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Living room: Before and After

August 5, 2011

It’s been awhile! In the meantime, we bought and moved into a house here in Germany. Unpacking and decorating takes a lot of time, which hasn’t left much for anything else. Figured I’d share my successes with you once I’m mostly happy with the state of things. The first room I’m mostly finished with is [...]

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Real German Cuisine Challenge: Grie Soß (Green Sauce)

July 20, 2009

Things have been pretty stressful around here the last couple of weeks.  First we were moving, and then that fell through and  now we’re back on the hunt for a new place.  Anyways, it seems the stress finally got the better of me and I blew it this week.  I didn’t check the blog before [...]

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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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Do not EVER fly Iberia Airlines

January 17, 2008

So here it is, the full story with all the gritty details. From cancelled flights to unannounced delays, from death marches through the Madrid airport to sleeping in moldy hotel rooms. Chapter 1: The cancelled flight Our tale begins in the fall, shortly after booking four tickets with Iberia Airlines to visit my family in [...]

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Two Mini Meetups on September 29 – Be there or be square!

September 15, 2007

In honor of Carol and her daughter Elizabeth’s trip to Germany, there will be two – count’em two! – mini meetups on Saturday, September 29. The first will be in Nürnberg (Nuremburg); we’ll be meeting by the main information desk at the Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof (train station) at noon. So far, Carol and Elizabeth, Blythe and [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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