by Jane | Feb 10, 2014 | History and culture, Medical matters, Work and employment matters
It’s unusual for me to find that it’s my turn to blog and not have a topic or two that I’m bursting to write about. When that happens, I virtually leaf through Spiegel online and its English section, The Local and Deutsche Welle. My Facebook feed...
by Ruth | Jan 20, 2014 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Galavanting about Europe in my early twenties, I spent a spring holiday in Italy. The journey began in Germany, meandering from Frankfurt down through the Black Forest, into Switzerland and through the Gotthard Tunnel (17 km!) to get to the Italian border. The entire...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Jan 13, 2014 | Expat issues, German vocabulary, Work and employment matters
Both Jane and I have mentioned the concept of the Rabenmutter, which is defined in the Wikidictionary as “A raven mother, a loveless, heartless, cruel, unnatural, or uncaring mother; a bad mother who does not take good care of her children.” Now no one has...
by Jane | Jan 7, 2014 | Expat issues, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
Like Sarah did several years ago, I mentioned our foray in having an au pair. We had had one from South Korea last summer, a relationship which ended pretty miserably. Despite our efforts to have fair and adjusted expectations of a young woman, age 20, from a culture...
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