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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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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 [...]

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Just another superficial American?

November 12, 2007

One of the stereotypes that Germans have of Americans is that we are superficial.  They’ll meet an American, the American will act like they are best friends, and the next time they run into each other, the American doesn’t even say hello.  I’ve often heard from Germans who’ve moved to the US that at first [...]

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Expat life in Germany

October 6, 2007

A recent post on whether Germans hate Americans by B. over at Eurotrippen got me thinking about all the different experiences I’ve had here in Germany. First, I don’t think Germans in general hate Americans in general, but there are always going to be some people who hate some other people, whether rationally or irrationally. [...]

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A weekend of success

September 9, 2007

Friday night, Cliff and Sarah joined us for Thai dinner. I ended up not having the time to make anything but the Panang Beef beforehand, so they (and Rainer) were enlisted as my sous chefs when they arrived, and let me tell you, it’s nice to have sous chefs! Our meal consisted of the aforementioned [...]

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Family Pic

July 7, 2007

Finally, some nice weather today! Our neighbors were nice enough to snap a family pic of us.

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Rockin’ Neighborhood

June 28, 2007

I recently ran into my neighbors from across the way and inquired if they might look after Charlie when we have to go to the hospital. They were quite happy to oblige, gave me their number and I gave them a housekey. The wife, who’s also a nurse, expressed concern that I was still walking [...]

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