by Ruth | Feb 21, 2011 | Book reviews, Daily life, Medical matters, Tips, advice, suggestions
I have long believed that food in Germany is better than food in the United States. This was mostly based on (literal) gut feeling: since about age 14, my life in America was a battle with my digestive tract. I spent many nights as a teenager awake in bed with...
by Jane | Jan 10, 2011 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, History and culture
In the past week, I had to adjust to the fact that Christmas is OVER, a week earlier than I had become accustomed to. I was used to our southern German world being shut down not just from the week of Christmas to New Year’s but also through the first week of...
by HF | Oct 25, 2010 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
With Halloween drawing close, I’ve been thinking about holidays for expats. Which holidays are observed and how they are celebrated varies a lot around the world. In the English-speaking countries alone there are great variations. (Canada’s Thanksgiving is...
by Jane | Oct 11, 2010 | Expat issues, German language, German vocabulary, History and culture, learning German
Slowly, we’ve found ourselves integrating into our non-German lives here in America. Instead of hearing the phantom ring of our default Siemens ring tone melody, I’ve gotten attuned to hearing our Uniden telephone gently playing the Star Spangled Banner....
by Sarah Fürstenberger | Apr 5, 2010 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
Nowadays, there are many cheap and easy ways to keep in touch with friends and family at home when you are an expat in Germany. When I first moved here in 1992, I was only really able to call my parents from a pay phone outside my dorm, and I could talk for about 5...
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