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Sorting Trash in Germany

March 10, 2008

Germans take recycling very seriously.  I’ve heard of fights erupting among neighbors in apartment houses over improper sorting.  To help you with figuring out what goes where, I’ve compiled this little guide. 
First, there can be up to four containers at your residence or in public places.  There’s the paper and cardboard container, that is denoted by either green or blue, [...]

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Oliver update

December 3, 2007

Well, he’s almost four and a half months old now, and he’s started on solids.  The crazy little guy was trying to grab fistfuls of mama and papa food and stuff them in his mouth, so I went ahead and started him on rice cereal.  I thought it would be hard, with him spitting out [...]

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Holey Cheerios, Batman!

October 22, 2007

At the store Saturday, I was walking through the cereal aisle and I spotted a new, promising looking offering, Weetabix Looters. True, the whole Pirates of the Caribbean box theme is a little cheesy looking, but I grabbed it anyway and ran home to try it. Now admittedly, it’s been a long time since I [...]

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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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Mission accomplished

December 13, 2006

I finally finished labeling all the posts I’ve made over the years – sorry to my subscribers, I believe I’ve been flooding you with posts. Anyways, feel free to peruse the labels in the sidebar.
I have a secret I’ve been keeping for a while now that I think I may be up to telling [...]

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