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CeliaBedelia

@celiabedelia17.bsky.social
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American in Germany 🇺🇸➡️🇩🇪 | Mother 💕 | Travel Writer & Storyteller ✍️ | Cat Enthusiast 🐈‍⬛ | Christmas Market Obsessed🎄 | Book Lover 📚 | Will Travel for History & Art ✈️ 🖼️

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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Having a child with a complex medical issue that few doctors can help with has been a struggle. I hate seeing how this condition affects my child’s quality of life. That said, we have a plan. Do any of my friends get Von Willebrand factor infusions? Hoping this is the answer. 🤞🏼
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Giving credit where it is due. A hematologist called this morning and was so kind & helpful. I am truly grateful. I was overwhelmed and frustrated yesterday, but now we have a plan for my child. Bleeding disorders are so tricky and no regular ER doctor or Hausarzt can help.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
2 truths that coexist: 1️⃣ We have excellent doctors here in Berlin & I never have to worry about the cost of healthcare. 2️⃣ I miss the availability of American doctors. One of my kids has had an urgent issue hematology issue today. I’ve called/emailed everyone. No response from anyone. 😭🙃
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
If you're looking for an honest review of Berlin’s Stranger Things “Christmas Market” (which is really a pop-up experience), I wrote up everything you need to know—the lines, the Demogorgons, the 80s nostalgia, and whether it’s worth it. 🎄🧇 l.travelpirates.com/ujqf1
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A Very Stranger Things Christmas Market in Berlin 🎄🧇 | TravelPirates
A Hawkins holiday takeover with photo ops, 80s nostalgia, and a line so long we wondered if Vecna was tampering with the clock again.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I put this list together with help from my amazing colleagues, and now Montenegro is officially on my must-see list for 2026! I’ll also let you guess which destination was my favorite personal contribution. Hint: it may or may not involve puffins. 🐧🤣 l.travelpirates.com/ujpz9
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14 Must-Visit Destinations to Inspire Your 2026 Travels | TravelPirates
From Volcanic Islands to Fairy-Tale Highlands, Here’s Where to Go Next Year
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Our twins are 14 today! What an incredible gift it is to be their mom. This year, I couldn’t physically hold them both for our annual photo, so they held ME instead. It looks like we have a new tradition! 🤗
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
You are the BEST for catching that! When I wrote the article, the castle suggested to me was Augustusburg in Brühl. Looks like I need to update the blurb and not the photo. I had to go back through all the comments my friends sent, and that mix-up slipped through. Thank you for the heads-up!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
I literally almost commented that I forgot Nürnberg. I’m going to go back and add it to my further suggested castles!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thank you for the kind words, my friends. 💕
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Ohhh! It’s not too late to edit this and add it to my “Reader’s Suggestion” section. Thank you, Florian! I’ll check it out. ☺️
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
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
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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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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Thank you!!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I’m going to write an article this week on the top 5 döner locations in Berlin. Do you have any suggestion? I have a few in mind, but I would love some feedback from my fellow friends living in (or really loving) Berlin!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
We had all four kids out last week. It was rough with all of their tests and picture day. 🥹
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
Such a perfect October day. 😍🍂
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Our family loves Legos. We sadly couldn’t ship all of our sets when we moved to Germany, so we put them into storage. My husband flew in from the US today & surprised our boys with two of their favorite sets. Legos for the win!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
10 bags sounds like the perfect number of bags to get. 😆
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My mom got these for us and made sure my husband and I had a larger bag and got 4 smaller bags for the kids. 🤣
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My husband returned from the US today and brought back the essentials: Peanut butter M&Ms, peanut butter cups, and books.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I should maybe rephrase that to say negative sentiments and religious zealousness like this are not something I have personally encountered in this part of Germany. People find out I’m a Christian when I mention I have a church activity to attend, and it’s never a big deal.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
My ancestors were on the Mayflower and sought religious freedom. America should be a place where people feel free to be practice any religion. And yet, I have felt judged my entire life for being raised LDS (in the Deep South). In Berlin, people could care less. Thoughts like this are not a thing.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I will Venmo you (or PayPal you since this is Germany) to not use a knife and open that bottle. My husband is still recovering from his butter knife injury to the hand during our move. I think you let the bottle win this round and go buy a new one!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My family and I attended church today in a chapel like this. Just moments after arriving home, my daughter saw the breaking news. She looked over at me and matter-of-factly said, “So schools, restaurants, grocery stores, and even churches aren’t safe.” 🥹 That about sums it up.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
So I guess I’m oversharing because I’m legitimately worried about this “new normal.” My stent was placed a year ago, and I had relief for about 4 months before the symptoms started again. But the persistent bruising is what really concerns me.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
The stent is working. A doctor who did the ultrasound to check it told me I should see a therapist instead of the radiologist because I’m crazy. I’m on no blood thinners because of my bleeding disorder, & it took so much courage to go back after my initial complaint. So I guess I just accept it?
