From the monthly archives:

May 2007

American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post. Baking Baking Powder – Most North American baking [...]

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I’m back

May 29, 2007

We made it back yesterday evening. Rainer’s mom spent the whole weekend working on getting my weight-gain up there towards the average. I am working on getting that German-American products list together – there’s a rather hefty rough draft, but there’s still a few things I’m researching. Our next project is buying a stationwagon, or [...]

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Quickie Update

May 25, 2007

I’m feeling pretty lousy today, so I’m going to keep this brief. The last two days were a blast. Wednesday I met up with Sarah in town and we headed over to Kaminski (Hinter der Grieb 6) – hopefully I didn’t talk her ear off! Kaminski comes highly recommended by the Regensburg expats I’ve gotten [...]

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NyQuil = Medinait? The results are in!

May 24, 2007

It comes up regularly on blogs and message boards, Wick Medinait, the German version of Vicks NyQuil, just doesn’t stack up with the original. I always wrote that talk off to psychology, we’re just more comfortable with what we’re used to. Personally, the couple times I used the German version, I didn’t really noticed a [...]

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Happy Anniversary to us!

May 24, 2007

On May 24, 2003, Rainer and I took the plunge… The day couldn’t have been more beautiful… Or the memories more wonderful… Now it’s four years later and we’re still working well together.*  Happy Anniversary Honey! * Update (5/25/2007): I thought I’d move this explanation from the comments into the post – as for the [...]

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Whiney Expat Blogger Meetup

May 22, 2007

Initial location planning is going on over at Germany Doesn’t Suck for the autumn Whiney Expat Blogger Meetup. Nominations at this point include: Dresden 3 – 4 hours from Bonn/Cologne Nürnberg Regensburg Munich Mosel/Eifel Frankfurt Darmstadt Cologne Wildeshausen Bremen With a small infant, I expect I’ll only attend if it’s nearby. Nürnberg has gotten some [...]

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Weltenburg

May 22, 2007

Sunday afternoon was spent in the beautiful Altmühltal Nature Park area, with its scenic white cliffs and abundant canoers. Boat tours are available between Kelheim and Weltenburg, but we unfortunately found out about this too late. The Donaudurchbruch (Danube gorge) near Weltenburg   Baroque church of the Benedictine Abbey Weltenburg   The Abbey brewery, claiming [...]

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