by HF | Nov 19, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
Today we’ll finish my list of expat likes (the good), dislikes (the bad) and major gripes (the ugly). We are now in Part 2 of the “good” things. In Part 1 I began with “the bad,” but my “good” list turned out to be even...
by Jane | Oct 22, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
Now that we are back in Germany, my third child is now attending the same daycare or Kindertagestaette (KITA) as my first two children. This boy from day one has never been sensitive about being left with new people. He was at an in-home daycare in California from age...
by JessicaL | Oct 1, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, German language, Tips, advice, suggestions
I attended a dinner party the other night, at a comfy apartment in a suburb outside of Hamburg. Guests included Canadian (both French and English-speaking), American, and German teammates from my husband’s hockey team, and their spouses. It was a fun, casual evening...
by Ruth | Sep 24, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
About a year ago, I was on a walk in Germany with another expat. We were exchanging experiences and advice on living with the natives and dealing with German spouses, and comparing life in Germany to life elsewhere. Inevitably, the question came up: “Do you...
by Jane | Aug 13, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
We’ve returned to the Fatherland after the grueling process of packing up and moving a household of a family of five. We drove six hours from San Diego to Las Vegas listening to Die Zaueberfloete non-stop. We saturated in ueber-Americana for three days on The...
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