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Weekly Winners – 22 February 2009

February 22, 2009

February 15 – 21, 2009 Fasching started this week here in Bavaria (aka Carnival or Mardi Gras). It’s a celebration running up to the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday. Thursday was Weiberfastnacht, a day when men should be careful what they wear, because women and girls will cut off the tie, a symbol of [...]

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More on Germany, the Holocaust and the Far Right

February 6, 2009

Two sides of Germany have been on my mind lately, exemplified by the reaction to the recent crisis in the Catholic church, and the continued existence of neo-Nazism and the far right. The Seriousness of Holocaust Denial I recently wrote about how German individuals react to what their countrymen did in WWII, and now recent [...]

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Weekly Winners – 1 February 2009

February 1, 2009

January 25 – 31, 2009 I’m still under the weather, but managed to take a couple photos. I’m feeling much better now though, and expect to be back to normal next week. The view from our living room Winter sunrise in Bavaria Frosted Splish Splash To see more of my photos, visit my FlickR page [...]

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Off the Beaten Path: the Oberpfalz

September 26, 2008

The Oberpfalz, or Upper Palatinate in English, is a region in the German state of Bavaria. Regensburg, Amberg and Weiden are some of the larger cities of the region. Here are five things worth doing if you happen to find yourself in the area: Hike along the Jurasteig – the Jurasteig is a 230 km [...]

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Dinners, birds, spargel and Landshut

May 27, 2008

Our busy weekend started with a walk through the forest and countryside near Laaber. On our walk, we met our landlord at his MIL’s place and they invited us in for coffee. As the men talked about the sale of the regional train routes to a private company, she told me she had something to [...]

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Video Wednesday: Maibaumaufstellung (Raising the Maypole)

May 14, 2008

As of today, I have now lived 6 years in Germany. It wasn’t all good times, I had plenty of homesickness and cultural adjustment to experience. I spent plenty of nights crying and plenty of mornings not wanting to get out of bed, but I always kept going. First, I told myself that I couldn’t [...]

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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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