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 Ruth | Nov 11, 2013 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
I have written a few posts about homesickness here at German Way, not because I am constantly homesick, but because it is a major theme in an expat’s life. The first wave of cultural euphoria keeps you riding high in your new surroundings for about 6 weeks, and...
by Ruth | Oct 7, 2013 | Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture, Red tape and bureaucracy
Having spent my formative adult years in Germany, I have been to more German weddings than American weddings. There are some striking differences in how each culture approaches the celebration (and paperwork) that accompanies two people committing their lives to each...
by JessicaL | Sep 2, 2013 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
So goes the life of an expat hockey-wife, I am once again preparing to move to a new land. This move is one like no other as it is taking my husband and me to the most foreign place we will have ever lived: Russia. After six years in Germany and Switzerland, I really...
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