by Chloe D | Jun 2, 2014 | Daily life, Work and employment matters
Two years ago I wrote a post about co-working spaces and their blossoming popularity with Germany’s freelancers. Though the idea appealed, back then I was still enjoying the quiet and ease of working in my own living room. More recently my feelings changed –...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | May 12, 2014 | Daily life, History and culture
This has been a month of kids’ birthday parties for us, on the organizational side and on the invitational side. My third child turns seven on Friday and her younger brother attended a birthday party for a friend of ours’ son the week before. Olivia...
by Chloe D | Apr 21, 2014 | Daily life, History and culture
The origins of Frankfurter Grüne Sosse (green sauce) are not entirely clear. It is largely believed that the Romans brought it from the Near East. But the route the recipe followed from Italy to Hessen (where it is today a celebrated local speciality) is disputed....
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Mar 31, 2014 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Uncategorized, Work and employment matters
My first job here in Germany was in a publishing house (Verlag) in Freiburg, and that job was actually my first real job after college. It was certainly a different way to be indoctrinated into the world of work. It was the early nineties and it was the Schwarzwald....
by Ruth | Feb 24, 2014 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary
I was delighted to find an article in the February 1, 2014 edition of The Economist dedicated to the mindset of the Swabian Hausfrau. The article links the economic mindset of this stereotype from Germany’s Southwest to the economic mindset of Germans within...
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