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A common name for a barrelmaker is a cooper, and so a Böttcher is a cooper, the content I stole to base my description on, translated as barrelmaker in one place and cooper in another when I stuck it into deepl to get the meaning :-). There are lots of names for people who make barrels in both engl...

I thought the flowers were beautiful, but I think they pale in comparision to Böttcherstr. Of course, I love architecture anyway. However, why is it Cooper's Street in English? The photos and explanation were interesting, so I looked up Roselius to find out more. Thanks for the explanation and pics ...

I was hoping this might turn into a Bremen specific list of things to do, but its still lovely that a few of you thought to post general ideas for me, thanks for that. I guess none of us regulars are in Bremen. However, in my local newspaper a girl who writes every other week has started an ABC lis...

Wouldn't your employer just help you with insurance when you arrive? You won't be a freelancer, right? I had TK. I don't remember, though, how it all worked, but I assume I did my Anmeldung first and then everything else, but it was kind of doing everything as soon as possible. I did everything in G...

Can anyone else relate to this…..? Living in another country ... It's a daily internal translation exercise. The head works in two, sometimes three languages, ...even choosing a bread at the bakery seems like asking for a kind of energy that depletes quickly. The feeling of being always between two...

I was in Bad Schandau for a Kur once. At that time I was living in Berlin, so it was really nice to get away from the city.

This was interesting: Klimawandel-Adaption und Katastrophenrisikominderung.
The speaker had everyone say this out loud to see if they were awake and after everyone said it, he said they deserved a handclapping for saying it.

I also do hope that John will get well soon. If he is really bored, maybe I could call him, although I assume there are many others that know him better than I do. I have always enjoyed his stories/posts. Thanks John for all your stories and posts and sometimes info that I have found very useful!

I'm happy because someone set up this forum and I finally was able to make time to sign up. Thanks to those who set it up. I don't have grandkids like Beth and John G., but I was happy to receive pictures of one of my "nanny grandkids." The 3 oldest of the children I nannied have their own...