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  Looking for a guide on the Karlsruhe Christmas Market in Southwest Germany? This article will tell you everything you need to know! I’ll be honest: Karlsruhe is a German city that doesn’t get much love on the tourism front. Located along the scenic banks of the Rhine River, so close to France you can smell the boulangeries , it’s a city often glossed by in transit… as I have, over a dozen times.  But when I found myself in the area (naturally embarking on a maniacal binge of Christmas markets), I figured: why not check out what this Karlsruhe has to offer? With low expectations simmering, I headed out to Karlsruhe last winter for a day trip marred by moody grey clouds. I had no idea what to expect when I got off that train at Karslruhe train station, I had no idea what to expect as I hurtled through the city on a 10 minute tram ride, and I had NO idea what to expect as I entered Friedrichsplatz, the main venue for Karlsruhe’s Christmas Marke...

Dear readers, this week I´m happy to share with you another story from my Blog Series Expat Story: World Through My Eyes . And just in case you´re a new one here – it´s all about interesting Expat stories honestly shared with you by my favorite blogging ladies from all over the world. This week I´m introducing to you Ava from My Meena Life. She´ll be sharing with you all the details about being an expat in Germany.

I made a face at the picture in front of me. “What does a Sardinian butterfly have to do with climate change?” In an instant, my cousin and I had shrunk down to the size of an insect. We wandered through towering grass, next to other bug-sized museum goers, trying to find an explanation. My cousin pointed to an abandoned soda can, at least twice our size. After stepping through a hole in the side, we found ourselves in a small room with a glowing computer screen. A sign below the screen read “Can the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Sardinia cause a hurricane in the Caribbean?” It then explained how small changes in humidity or atmospheric pressure at a point in Central America would affect the weather all the way in the Mediterranean. I stared at changing weather patterns on the screen for a moment. “The Butterfly Effect,” I said to myself, finally understanding. “And we are back to normal size,” my cousin said. Relieved and eager for the next discovery, we started towards the exhibit ...