by JessicaL | Oct 24, 2011 | Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
It’s hard to know when to go home. Situations arise back in Canada that often tug at my heart, wanting to pull me across the ocean. Though we get to experience many wonderful things while living here, we expats also miss out on a whole lot. While we do have most of...
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 Ruth | Dec 13, 2010 | History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Spending the Thanksgiving holiday with friends who have recently moved to Germany, I found myself thinking – yet again – “I am becoming sooo German”. The topic of conversation was the abundance of deliciousness available at German bakeries; under...
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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