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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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Thanksgiving, Expat style

November 25, 2007

Our Thanksgiving party was a roaring success.  We had 24 guests, pretty evenly split between German speakers and English speakers.  Charlie was a hit with the kids and surprisingly well-behaved.  I’m not worried at all anymore about him interacting with Oliver when Oliver’s a little older. There were several expat bloggers in attendance, all of [...]

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In the news

October 28, 2007

Rauchverbot auf dem Oktoberfest: Kein Qualm auf der Wiesn – Starting January 1, smoking will be banned in all public places in Bayern, including pubs and tents, which means that Oktoberfest 2008 will be smoke-free (in the tents anyway). Yippee for non-smokers! Only two more months and we can go out to restaurants again without [...]

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Christina’s Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies

October 14, 2007

Mrs. Fields ain’t got nothin’ on me! Although I’ve heard expats complaining about the consistency of their cookies being off, I’ve never had that problem with this recipe. For flour, I use Gold Puder type 405 für feine Backwaren, for butter I use Meggle die Alpenbutter, and for chocolate I use Sarotti and/or Côte D’Or [...]

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Congrats to Al Gore and the IPCC!

October 12, 2007

For more info on the prize and on climate change, see: Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize Friedensnobelpreis für Al Gore Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Homepage Things you can do to combat the Climate Crisis

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Free Burma!

October 4, 2007

Find out more: – FreeBurma.org – WashingtonPost.com: Burmese Troops Carry Out Nighttime Arrests; Monks Put to Flight – SpiegelOnline: BURMA’S BRUTAL CRACKDOWN CONTINUES ‘They Come at Night and Murder the Monks’

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Buying Baby Stuff in Deutschland

September 30, 2007

Here’s a list of websites that are either in Germany or will ship baby stuff to Germany. I’ve put an asterisk behind websites that I’ve used and been happy with (*=ordered once, **=twice, ***=three or more times). As I come across new sites, I will update this list. See also a related post, Buying Maternity [...]

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