The Merlins in Berlin
@themerlins.bsky.social
Wife, momma, coffee drinker. Still finding glitter from last Mardi Gras. Life as an immigrant in Berlin.
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With around 20,000 castles, Germany’s not short on fairytales. 🏰 I asked some German friends (and Germany lovers) for their favorites and created this list. It looks like I’ll be busy traveling throughout Germany for the next few years. 😆
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Germany’s Most Beautiful Castles: 20 Fairytale Wonders Worth Traveling For 🏰✨ | TravelPirates
From mountaintop fortresses to lakeside palaces, these are Germany’s most beautiful castles worth a spot on your travel list.
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November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
With around 20,000 castles, Germany’s not short on fairytales. 🏰 I asked some German friends (and Germany lovers) for their favorites and created this list. It looks like I’ll be busy traveling throughout Germany for the next few years. 😆
l.travelpirates.com/ujlQr
l.travelpirates.com/ujlQr
I learned to drive with a 1994 model.
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I learned to drive with a 1994 model.
Those of you that wear sneakers daily (and are feminine presenting)…what do you wear? I need a daily shoe. I can only get one pair right now but I need something practical. Mostly neutral (I include leopard print in that). Germany is pretty casual so I can get away with a sneaker I think.
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Those of you that wear sneakers daily (and are feminine presenting)…what do you wear? I need a daily shoe. I can only get one pair right now but I need something practical. Mostly neutral (I include leopard print in that). Germany is pretty casual so I can get away with a sneaker I think.
I need these shoes, right? I’d wear them all the time.
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I need these shoes, right? I’d wear them all the time.
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
Get to know your mutuals! list 10 random things you like
Tea
Classic comedy
White chocolate
Heavy metal
The French language
Dogs
Podcasting
Murakami
Tennis
Marillion
Tea
Classic comedy
White chocolate
Heavy metal
The French language
Dogs
Podcasting
Murakami
Tennis
Marillion
Get to know your mutuals! list 10 random things you like
Guinness
AC/DC
Bacon cheeseburgers
Cape Cod
Coffee
Dogs
Board games
Writing
Fried clams (whole, not strips)
Quebec
Guinness
AC/DC
Bacon cheeseburgers
Cape Cod
Coffee
Dogs
Board games
Writing
Fried clams (whole, not strips)
Quebec
November 11, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Get to know your mutuals! List 10 random things you like.
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
Coffee
Cake
Symphonies
Mardi Gras
Rainy days
Leopard print
Train rides
Meeting new people
Reading
Coffee
And the handyman is gone for the day. This one took pictures. Repeated what we already knew was wrong. Fixed nothing.
I guess I’m glad we haven’t had any hard freezes yet.
I guess I’m glad we haven’t had any hard freezes yet.
November 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
And the handyman is gone for the day. This one took pictures. Repeated what we already knew was wrong. Fixed nothing.
I guess I’m glad we haven’t had any hard freezes yet.
I guess I’m glad we haven’t had any hard freezes yet.
Points to this handy man for asking if I wanted him to take his shoes off before coming in.
Nah, I gotta vacuum today anyways.
Nah, I gotta vacuum today anyways.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Points to this handy man for asking if I wanted him to take his shoes off before coming in.
Nah, I gotta vacuum today anyways.
Nah, I gotta vacuum today anyways.
So far 0/2 radiators have been fixed. Also 0/2 for broken windows.
Is it bad that I stopped feeling empathy for the handy man? This is another new one and he seems legit. But I just want a warm dry house. Sigh.
Is it bad that I stopped feeling empathy for the handy man? This is another new one and he seems legit. But I just want a warm dry house. Sigh.
November 11, 2025 at 8:17 AM
So far 0/2 radiators have been fixed. Also 0/2 for broken windows.
Is it bad that I stopped feeling empathy for the handy man? This is another new one and he seems legit. But I just want a warm dry house. Sigh.
Is it bad that I stopped feeling empathy for the handy man? This is another new one and he seems legit. But I just want a warm dry house. Sigh.
