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Expats, immigrants, and even people who have travelled internationally often get asked some odd, awful, and humorous questions about what life is like abroad. I thought it would be amusing to answer some of the questions I’ve been asked, sometimes even by close family members, during my almost eight years of living in Germany. I hope you’ll share […]
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Last year, among the blog highlights, were posts on German cuisine, universal health care, and WWII. It won some awards and it’s author had to take a break for health reasons.
It’s a new year, and so far I haven’t thrown up! I’m still weak and suffering from nausea, but I’m keeping food down and gaining […]
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It was 7 years ago today that I first stepped off the plane at Berlin’s Tegel airport and started my life as an American expat in Germany. I don’t think I’ve told my whole story on the blog, so I thought I’d share the beginning of my adventure with you today.
The story actually starts a […]
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Two sides of Germany have been on my mind lately, exemplified by the reaction to the recent crisis in the Catholic church, and the continued existence of neo-Nazism and the far right.
The Seriousness of Holocaust Denial
I recently wrote about how German individuals react to what their countrymen did in WWII, and now recent events have shown us […]
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Something I’ve been working on for a while now, is an aStore - two actually, one through Amazon USA and one through Amazon Germany. I’ve gathered items I think might be of interest to my readers there, where you can browse and if you wish, buy, with a small percentage of the sale going […]
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Yankee in a New World recently asked on her blog if Germans and Americans have historical guilt in common. I started to answer that no, I don’t think we really do, then realized I had so much to say that I needed to write it in a post.
I think, out of countries that have committed atrocities […]
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Christina Geyer has lived in Germany since May 2002. She has lived in Berlin, Rostock, Potsdam, and has now settled pretty much permanently in the Regensburg area. In addition to blogging on AmiExpat.com, she founded the parenting site Mamas Worldwide. For more, see About Christina.
