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Postcards from Germany: 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

11/17/09 2:59 P GMT+01
While Germany still battles the divisions created by what Washington Post journalist Anne Applebaum calls "invisible walls", celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall drew everyone's attention this past week.
Ashley Moore

"The Berlin Wall: what really made it fall" by Elizabeth Pond

10/09/09 5:59 P GMT+01
As Germany - and the world - prepares to celebrate the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, journalist Elizabeth Pond discusses the central role of East German civil courage in bringing about political change.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: German National Elections

09/25/09 4:53 P GMT+01
As Germans prepare to elect the next leader of their country this weekend, there's no talk of mavericks, Joe the Plumber or "lipstick on a pig". Germans view elections very differently than Americans with around 78% turnout.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Dutch-German, German-Russian, or Russian Mennonite? How Europe – and wheat – came to the American Plains

08/22/09 10:23 A GMT+01
You'd never know it from my decidedly English-sounding name, but one of the many reasons for my interest in Germany is my Dutch-German heritage. This is the story of how Mennonites, swiebocks, faspa and wheat made it to the Midwest.
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Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: July 4th and "authentic" German potato salad

07/06/09 3:26 P GMT+01
I've seen healthy -- and sometimes heated -- debates on American recipe websites about what "authentic German potato salad" really is, but one genuine version doesn't exist, just like most things "authentic", including Americans.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Schloss Neuschwanstein, or "The Disney Castle"

06/12/09 2:29 A GMT+01
As home to the western world's most popular children's storytellers ? the Brothers Grimm ? it should come as no surprise that the world's most famous fairytale castle is found in Germany.
Ashley Moore

Inglorious, indeed.

05/09/09 9:35 P GMT+01
Am I the only one bothered by trailers for Tarantino's mysteriously misspelled latest, Inglourious Basterds?
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Ashley Moore

Mandated German Religion Courses Voted Down in Berlin

04/27/09 7:24 P GMT+01
Although many Americans see Europe as largely atheist, you'd be surprised at the level of influence that both Protestant and Catholic churches have in many parts of Germany.
Ashley Moore

The lines a German won't cross: German stereotypes about rules

04/14/09 12:06 A GMT+01
My German friends and students might laugh at stereotypes about Germans and rules, but only because they are willing to admit that they actually DO wait for the green light to cross the street in the middle of the night even when there's no traffic.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Easter Traditions in Germany

04/12/09 11:58 A GMT+01
As with Christmas stockings and trees, many of the American holiday traditions surrounding Easter have their origins in Germany.
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] Making schnitzel, German-style

04/11/09 3:28 P GMT+01
People who know me know that I love food, so I'm sharing the rather shallow "wealth" of my German food knowledge. Today, schnitzel. Coming soon ... Käsespätzle!
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Faschingsdienstag (Fat Tuesday)

03/22/09 3:25 P GMT+01
The rowdy Mardi Gras crowds in New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama, might just have to give it up to the Germans for their Fat Tuesday celebration, called Faschingsdienstag (Fasching Tuesday), Fastnacht or simply Karneval.
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Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: No love for neo-Nazis

02/21/09 3:16 P GMT+01
Forget rose-colored visions of romance. This Valentine's Day was less about love and more about neo-Nazi violence in eastern Germany's Dresden.
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Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Winter Weather Blues

01/23/09 5:24 P GMT+01
We've all seen them at craft fairs and on colleague's desks: the horses' behinds with tails made of rope that predict the Oklahoma weather. I wasn't in Germany long before I realized that if in no other way, this is how Bayreuth is like Guymon.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Christmas Markets

01/09/09 5:10 P GMT+01
With the new year just beginning, it may seem strange to be dwelling on the holidays, but in Germany the closing of the country's famed Christmas markets is good reason for a longing look back.
Ashley Moore

Tele-Gym in Bavaria

12/17/08 1:38 A GMT+01
Yes, this fitness program actually exists in Bavaria. There's English, so no worries. Just enjoy!
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Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: The St. Nikolaus Christmas Tradition

12/10/08 10:59 P GMT+01
As Americans eagerly anticipate the end of Thanksgiving turkey leftovers and all that extra refrigerator space, German children are looking forward to something else entirely – putting their boots out for St. Nikolaus' visit this weekend.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: An American Election in Europe

11/15/08 9:27 P GMT+01
Although Germans would have elected Obama in a landslide if the election were held here, Tuesday's winner seemed to be less important than the fact that Bush would finally be gone and that U.S. foreign policy would be more cooperation-driven.
Ashley Moore

[Photo Album] Oktoberfest 2008

10/13/08 10:06 P GMT+01
Fourteen big beer tents. Six million visitors per year. One liter mugs of beer. And of course, table dancing to traditional German music. All of the revelry that you would expect to find in a visit to Germany's Oktoberfest is there…and more.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Bavaria and the buildup to Oktoberfest

09/22/08 2:00 P GMT+01
When I say "Germany" - quick! - what are the first few words that pop into your head? I'd wager that Hitler, beer, blondes and bratwurst are up there. Many foreigners' perceptions of the entire country are based on traditional Bavarian culture.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: The Great Outdoors

09/01/08 11:39 A GMT+01
In a country boasting the Bavarian Alps, turquoise clear alpine lakes, both the Rhine and Danube Rivers and the Black Forest of Brothers Grimm fairy tale fame, it's no surprise that enthusiasm for the "great outdoors" runs high in Germany.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Opera for All

08/02/08 6:02 A GMT+01
Controversial German composer Richard Wagner's body of work is celebrated every summer in Bayreuth, Germany. Attempts to modernize at least one performance have resulted in some bizarre onstage happenings.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Tasty Oddities

07/19/08 10:06 P GMT+01
It might have been naïve of me, but I never expected food in Germany to be that dissimilar from ours in the States. With potatoes, pork and bread as staples, who would've guessed?
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: German Patriotism and Euro2008

07/05/08 6:06 A GMT+01
In a country where every form of patriotism has been shunned for the past 60 years, it's exciting to see that the German flags displayed for the Euro2008 games are still up on houses, cars and even bicycles.
Ashley Moore

Postcards from Germany: Beer. It's what's for breakfast

04/19/08 11:57 A GMT+01
Beer. It's what's for breakfast. At least if you happen to be in the southern German region of Bavaria, that is. Postcards from Germany, installment #2
Ashley Moore

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