by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jul 12, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, Medical matters, Red tape and bureaucracy, Tips, advice, suggestions
Sometimes “home” feels a lot further than a 10 hour flight away. My old college roommate was just diagnosed with colon cancer and I don’t know how to express my worry, my concern – all the feelings I am having for her – better than in a...
by HF | Jul 5, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, History and culture
Update: This post was last updated in April 2023 to reflect new laws and to add information for Switzerland. Although we tend to think of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) rights movement as a modern, fairly recent phenomenon, the advocacy of...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jun 28, 2017 | Daily life, Expat issues, German vocabulary, Tips, advice, suggestions
For the third year in a row, I have just returned from a fabulous beach vacation. Greece, Italy…we are apparently becoming European jetsetters (still fairly poor ones). Being in Europe allows you to make affordable vacation choices to unbelievable destinations....
by Erin "ebe" Porter | Jun 14, 2017 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions
Don’t worry – this is nothing to do with Josef Fritzl…although mentions of basements seem to bring up that imagery. (To be fair, Fritzl was from Austria like another infamous German speaker). This post is about the German basements (Keller or...
by Erin "ebe" Porter | May 10, 2017 | Daily life, German vocabulary, History and culture, Tips, advice, suggestions, Uncategorized
Holiday Alert! It is Muttertag (Mother’s Day) this Sunday which means elegant brunches and bundles of flowers – no matter which side of the pond you are on. Mother’s Day in Germany But the history of the holiday in Germany, Switzerland and Austria...
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