There is a stranger in her house messing with the radiators. She doesn’t understand this is a potentially good thing. It’d be nice to have heat in the living room and bedrooms. 🤷🏻♀️
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
There is a stranger in her house messing with the radiators. She doesn’t understand this is a potentially good thing. It’d be nice to have heat in the living room and bedrooms. 🤷🏻♀️
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November 11, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Emma was the first Stolperstein I ever found from the Aktion T4. I have worked with people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder my whole career. Today it was important for me to remember her and the other Nazi victims of the T4 program.
November 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Emma was the first Stolperstein I ever found from the Aktion T4. I have worked with people with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder my whole career. Today it was important for me to remember her and the other Nazi victims of the T4 program.
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Today, @themerlins.bsky.social and I went to clean Stolpersteine in Teltow today. Read about the Thieke brothers and Anna Wahlsdorf, as well as other victims from Teltow: geschichtswerkstatt-teltow.de
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Today, @themerlins.bsky.social and I went to clean Stolpersteine in Teltow today. Read about the Thieke brothers and Anna Wahlsdorf, as well as other victims from Teltow: geschichtswerkstatt-teltow.de
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November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Halbzeit. 32-16. Not us.
November 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Halbzeit. 32-16. Not us.
My boy is going in! 😍
November 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My boy is going in! 😍
I’m gonna need to see some birth certificates for the other team. There’s 3 mustaches on the court that don’t belong to the refs.
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’m gonna need to see some birth certificates for the other team. There’s 3 mustaches on the court that don’t belong to the refs.
14 yo has his first verein basketball game today. So much less organized than youth sports in the US. Also, this gym smells like teenage boys and I’m sitting courtside. 😳
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
14 yo has his first verein basketball game today. So much less organized than youth sports in the US. Also, this gym smells like teenage boys and I’m sitting courtside. 😳
“Dammit, BVG!”
“I hate the X10”
“That’s so German”
“Wie, bitte??”
“I hate the X10”
“That’s so German”
“Wie, bitte??”
7. If you were a pull string toy, what would be your phrases?
November 8, 2025 at 7:03 AM
“Dammit, BVG!”
“I hate the X10”
“That’s so German”
“Wie, bitte??”
“I hate the X10”
“That’s so German”
“Wie, bitte??”
I am not the only complaining about damn Atlanta being in my city.
Nobody asked for them. 😡
Nobody asked for them. 😡
Too many Americans in Falcon jerseys in Berlin today 🫣 Why does the wrong football try to come here?
(I realize the irony of me saying this as an American, just how I feel)
(I realize the irony of me saying this as an American, just how I feel)
November 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I am not the only complaining about damn Atlanta being in my city.
Nobody asked for them. 😡
Nobody asked for them. 😡
Ended the day with a touch of Big Freedia to run out the old men that were keeping dirty dishes too long.
FEIERABEND ACHIEVED.
FEIERABEND ACHIEVED.
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Ended the day with a touch of Big Freedia to run out the old men that were keeping dirty dishes too long.
FEIERABEND ACHIEVED.
FEIERABEND ACHIEVED.
The Germans have complimented Dr. John. Because everybody loves the good doctor. ♥️
November 7, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The Germans have complimented Dr. John. Because everybody loves the good doctor. ♥️
Started with some Jon Batiste in the cafe this morning. Have moved on to Dr. John piano albums. Trying to give the Germans some culture. 😈
November 7, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Started with some Jon Batiste in the cafe this morning. Have moved on to Dr. John piano albums. Trying to give the Germans some culture. 😈
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What's that in American money?
Dr. Oz says Americans will lose an average of 397 pounds per person by the midterm elections. So you better get busy!
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
What's that in American money?
Missed the bus. Watched it drive away. Now I get to wait 20 min.
Hour and a half gone to change and go to school meeting. The end is nigh!
Hour and a half gone to change and go to school meeting. The end is nigh!
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Missed the bus. Watched it drive away. Now I get to wait 20 min.
Hour and a half gone to change and go to school meeting. The end is nigh!
Hour and a half gone to change and go to school meeting. The end is nigh!
I do not recommend pouring hot soup over your hand.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I do not recommend pouring hot soup over your hand.