by Jane | Dec 2, 2013 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
I feel like mothers are enslaved here in these provincial parts of southern Germany by what I call the “cult of the warmes Mittagessen” or the cult of the hot lunch. (I’m not even going to try to stretch the truth by saying parents instead of...
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 Jane | Oct 28, 2013 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture
In one my last posts, I mentioned that our family was preparing for my oldest child to start school this year. I know it is a big deal in most countries, but in Germany, I think it is an even bigger deal, partly because the first day is wonderfully ritualized by such...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Aug 20, 2013 | German vocabulary, Medical matters, Red tape and bureaucracy, Work and employment matters
Since becoming self-employed, which was not so much of a choice for me, but more a forced path, I have had to become privately insured when it comes to health insurance. I had very much hoped to avoid doing so, but it turns out that public health insurance gets very...
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