From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Thanksgiving, Expat style

November 25, 2007

Our Thanksgiving party was a roaring success.  We had 24 guests, pretty evenly split between German speakers and English speakers.  Charlie was a hit with the kids and surprisingly well-behaved.  I’m not worried at all anymore about him interacting with Oliver when Oliver’s a little older. There were several expat bloggers in attendance, all of [...]

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The Book Quiz

November 24, 2007

Because it’s been going around and because I’m so busy cookin’ that I don’t have time to write up a more substantial post. You’re Prufrock and Other Observations! by T.S. Eliot Though you are very short and often overshadowed, your voice is poetic and lyrical. Dark and brooding, you see the world as a hopeless [...]

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What’s good at Aldi?

November 20, 2007

last updated 8 October 2008 I avoided the discount supermarket Aldi for a long time because, although I’d heard there was really good stuff in there, I had also heard there was stuff to avoid, and I didn’t have a lifetime of experience knowing the good from the bad. So now I am presenting you [...]

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A Controversial Address, Part 2

November 20, 2007

In part 1, I asked if referring to an American as an Ami was derogatory in German.  I read the many comments with interest and can only conclude that to some people it is, and to some it isn’t. I was a bit dismayed to find that some people might take offense at what I called my [...]

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A controversial address?

November 17, 2007

So, it seems I’ve stirred things up a tiny bit in the expat blogger world (well, I caused two blog posts to be written, if that can be considered stirring things up).  I, mostly unknowingly, picked a controversial address for my blog, namely, AMIexpat.  Martina wonders why I would pick this as an address, while [...]

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7 Random Facts About Me

November 17, 2007

I’ve been tagged by Swenglishexpat and American in Bad Homberg, so here goes. 1. My favorite sandwich when I was a kid was toasted peanut butter and Longhorn-Colby cheese. My favorite dinner was tuna casserole. Is that weird enough for ya? 2. I ate jalepeno poppers at least twice a week when I was pregnant. Haven’t [...]

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

November 16, 2007

In mid November? Our garden, yesterday Yep, that’s right, winter came early to Bavaria this year.  It’s been snowing for the past week.  A lot of it melts during the day, but we’ve definitely got a whole Christmas vibe going here in south Germany (helped along by all the Lebkuchen and Stollen which have been [...]

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