Survive the Summer: What (Not) to Wear
When it's 38C with no A/C, your skinny jeans will make you want to throw yourself in the Spree
It has actually been colder and rainier than normal in Berlin this summer. But we have had a few days where the temps climbed up in the high 30sC (30C = 86F, remember).
But as I’ve been getting back into the habit of ‘kipping’ the windows in the morning, but remembering to close them before noon (more on that later) - I’m also reminded how different my summer wardrobe in Germany is from what I used to wear.
Back in the States, my summer wardrobe consisted of long t-shirts over leggings or jeans and a tank top. It took one July week in Berlin for me to realize that wouldn’t work here.
And it’s not that I wasn’t used to the heat — or the humidity. I was born in the southeastern U.S., when to college in Alabama, and spent most of the previous two decades in Atlanta. Triple Fahrenheit digits are a regular occurrence.
The difference? Air conditioning. Most homes and cars and virtually all businesses there have it. And, like most Americans, I spent the bulk of my da…
