by JessicaL | May 14, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
For most of my first year in Germany I didn’t drive. I come from a small Canadian city with no major highways, and so the thought of the autobahn seriously freaked me out. I was, and remain, very surprised at how easy it was for my husband to simply turn in his...
by JessicaL | Mar 12, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
I cannot imagine how difficult it must be for expat moms who need to bake cupcake after cupcake, cookie after cookie, required by their children for school fundraisers, soccer practices, birthday parties etc. Baking in German-speaking Europe is hard! When I first...
by Ruth | Mar 6, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
Recently some fellow Americans moved in down the street. We figured this out before we talked to them, as there were some telltale expat signs around the house. One day I stopped the new neighbor while he was out walking his dog and we had a brief chat, marveling at...
by Jane | Feb 20, 2012 | Book reviews, Expat issues, History and culture
The Wall Street Journal published another provocative piece on one certain “ethnic” parenting style superior than the American one. I put ethnic in quotes as I refer first to the Tiger parenting style written and described by Amy Chua early last year. Chua...
by Ruth | Feb 6, 2012 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
There I was on Saturday morning at the grocery store, my cart full, hastily putting my items on the checkout band. I sent two parties ahead of me to the cashier, knowing I would need a little extra time; my weekly groceries still filled the cart and my attempts to...
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