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I had a DVT due to a condition called May-Thurner Syndrome. I had a stent placed. It worked for a few months, but my leg goes numb like it use to, tingles, & randomly bruises behind the knee. I’ve been in twice to have my stent checked. But it’s another night where I’m bruised & my leg tingles. 🙃
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
One of my favorite movies. I wish they had kept the working title of Live Die Repeat (although it’s sometimes listed as a subtitle.)
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
That was my daughter’s favorite part about going to Amsterdam to see the tulips. 🤣
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
My husband is in the US cleaning out our storage unit. We would like to ship our books to Berlin, but it looks as though media mail isn’t an international thing (from what I can see online). Any recommendations from people who have mailed boxes of books from the US to Germany?
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I’m on the bus & a girl is speaking in English to a friend. She asked her friend, who is presumably American, “How do you say it? Running around like a decapitated bird?” Her friend just stared, & it was SO HARD not to say, “That’s an expression! You’re so close! A chicken with its head cut off.” 🤪
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Yes! That’s the plan!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Last night, my work Oktoberfest party in Berlin was evacuated at midnight due to an undetonated WWII bomb that was discovered that afternoon. This morning, my coworker (jokingly) let us know the keg from last night still needed to be finished. It felt like a very German series of events. 🤣
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Me too!!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I love them so much! 🥹😍 And we are just renting! A friend knew we have a large family and randomly offered us his home to rent (which is close to our kids’ school). We are all loving it!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Finally feeling human again after weeks of packing, moving, painting, & unpacking. Our little house isn’t close to everything like our old apartment, but I love it. I walked downstairs today and felt super lucky for this space. I am glad no one is underneath us (& banging on the ceiling).
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Y’all are too nice. 🥹 Thanks for caring about us! Just trying to keep our heads above water. Hoping smooth sailing is ahead!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
You are so kind to ask. It’s been a crazy few weeks with our move and painting our old apartment. I think we are getting back to normalcy, though!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We should all be roasting and feeling the sun shining on our faces in August.
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
These are facts. Sadly. 🙃
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
😆😆
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
It was a new mattress and wrapped tightly in plastic!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We are physically and mentally exhausted. We still have stuff to do at the old apartment, but it’s mostly finished! Glad to be (mostly!) on the other side of things. 🫶
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
My husband cut his hand open (with a butter knife) while opening up a mattress this evening. It was deep enough that he definitely needed stitches. The triage nurse saw his wound, and immediately asked (in German): “Why did you do this on a Sunday?” 😝 (Also, going to bubble wrap my family. 🤣)
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
🥰🫶🫶
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
I would love to be added! 😀 Also, we need to do a hangout with @themerlins.bsky.social ! She’s told me all about how amazing you are!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I felt bad that I made him uncomfortable, but he had been there so long. I knew he was miserable (and hungry). I’m glad it worked out that he was able to ultimately accept some kindness in a work that felt comfortable for him. He was joking with us afterwards and in much better spirits!
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Yep! Got them, and I’m good! I’ll follow up with a specialist next week. 🫶
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
They were great (once I was seen!). Already home, and I’ll do a follow up appt with a specialist soon. 🙂
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I’m good! Already home, and I’m going to work today. Just needed some blood thinners. ☺️
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CeliaBedelia @celiabedelia17.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I offered him a Snickers bar, and he seemed genuinely horrified. 😆 I refused to take it back and just placed it near him. He ate it. 🤪
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