by Jane | Feb 20, 2012 | Book reviews, Expat issues, History and culture
The Wall Street Journal published another provocative piece on one certain “ethnic” parenting style superior than the American one. I put ethnic in quotes as I refer first to the Tiger parenting style written and described by Amy Chua early last year. Chua...
by Ruth | Feb 21, 2011 | Book reviews, Daily life, Medical matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
I have long believed that food in Germany is better than food in the United States. This was mostly based on (literal) gut feeling: since about age 14, my life in America was a battle with my digestive tract. I spent many nights as a teenager awake in bed with...
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...
by Jane | Aug 16, 2010 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary
I admit that I was probably a bit whingey in my last message. I’ve had some time to get over my homesickness for Germany and Europe and embrace San Diego. It’s nothing like Deutschland, but the living is so easy and the weather is as perfect (always in the...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Jul 26, 2010 | Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
Like Jane and her husband, we are also on our way out of Germany. Unlike them though, we are becoming expats once again, this time in Ireland. There are so many things I love about living in Germany. This move happened quickly, and it was a choice for us, but it is...
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