by Erin "ebe" Porter | May 20, 2019 | Berlin, German vocabulary, History and culture, Medical matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
Being in the hospital is rarely a cause for celebration, and no one stays for the food. Happily, my recent experience with a German hospital was positive – even if the food was a classic disappointment. 10 days overdue, shortly after the arrival of my dad, our...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Feb 17, 2016 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
Every morning I scramble around our kitchen, looking for appropriate snacks for a 15-month-old. Cucumber? I think she is eating that lately. German roll, or rice cake? Blueberries are always a yes. Is Würstchen trying too hard? Blearily, I stash these goods in her...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Nov 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Hyde wrote a blog about this topic last year, but here are my thoughts… I have been living in Germany most of my adult life, and for the most part, I have learned to move past the few foods that I really miss from the US and just simply live without them. I...
by HF | Mar 19, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
I’m inviting readers (Americans especially) to help me compile a list. It’s a list that grows shorter by the year, but is still fairly lengthy: Foods that are hard to find in Germany. It really wasn’t that long ago that an American living in Germany...
by HF | Jul 15, 2024 | History and culture
We take pre-sliced bread for granted. It has even become part of the language: “It’s the best/greatest thing since sliced bread.” But Iowa-born Otto Frederick Rohwedder did not begin selling his pioneering bread-slicing machine until 1928. It could...
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