Whether as a tourist, spouse, or migrant – when a German first arrives in America, his or her excitement is immense. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for home-sickness to kick in. Usually, it starts with the first visit to the grocery store. Ironically, when away from home, the most basic things turn out to be Read more…
Running along the Chattahoochee River in the Blue Ridge Mountains lies the town of Helen Georgia. While there are many picturesque getaway towns in the Blue Ridge Mountain range, there are none quite like Helen. The appeal of this town is that it actually doesn’t look like it belongs in Georgia at all, or even Read more…
Fasching is a very special time of the year in Germany. It is known as the “Silly Season” and is famous for being filled with parades, dances, parties, and tons of fun! Observed between November 11 and Ash Wednesday it varies in different parts of Germany. Some Germans begin to celebrate on 11/11 at 11:11 Read more…
Although Christmas has been more commercial lately around the world, Germans still honor their family and country’s culture and traditions. America has gotten many of its traditional Christmas customs and practices from our German ancestors. One might say that Germans know how to throw a great holiday party! Here are some of the holiday traditions Read more…
One of the things I clearly remember as a child was the Christmas time in Germany. I can still remember as if it were yesterday the excitement we had when Nikolaus rolled around. We would get out the biggest boots we owned and proceeded to polish them. These boots never got a shine like this Read more…
Because many German families immigrated to the United States, there are still several cities across the country that reflect the influence of German Culture, their home country. These are areas where there were a substantial number of German settlers/immigrants. Although there are other smaller cities and many other towns with German-style buildings, the following eight Read more…
Christmas shopping in the United States can be a very stressful task to undertake, riddled with exceptional sales, midnight specials, and early-bird special sales where hundreds of people wait in lines at all hours of the night and day to be admitted to specific stores. Then the stampede commences. This kind of behavior is pretty Read more…
What is available and where to watch German TV in the USA? One of the things that always seems to be a bit difficult is how to watch German TV in the US. It should be much easier to find German TV, movies, and shows. If you are lucky your cable or satellite provider offers Read more…
For those that read the article on how to get German Bread if you don’t have a German Grocery Store near you, here is the follow-up. We received the package of the German bread and to our surprise, it does not come frozen in some sort of container with dry ice. It does require for you to freeze the bread Read more…
Do you miss the taste of authentic German bread and rolls but can’t seem to find them at your local grocery store? Look no further than GermanShop24, your online source for the best in German baked goods. At GermanShop24, they understand the importance of having access to the foods you love, especially when it comes Read more…
If you have been living in the United States for a while you have surely come to miss some of the many small things we take for granted in Germany. The lack of German bread is one of the things you quickly will learn to miss. If you are lucky to find a German store anywhere close to Read more…
The Permian Basin in Texas is one of the largest and most productive oil-producing regions in the world. While the oil boom in this region has brought significant economic growth and development to the state, it has also had a significant impact on local communities, including German communities and German immigrants. For German immigrants in Read more…
