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Meck-Pom in the news

June 7, 2007

With the G8 Summit going on in Heiligendamm and the protests in Rostock, the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) has been all over the news this week.I’ve gotta say that I’m disappointed in the rioters who were setting cars on fire and digging stones out of the Rostock Stadthafen (city harbor) and pelting them [...]

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Maybe Regensburg is not that bad

May 9, 2007

Regensburg is a perfectly lovely city with its intact, medieval, UNESCO World Heritage site, old town, but visiting a town and admiring its offerings is very different from actually moving there and starting a new life. I’ve been quite homesick for the Berlin-Potsdam area for the last six months (perhaps you’ve picked up on this). [...]

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My first meme

March 21, 2007

I’ve been tagged by Blythe over at Blythe Spirit, so here goes: Name five things you love in your new country:1. Cheese and bread selection2. Public transportation – although DC’s Metro is pretty good3. Chickens in gardens – I love how people keep chickens in their gardens, it’s so cool to walk around the neighborhood [...]

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Party time, excellent!

March 10, 2007

Yesterday, Rainer’s group had it’s welcome party in the Institute and everyone from his group brought some dishes to serve (yes, I’ve been mostly up and about since Thursday evening, and now Rainer has the killer cold). I ended up cooking and baking up a storm, providing a not too spicy Massaman curry and a [...]

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More search terms

February 17, 2007

Normally I wouldn’t subject you to blog stats again so soon, but some of these search terms are too funny/strange not to share: 1. berlin deutschland 2. american expats germany 3. ausländeramt hamburg foto 4. berlin rapes american soldiers 5. verliebt in berlin tv serie in version english 6. charlie geyer 7. germany babies skeletons [...]

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My trash floweth over

January 18, 2007

Before our current apartment, we always lived in high density areas where our trash was collected in dumpsters. So I am only now experiencing the true pressure of living in a pro-recycling country. Before, we separated paper, plastic, and glass (brown, green, clear), and took drink bottles back to the supermarket for refund, but down [...]

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Dream a little dream

December 11, 2006

10 days and counting till the kitchen comes and I am getting desperate. I even dreamed of pancakes last night. I was in a restaurant and everyone was eating pancakes but the waitress brought me this weird wrap thing and I said, “No, I want pancakes,” but she had disappeared and I couldn’t locate any [...]

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