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The Where We Live Interview and More on How Germans View the US Presidential Election

October 29, 2008

I just finished the interview and wow, I think I sucked pretty hard.  I just am not good at immediately spitting out answers, I like to think things out a bit more, plus I’d spent the time before the interview perusing the German coverage, so my brain was still in German language mode (shoulda thought [...]

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What sites do you recommend?

September 29, 2008

Things are really piling up here in the AmiExpat household.  I’ve got about 4 loads of laundry to do (I resorted to sticking Oliver in some of his next-size-up clothing for playgroup today since all his current-size stuff is in the hamper) plus I gotta proofread an article for a close to my heart German [...]

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How We Became the United States of France?

September 22, 2008

I guess the author of the Time magazine article How We Became the United States of France is trying to be humorous, but the more I read of the article, the more I was insulted.  What is so wrong with France, anyway?  I don’t get this (yes, I know it’s supposed to be a joke, [...]

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How to dress like a German

September 12, 2008

It’s a topic many travelers to and expats in Germany wonder about at some point: how do I blend in with the locals? In my travels throughout Germany, I’ve found it pretty easy to pick out Americans, even the ones dressing incognito. I’ve developed “American Radar.” There’s a way Americans carry themselves: a certain walk, [...]

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Dealing with ticks

May 19, 2008

If it’s summer, it’s tick season. I’ve already found three ticks on Charlie this week. In Germany, when it comes to tick-borne diseases, you mostly need to worry about Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis (FSME) known in English as tick-borne meningoencephalitis (for folks who can read German, the Frühsommer-Meningoenzephalitis Wikipedia article is much more informative) and Borreliose (Lyme disease). [...]

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Childhood Obesity

January 24, 2005

is not just America’s problem anymore. Due to the rising number of obese children in Europe, the European Commision has asked food sellers to voluntarily stop marketing food to children under 12, warning that if their request is not complied with, legislation will be passed forcing them to comply. And in the ‘who thinks of [...]

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