by Sarah Fürstenberger | Aug 25, 2009 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary
If you have children in school here in Germany, at some point, either at the end of one school year or the beginning of the next, your child will hand you a meager piece of paper called a Materialliste, which is exactly what it sounds like, a list of supplies for the...
by galitz | Jun 15, 2009 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
The big day had come. We were nervous. My wife was busy cleaning. The house was spotless, which is certainly not normal for us. Cleaning was something that we both hate doing. We had all the windows open to air out the place, even though it was only about 60 degrees...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Jun 1, 2009 | Expat issues, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Work and employment matters
Today is another public holiday here in Germany, Pentecost Monday, or Whitsuntide. May and June are good months for public holidays, what with May Day, Ascension Day, and Pentecost. Unlike public holidays in the US, where sometimes it seems that only the post office...
by galitz | Apr 21, 2009 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture, The euro and money matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
Germany, like many expats, is seemingly caught between two worlds. Globalization and the new capitalism on one side with tradition and democratic socialism on the other. I am not going to write about capitalism vs. socialism, particularly… this is about how...
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Mar 17, 2009 | Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
If you are an expat in Germany with children, at some point or the other you will probably have to endure that oh-so-anticipated but oh-so-dreaded journey of traveling home to wherever you hail from. If your kids are over the age of 5 or 6, the trip may not be so...
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