Twibber Stories

As a single mother of two small kids, I went to the main station in Munich in the summer of 2015 when many refugees from Syria arrived. My five-year-old son asked me: „We can’t really help them, right?“

When I moved from Berlin to the Baltic Sea in 2012, I knew: I had to decelerate my life. Before, it seemed I lived in a hamster wheel. First as a stewardess, then in a career in communication and marketing. A glittering life in the big…

One woman who I really admire is a local here in my hometown Munich – Lydia Staltner. Lydia founded LichtBlick e.V. in 2003, a non-profit organization that takes care of elderly people in need.

As former German bankers-turned-camel whisperers, me and my husband never expected to become pioneers of an award-winning camel dairy in Australia. A world away from managing investments at one of the eldest savings banks in Germany.

Two years ago I had a special birthday wish: I wanted to get five chickens. Before, I had little to do with animals. I had grown up with dogs, cats, and a pony horse, but lived a typical city life later.

Like most of us, my wife and I feel the urge to reduce our footprint and to do our tiny part to help minimize man-made climate change.

Yesterday I went to a big supermarket I hadn't been to in a while. I wanted to buy some parsley, but couldn't find it, where I had remembered it being before. I asked one of the attendants, but her answer puzzled me: "It's over there, next…

I’m almost 70 years old – and I go to school again. There I support children to solve their disputes. I work like many others for the German organization Seniorpartner in School which trains people of generation 55+ as voluntary mediators in schools.

When I moved my family to Dubai back in 2013 I knew we were in for a special ride - full of new adventures and discoveries!

I am a passionate cyclist and mobility has always been a major topic in my life. I also support children in need with my association Radeln & Helfen (Go Biking and Help) for 20 years.