German and insists on being called, at the very least, The Bavarian. This is because although Bavaria is technically part of Federal Republic… Read More Why German bureaucracy is worse than Italian bureaucracy
An Englishman in Berlin 