Erin McGann is a Canadian freelance writer focusing on travel, living abroad, parenting, history, and culture. After nearly a decade living in the UK, Erin settled in Heidelberg, Germany with her husband and son. Dragging her family to every castle and open-air museum is a favourite activity, along with sewing, archery, and historical reenactment. You can check out her travel blog, and follow her obsession with half-timbered houses on her Instagram account.
Aug 07, 2020
So you’ve been paid by your new German job – hooray! But the payslip is full of confusing acronyms and...
Jul 30, 2020
We’re all about other ways to practice your language skills outside your Lingoda classes – whether it’s watching movies, singing...
Jul 30, 2020
Whenever the subject of moving abroad comes up, people ask about average costs of living. It makes sense, you want...
Jul 30, 2020
Do you dream of working in Germany without German language skills? It will be a bit of a challenge, but...
Jul 27, 2020
Germany is not the most expensive country in Europe to move to, depending on where you choose to live, but...
Jun 04, 2020
A Verein is a club or association. What does it mean in German-speaking culture? It’s the official word for one...
Jun 02, 2020
FKK, or Freikörperkultur in German, is a movement celebrating the naked body as a comfortable state of being. It started...
Jun 02, 2020
If you’ve ever taken a train journey in Germany, you will be familiar with the sight of groups of small...
May 29, 2020
Biergarten visits, grill evenings, and visits to the Freibad. A free bath? Well, not really. These German institutions are a...
May 27, 2020
Boah, that’s some good German slang Even when you’re just starting out learning a language, getting a few slang words...
May 07, 2020
So you want to try out the fabled Autobahn for yourself? Fair enough. However getting a German driver’s licence can...
May 01, 2020
You would think, as an English native speaker, and resident of a Commonwealth country (Canada still sports The Queen on...