by Clare Klinghammer | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany
I regularly read posts on social media asking where best to donate old clothes, shoes, toys, household items, electrical devices, furniture etc. So I thought it would be a good idea to collect all the suggestions I have seen and list them here for ease of reference....
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany
I am currently running one of my “Home & Happy in Germany” courses at the prestigious Frankfurt International School, Oberursel. When I was devising the course, the questions of what is “home” and what makes us happy were, of course, at the forefront of my mind....
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 12, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
Autumn (aka Fall) is here (as the above children’s song title proclaims) and however you feel about temperatures dropping and the rain falling, it means we get to embrace the cosier and tastier sides of this beautifully colourful season. In Germany, in-season...
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 2, 2022 | Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany, Nests & Wings Courses
The schools in Hessen start back on Monday (5 September 2022) after six weeks of sunny school holidays. In Germany, summer holidays are staggered so not all Bundesländer are off at the same time. This means that children elsewhere in Germany may already have been back...
