Bonn

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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American food and cooking substitutes

May 31, 2007

Finding product replacements for your favorite foods and snacks is always tough for new expats (and occasionally some of us more experienced expats as well)! Here’s my attempt to help out and I have to admit, I learned quite a bit in my research for this post.
Baking

Baking Powder – Most North American baking powder is [...]

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Whiney Expat Blogger Meetup

May 22, 2007

Initial location planning is going on over at Germany Doesn’t Suck for the autumn Whiney Expat Blogger Meetup. Nominations at this point include:
Dresden
3 – 4 hours from Bonn/Cologne
Nürnberg
Regensburg
Munich
Mosel/Eifel
Frankfurt
Darmstadt
Cologne
Wildeshausen
Bremen
With a small infant, I expect I’ll only attend if it’s nearby. Nürnberg has gotten some interest, except that we don’t know of a blogger that could show [...]

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Movies movies movies

January 18, 2007

Yeah, I’m a crazy postin’ fool today! So, because rita did it, I present 250 movies (the ones I’ve seen are in bold):
1. The Godfather (1972) 2. The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 3. The Godfather: Part II (1974) – I LOVE this movie4. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) 5. Buono, [...]

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How it all started

December 17, 2006

First, sorry for not posting, my internet connection was down so I was without internet AND kitchen this weekend (the kitchen comes Thursday, thank god).
So nothing in my pregnancy books prepared me for the overwhelming exhaustion that comes with pregnancy. (Although I have caught a couple episodes of Run’s House on MTV and see [...]

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One Night in Regensburg, Three Nights in Bonn

November 23, 2006

I think I don’t like traveling anymore. It’s yet another sign that I am aging faster mentally than I am chronologically. This last weekend I spent in Bonn, then we zipped down for a quick visit to Regensburg, then Tuesday night we returned to Potsdam. And I am just now recovered, well, almost.
So my own [...]

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I’m a busy little bee

November 15, 2006

Things are crazy over here! I spent yesterday making curry turnovers for the party and today I will be working on spring rolls. We ordered the ham and turkey this morning – we ended up ordering a fresh turkey because the frozen only go up to 6 kg – plus I don’t think we’d have [...]

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