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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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Home at last!

January 7, 2008

We FINALLY made it back after our own little Homer-worthy epic (I’ll write a nice long post about that soon, but let me sum it up in one sentence: DO NOT EVER, EVER FLY WITH IBERIA).  First, I want to remind folks about the Expat Dinner this coming Sunday.  My blog is having some issues.  It stopped [...]

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Breast is best?

December 24, 2007

We arrived safely on Thursday after an uneventful flight (Oliver was awesome and slept most of the trip – some teenage boys even complemented us on how well-behaved he was – we told them that it was just luck, I felt so bad for the baby, and the parents, of the little girl who cried [...]

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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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Just another superficial American?

November 12, 2007

One of the stereotypes that Germans have of Americans is that we are superficial.  They’ll meet an American, the American will act like they are best friends, and the next time they run into each other, the American doesn’t even say hello.  I’ve often heard from Germans who’ve moved to the US that at first [...]

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Expat life in Germany

October 6, 2007

A recent post on whether Germans hate Americans by B. over at Eurotrippen got me thinking about all the different experiences I’ve had here in Germany. First, I don’t think Germans in general hate Americans in general, but there are always going to be some people who hate some other people, whether rationally or irrationally. [...]

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Buying Maternity & Nursing Clothes in Deutschland

July 17, 2007

At the beginning of this month, I got a reader email question wondering where to buy maternity clothes: I was wondering where you bought maternity clothes in Germany. Thus far I have only been able to find clothes at H&M and I was wondering if any of the other chains carried maternity clothes (or what [...]

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