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The Answers, part II: living in Germany, living in general, and kids

April 4, 2008

What is the best part about living in Germany? What is the hardest? The best part about living in Germany is probably the socialized medicine. You hear stories about illnesses making people bankrupt in the US, and I don’t have to worry at all about that here. If, God forbid, Oliver was autistic, or Rainer [...]

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Chocolate Withdrawal

March 26, 2008

We spent this weekend with my in-laws and I think I gained back all the weight I lost over the last 8 months.  My jeans were tight when we left and I spent today going through chocolate withdrawal.  In case you don’t have a German mother-in-law, visits to a GMIL could qualify as world class [...]

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Strikes, strikes, and more strikes

March 6, 2008

Germany is getting just as bad as France nowadays.  Here’s a message I received from the US Consulate (you too can get these messages by registering with the State Department).  In addition to what’s listed in the message, Deutsche Bahn (the train service) are planning to strike indefinitely starting on Monday.  So basically, if there [...]

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Expats in the Wikisphere

February 29, 2008

While tooling around Wikipedia, I came across a page listing American Expatriates in Germany (who have Wikipedia articles written about them).  The people listed are not all currently in Germany, it just denotes people that have lived in Germany at some point.  Priscilla Presley and Martin Lawrence, both born on US military bases in Germany, make the [...]

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AmiExpat’s going to Munich

February 25, 2008

…from March 9 to 13. Rainer’s got a conference, so drop me a line if you want to meet up.  I’m game for coffee and cake, or a tour of the city, or a great ethnic restaurant, or shopping for designah duds, or… whatever (well, not swinging – see below).  I would love if someone [...]

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Open Book Meme

February 9, 2008

Swenglishexpat has tagged me for the ‘Open Book’ meme. These are the instructions: 1. Pick up the nearest book. 2. Open it at page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence/ phrase. 4. Blog the next four sentences/ phrases together with these instructions. 5. Don’t you dare dig your shelves for that very special or intellectual book. 6. [...]

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Yes We Can

February 7, 2008

My father used to tell me that there was only one man he ever wanted as president. Only one man that he was excited to vote for.  That was Robert Kennedy and unfortunately, he only got to vote for him in the California Primary.  I guess I never really understood what he meant, and I [...]

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