Comments for an american expat in deutschland

Comment on Thursday Thunks by Kimber

Kimber — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:40:01 +0000

I like your answer for #12!

Kimbers last blog post..Thursday Thunks: 14 Odd Ones

Comment on WorldWise Quiz: Berlin by Christina G

Christina G — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:58:52 +0000

Congrats! I missed the year of Kennedy’s speech. Bad me!

Comment on Still Ongoing: The Off the Beaten Path Challenge by Christina G

Christina G — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:07:07 +0000

Awesome. I’m looking forward to it!

Comment on WorldWise Quiz: Berlin by CN Heidelberg

CN Heidelberg — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:32:37 +0000

I got 10/10, yay! This can make up for my poor performance on the election quiz.
CN Heidelbergs last blog post..Ikea on Saturday (Avoid)

Comment on Where to find a used car in Germany by Tom

Tom — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:33:56 +0000

Hi, great info- just a little to add if i can. I live on the brstish net of expats here and have found in recent year the level of english speaking germans has grown massivly so dont be afriad to ring that private seller and ask if the speak english- chances are they do, or at least they have a friend who can.
Also the posts about similar makes/ models is very true- especially bmw’s or mercs. The state offers a discount on them from new in germany so they are often very competitively priced here.

Also anyone who could help me with the reverse issue? I want to import a new Dodge Challenger into Germany and was wondering best way to do it. It seems the uk garages want a extortionate fee for the handling of shipping ect (some up to 50% of the cars value). Has anyone imported from the states and know if its feasable to do it privatly. Any advice appriciated and again great informative site.

Comment on IHOP now has streusel pancakes by Christina G

Christina G — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:34:47 +0000

Yeah, I’m not obsessing about it. Just a little embarrassed when I see it and was looking for something to post for NaBoPloMo, and since it has something to do with Germany, I went with it. I have watched it among other nationalities who turned to me and said, “Are Germans really like that? How funny!”

I’m generally not someone who gets my panties in a bunch over anything. And I haven’t tried the pancakes. I’m not into streusel, so they’re not very tempting.

Comment on IHOP now has streusel pancakes by cliff1976

cliff1976 — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:17:03 +0000

@cliff: Horribly embarrassing for me, as an American who knows a little something about Germany.

Hmm…don’t take this the wrong way please.

Did you write it? Are you watching it among other nationalities who are pointing and laughing at you saying,

“ZOMG look at your IHOP commercial!”

or even

“ZOMG — U.S. citizens have IHOP!”

I’m trying to apply some advice I gave someone around here recently (can’t remember whom at the moment). It goes something like this: I think I’ll be happier when I stop feeling like I have to be {embarrassed, guilty, defensive, ashamed, whatever} about every {stupid, ignorant, hateful, whatever} thing to come out of America.

It’s not an easy road for me, but I think I’m making progress.

Oh, one more thing: are they any good?

Comment on IHOP now has streusel pancakes by Harvey Morrell

Harvey Morrell — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:57:36 +0000

Reminds me of the old Löwenbräu commercial where fat men in bad German accents praised the US version of Lowenbrau as being, “Fairy guut.” Ugh.

Comment on IHOP now has streusel pancakes by Christina G

Christina G — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:40:27 +0000

@cliff: Horribly embarrassing for me, as an American who knows a little something about Germany. I might have found it mildly amusing at one point, but it’s on ALL THE TIME over here, so the pain just keeps increasing.

@hezamarie: LOL! You crack me up.

@straightjacketmom: Thanks for the award!

Comment on Still Ongoing: The Off the Beaten Path Challenge by tqe / Adam

tqe / Adam — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:35:44 +0000

If I were you, I would look at my blog on Sunday… there should be an entry about Weimar appearing around 10:30, German time…