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Jana, German in the City (NYC). Lifestyle blogger. World traveler; Istanbul, cat and food lover.

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Merry Christmas 2021!

Posted onDecember 25, 2021Leave a comment

Merry Christmas 2021! We wish you happy and relaxing holidays! We are enjoying our German American Christmas to the fullest. Yesterday, we put on our most comfortable Christmas PJs and had a quiet day at home. We always celebrate Christmas Read More …

CategoriesLife, UncategorizedTagsChristmas, christmas 2021

Merry Christmas!

Posted onDecember 25, 2020November 13, 2021Leave a comment

Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate! The four of us have stayed at home of course. Yesterday was a busy day with us making potato salad, having a video call with my parents unwrapping some presents in Germany, Read More …

CategoriesLife, UncategorizedTagsChristmas, Christmas 2020, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, Manhattan, New York, New York City, Weihnachten

Travel: Rize – Where the tea comes from in Turkey

Travel: Rize – Where the tea comes from in Turkey

Posted onFebruary 9, 2017November 16, 20212 Comments

Since I feel a little nostaltic this week, I don’t want to withhold the following travel report from you: Two years ago I flew to Trabzon, a Turkish city at the Black Sea, for my birthday. I still remember how Read More …

CategoriesBlack Sea Region, UncategorizedTags28 days of blogging, janavar, Reisen, Rize, Travel, Turkey

Week in review: 23 – 29 January 2017

Posted onJanuary 31, 2017November 16, 2021Leave a comment

I know it’s already Tuesday and this review is about last week. I am very late. To be honest with you this last week I have felt mostly paralysed, which is also the reason why I didn’t post anything here. Read More …

CategoriesLife, UncategorizedTagsImmer wieder sonntags, janavar, Life, Wochenrückblick

Immer wieder sonntags #65

Posted onSeptember 28, 2014July 28, 2020Leave a comment

In dieser Woche habe ich keine Zeit für mein Blog gefunden, weil mich erst die Arbeit und dann eine fette Erkältung fest im Griff hatten. Persönlich hätte ich die Arbeit bevorzugt, denn ab Donnerstagnachmittag ging bei mir nichts mehr außer Read More …

CategoriesUncategorizedTagsImmer wieder sonntags

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We spent just over 24 hours in Philadelphia. The c
We spent just over 24 hours in Philadelphia. The city, which is only a 1.5 hour train ride from NYC, surprised me in the best of all ways. It is soooooo pretty with its Victorian and Second Empire buildings, little alleys, and many historical sites. I think we'll come back soon to explore it more 🤩
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Have a relaxing start into the weekend! 🎶
"Shyl

Have a relaxing start into the weekend! 🎶
"Shylight" by Studio Drift in the David H. Koch Theater 🪷. I could watch the silk blossoms forever.
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Tonight, I saw the #newyorkcityballet for the firs
Tonight, I saw the #newyorkcityballet for the first time 👯‍♂️. While I love Broadway, a different kind of performance every now and then is great. The four ballet pieces they performed tonight were all so different and amazing. Besides, the building and its art are so beautiful 😍 . See more in my stories 🔝
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Yesterday, we went to the #queenszoo for the first
Yesterday, we went to the #queenszoo for the first time. Actually, it was even my first zoo visit in the U.S. 🦬🦜🦭
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The things I liked:
• very easy to get their with the 7 🚇
• affordable tickets ($ 9.95 for an adult)
• only native animals 🐗🦙🐻🦆
• it wasn't crowded
• we highly enjoyed when they fed the sea lions 🦭🐟
• the zoo is beautiful, even in the middle of winter
• the petting zoo is fun 🐐🐑🐖🐄
• everything is accessible
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What I didn't like:
• they say there is a cafe, but they only sell expensive, sad sandwiches and salads in their zoo store 💸 (it seems though that they have a food truck there in the warmer seasons)
• only benches and tables to sit and eat at outside, which was terrible on a freezing day like yesterday 🥶
• the bathrooms are cold because the main doors are always open
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I haven't introduced myself in a long time here on
I haven't introduced myself in a long time here on Instagram. - 👋 Hi, I am Jana, and here are 10 facts about me:
1. I lived and worked in Istanbul from 2010 - 2015 - and I ❤ it so so much. Istanbul is still my absolute favorite city.
2. I now live in Midtown East (NYC) with my U.S. American husband, our daughter, and two cats. 👨‍👩‍👧🐅🐆
3. It took Rich and me 3 attempts to get married in 2020 👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️ because a) Covid in general and then b) we got Covid. In the end, our wedding consisted of us, one witness (our friend) and our officiant.
4. I am still in awe of living in real big cities 🌇. Originally, I am from a tiny village of about 150 people in the middle of nowhere in Northern Germany 🏡🐄🐃🐂.
5. We bought our apartment in spring/summer 2021 when prices were significantly lower (although that is relative as we talk about Manhattan 😅).
6. I used to be a middle and high school teacher 👩‍🏫. But it is a career that I do not want to pursue anymore/again.
7. I have blogged since 2010. 💻 I started my WordPress blog (https://janavar.net 🌐) just after I had moved to Istanbul.
8. My first and only 🚗 is a (used) Dodge Neon. I love it so much that I couldn't part from it when I noticed I don't need it in the City. So we left it in our (as in my husband's family's) summer house in Maine.
9. I never thought I'd ever be a stay at home mom, but I really love and enjoy it 👩‍🍼 (then in again, in other countries, it is just normal to stay at home until your baby is at least a year old - not so in the U.S.).
10. I love NYC. But if Rich suggested moving to another country, I'd immediately get out our suitcases. 🗺
➡️ Would you like to know anything else?
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