Q&A: Reverse Culture Shock

May 28, 2010

It’s been a really stressful week here.  My symptoms have gotten worse and Oliver has been sick with a virus and conjunctivitis (pink eye).  Luckily, Oliver seems pretty much recovered today and I’m going to be induced next week, so hopefully by next Friday, I should feel better and we should have a new addition [...]

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Q&A: Working and Living as a Foreigner in Germany

May 20, 2010

No real change in how I’ve been feeling (pretty lousy), except you can add killer heartburn that often keeps me up half the night to my symptoms.  The plan is still that I’ll be induced in 1-2 weeks.  Until then, I thought I’d finally get around to answering some more questions.
Michael M. wrote:
I’m a Ph.D [...]

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Quick Status Update

May 8, 2010

I know I’ve left many of you who asked questions in the lurch, but I will eventually answer them, hopefully sooner rather than later.  I have rough drafts of the posts made up, but I’ve either been too busy showing around visitors, meeting friends, or getting the house ready for the baby (on my good [...]

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Q&A: Learning German and Raising a Bilingual Child

April 25, 2010

Last week, I asked readers for questions.  I decided to split up the answers into several posts.  This one addresses language related questions.
Maria Guzenko wrote:
You’ve mentioned you are fluent in German. Do you still have much of an accent? Was much attention paid to pronunciation in your German class? Do you feel it’s sufficient to [...]

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15 Easy Tips for Going Green and Saving Money

April 22, 2010

In honor of Earth Day, I thought I’d give you some of my favorite green tips.
Germans love recycling and are generally very environmentally-conscious.  My husband has recently accused me of becoming more German than the Germans in this regard, but I find that there are so many green things you can do that are easy [...]

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It’s time for another Q and A session!

April 16, 2010

I would first like to thank all my readers for their support, this site just passed 200 fans on Facebook!  Thank you thank you thank you thank you for reading!
I’ve gotten a couple emails with questions recently, so I thought that it’s about time that I do another Q and A post.  Got a question [...]

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Weekly Winnners – April Fools’ 2010

April 1, 2010

February 12 – March 31, 2010

I was never any good at making up even halfway decent April Fools’ Day jokes, so I’ll leave that to the creative geniuses at Wikipedia, Google UK, Starbucks, and ThinkGeek (love the Dharma Initiative Alarm Clock), instead, here are some of my favorite photos from the last month and a [...]

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