by JessicaL | May 3, 2011 | Daily life, Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
Having grown up on the flat Canadian prairies, not a clear and sunny day goes by that I don’t step out onto my balcony here in Switzerland, look over the bright blue Zurich Sea, toward the glowing green foothills of the Alps, and say out loud, “Wow!”...
by Ruth | Jan 17, 2011 | Expat issues, Tips, advice, suggestions
There are so many horror stories I could share involving transatlantic travel. I entertained my babysitter the other day by regaling my worst memories of flights between Europe and North America, some of which involve being sandwiched between an overweight, unhappy...
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 Jane | Nov 2, 2010 | Daily life, Expat issues, Medical matters
One of the most challenging factors in my family’s relocation from Germany to San Diego this year has been doing all of this during the first trimester of a pregnancy. For anyone who has close experience with this 3-month (often longer) phase, it can make life...
by HF | Aug 30, 2010 | Book reviews, Daily life, Expat issues, German language, learning German
Beyond Ordering a Beer Recently I enjoyed reading Julia Child’s My Life in France (with Alex Prud’homme). It’s a great book (and the first one I ever read as a Kindle edition on my iPhone). Anyone who has lived abroad or spent only a brief time in...
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