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Friends, family and funerals

July 1, 2008

It’s been a pretty eventful week here in the AmiExpat household, I’ve barely had time to recover from the expat weekend (and people are already asking me about when the next event is – no idea yet!). On Friday, we met up with B, Blythe and Katie in Nürnberg for Indian food.  First, we met [...]

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Bis ?

March 31, 2007

We’re heading off to Heidelberg first thing in the morning, so tata for now. We had some bad news in the family, Rainer’s uncle Erwin passed away today, so we will be heading over to Wittlich after Heidelberg. We haven’t heard when the funeral will be yet, so I’m not sure when we’ll be back. [...]

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5 years ago today…

November 2, 2006

It was five years ago today that my dad passed away. My dad was my best friend and I still miss him a lot, especially our long talks. He totally got me and at least for me, finding someone who gets you is a big deal. After a 10 month fight against pancreatic cancer, he [...]

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In The News: Religion, Diet, Racism, and Sport

September 16, 2006

Faith and Reason?During a recent speech at the University of Regensburg, Pope Benedict XVI made a comment that has inflamed the Muslim world. In a discussion about how faith and reason can coexist, he mentions a religious dialogue that took place between the Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus and an educated Persian around 1391: In [...]

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Say it ain’t so, Joe!

September 4, 2006

Well, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter, was killed today by a stingray. Little known fact: I ALMOST applied for the second season of Survivor (the one where they killed a pig and one guy fell in the fire). I thought – a PhD student in Statistics at Duke is a shoe in! I actually had [...]

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6 days and counting

April 12, 2006

Well, Rainer’s here in NoVa, Grandpa’s burial was yesterday. Rainer, Charlie and I are heading back to Germany on Monday. Rainer’s helping Christian with renovating Grandpa’s apartment right now, so that hopefully it can be sold this summer. Depending on Christian’s plans, we might take a trip this weekend and go visiting/sightseeing, but we need [...]

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GEYER, HARLAN MARTIN, SR. (Age 85)

March 29, 2006

Of Reston, VA, died on Friday, March 24, 2006 at Fair Oaks Hospital. He was born July 20, 1920 in the town of Wellman, IA to the late Francis Grant and Grace McGimpsey Geyer. Harlan served 20 years in the US Marine Corps, attaining the rank 1st Sergeant. As a member of the 2nd Marine [...]

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