THE FORWARD-October 06, 2009 A Mother-to-Be Ponders Giving Birth Abroad By Deborah Kolben When I moved to Berlin last year, I settled into a Bohemian-chic neighborhood in what was formerly East Berlin. Despite Germany’s declining birth rate — the once decaying buildings here, where coal ovens and shared bathrooms have been replaced with stainless steel [...]
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My Obstetrician’s Rx: Liverwurst
October 8, 2009
In Germany, a Baron’s Castle Is Your B&B
August 16, 2009
By DEBORAH KOLBEN THE NEW YORK TIMES—August 16, 2009 WHEN Thilo von und zu Gilsa, a scion of one of Germany’s noble families, arrived in the formal dining room of his ancestral castle in central Germany, he wore a green Bavarian hunting jacket. On the wall behind him hung a portrait of a great-great-great-grandfather, the [...]
Perfect Places to Hit the Hay in Germany
October 18, 2008
THE NEW YORK TIMES — October 19, 2008 WAKING up in a strange hotel can be disorienting. Now imagine staying down the hall from 60 cows, 2 goats and a baby rabbit. Oh, and you’re sleeping on a pile of hay. Leave it to the Germans to combine livestock with lodging. In the last decade, [...]
