Kreuzberg Girl's Blog
Kreuzberg Girl
- Location
- Berlin, Germany
- Birthday
- June 23
- Bio
- Currently unemployed Berlin resident, former EFL teacher, sometime translator would be blogger and writer.....
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks for all your
lovely comments, Rene. I
really
appreciate them!”
May 29, 2009 09:20AM - “Thanks for this
Procopius. I live in Germany
myself, in
Berlin, and it was
the 'o…”
February 13, 2009 01:13PM - “Thanks for the comment,
Biblio Files. Your question
about the
Tali cinema set
me…”
February 06, 2009 01:50PM
Kreuzberg Girl's Links
Loving, losing and re-finding the Green Party
Betrayal:
Election day, May 26th 2007:
I have returned home from Berlin, Germany(the city where I live) to
Dublin, Ireland, the city where I was born specifically to vote in
the Irish parliamentary elections. What I am doing is not legal and
my parents have even colluded in it – in Ireland only… Read full post »
Reflections on 'überall ist es besser,...'

Berlinale by night

It is February in Berlin and outside the sky is filled with fast-moving grey clouds that bring us sometimes-slushy rain. I am unemployed and officially penniless, having spent a substantial part of Monday demonstrating to the state of Berlin that I have no resources whats… Read full post »
On driving, or how I got to 30 without
Last summer I turned 30 and agreed to accept a present from/deal with my parents - they would pay for my driving lessons, and I would carry through on the whole thing.
I understand the paying thing is a big deal. I live in Germany and am learning to drive here,… Read full post »
Pieces of Paper, Part I
The last time I wrote, I was reflecting on how I ended up here. This question has many facets.
One could start by asking 'how did any of us end up here'. Here's what I mean. This past weekend I hung out with a mixed group of europeans my… Read full post »
Unemployed in translation
When did any of this begin?
With the coat? When this city took me as one of her own? The day I left and knew I was making a mistake? The evenings in the north, looking out the window and pining for here? The day I decided to come back,… Read full post »
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