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

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Happy Thanksgiving & What I am Grateful for in 2021

Posted onNovember 25, 2021November 25, 2021Leave a comment

Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate! We flew to Boston yesterday in order to celebrate Thanksgiving 2021 with my in-laws. Today then was full of sleeping in, eating bagels (we brought a big bag from New York City), playing board games, Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsgrateful, personal, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving 2021

Life Update: Life in the City Right Now

Posted onMarch 17, 2020November 13, 2021Leave a comment

Let me quote from my last post, which I published 8 days ago: Also last week the Coronavirus reached New York. It actually turned out that my school district has been much more affected than the City itself. But of Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsabout me, janavar, Life, New York, New York City, personal, Persönliches

Personal News: We are Engaged - janavar

Personal News: We are Engaged

Posted onFebruary 7, 2020November 13, 20212 Comments

I posted this photo on Instagram already in January, but I also want to tell you on more on my blog about how I got engaged almost four weeks ago. My boyfriend (or fiancé – but I don’t like that Read More …

CategoriesLifeTagsengaged, janavar, Life, Lifestyle, New York, New York City, personal, Persönliches

My last straw is stainless steel

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019November 15, 20211 Comment

Today was the first day at school after winter break. In one high school German class I repeated how to write an argumentation with my students. Since this was more about the writing skills than any specific topic, the students Read More …

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Lived in Istanbul from 2010 to 2015 and in Boston from 2015 to 2019.

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Have a relaxing start into the weekend! 🎶
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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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#studiodrift #shylight #shylightstudiodrift #artwork #artinstallation #newyorknewyork #newyorkcityballet #davidhkochtheater #davidkochtheater #nycballet #nycart #artinnewyork #artinnyc #relaxing #sorelaxing #sorelaxingandpeaceful

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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#nyclifestyle #nyclove #nycballet #lincolncenter #lincolncenternyc #kochtheater #davidhkochtheater #newyorknewyork #newyorkcitylife #germansinnyc #germansabroad #germansinamerica #germanabroad #germansintheusa #germansinnewyork #deutscheimausland #deutscheindenusa #usaliebe

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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#nycwithkids #nyclifestyle #queenszoonyc #queenszoo🐾 #visitnyc #NYC #nyclove #nycinfluencer #nycwithbaby #nyclife #nyczoo #newyorknewyork #newyorkwithbaby #newyorkcitylife #newyorkwithkids #zoos #zoophotography #zoophoto #zoophotos #letsgotothezoo #queensnyc #flushingmeadows #flushingmeadowspark #coronaqueens #deutscheimausland #deutscheindenusa #germansinnyc #germansinamerica #germansinnewyork

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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Ferry ride from 34th Street to Long Island City 🛳.
I really enjoy the @nycferry . It also reminds me a lot of my years in Istanbul, where ferries are much more common to get around. For us here, it is only a three minute ride to get to LIC, from where we have a fantastic view of Manhattan 😊 (one of the few reasons why I go to Queens at all 😜)
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#ferryride #eastriver #eastrivernyc #eastriverferry #crossingtheeastriver #taketheferry #publictransport #manhattannyc #manhattanlifestyle #manhattanlife #newyorknewyork #newyorkcitylife #newyorklike #newyorkstateofmind #newyorkcity #iheartnewyork #ihearttravel #nyclifestyle #nyclove #nyclife #nycinfluencer #deutscheimausland #deutscheindenusa #germansinnyc #germansabroad #germansinamerica #usaliebe #novayork


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