by HF | Mar 14, 2011 | History and culture
When I first moved to Nevada (the year shall remain vague) the Silver State still had pretty much of a gambling and quickie divorce monopoly – and a reputation as a rather sinful place. Today almost every US state has casinos and/or a lottery. Getting a divorce has...
by Jane | Jan 10, 2011 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
In the past week, I had to adjust to the fact that Christmas is OVER, a week earlier than I had become accustomed to. I was used to our southern German world being shut down not just from the week of Christmas to New Year’s but also through the first week of...
by HF | Dec 1, 2010 | Expat issues, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Or how not to get your Aufenthaltstitel The big day started at 6:30 a.m. when I suddenly woke up and realized that it was was the day and date of my appointment at the Berlin Ausländerbehörde (Foreigners Authority, now known as the Landesamt für Einwanderung, the...
by HF | Oct 25, 2010 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
With Halloween drawing close, I’ve been thinking about holidays for expats. Which holidays are observed and how they are celebrated varies a lot around the world. In the English-speaking countries alone there are great variations. (Canada’s Thanksgiving is...
by HF | Aug 30, 2010 | Book reviews, Daily life, Expat issues, German language, learning German
Beyond Ordering a Beer Recently I enjoyed reading Julia Child’s My Life in France (with Alex Prud’homme). It’s a great book (and the first one I ever read as a Kindle edition on my iPhone). Anyone who has lived abroad or spent only a brief time in...
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