by HF | Nov 29, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, The euro and money matters, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
Expatriates don’t always have a choice of where they’re assigned to work, but they definitely need to know the cost of living in their assignment location. If your salary is paid by a US company, for example, that salary might put you at a huge...
by Chloe D | Jul 30, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
“It’s like being interviewed for a shared flat,” my German friend, the freelance TV producer, says to me one Wednesday morning over one of those pungent Berlin coffees. Having left our laptops gently purring on our dining table desks, we are now...
by HF | Apr 23, 2012 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
It never really dawned on me that the Germans don’t use apartment numbers – until I lived in a German apartment house. The only way the postal carrier (Postbote/Postbotin) can deliver mail to the correct apartment in even a large apartment complex is by the...
by JessicaL | Jun 24, 2011 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
I would say I learned the hard way, that attitudes regarding alcohol are quite different in Germany than in Canada. As a twenty-something living in Düsseldorf, (home to the world’s longest bar top if all were placed one after the other, as the legend goes) I very...
by galitz | Apr 2, 2009 | Expat issues, German language, History and culture, learning German, Tips, advice, suggestions
As I write this, I’ve been living in Germany for about two years. From time to time I meet up with other English-speakers in cafes or restaurants just to get that “fix” of speaking my native tongue at full speed complete with cultural references and...
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