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My aStore’s open for business

January 31, 2009

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 to [...]

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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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What’s good at Aldi?

November 20, 2007

last updated 8 October 2008 I avoided the discount supermarket Aldi for a long time because, although I’d heard there was really good stuff in there, I had also heard there was stuff to avoid, and I didn’t have a lifetime of experience knowing the good from the bad. So now I am presenting you [...]

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Maenner

October 16, 2007

Note to self: do not leave husbands in charge of children when football matches are on. Saturday, Rainer’s best friend Tobias came to visit with his wife Katrin and two beautiful kids, Hanna, who’s almost 5, and Simon, who’s 2 and a half. I made cookies, which the kids, and unexpectedly Charlie too, gobbled up. [...]

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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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Buying Maternity & Nursing Clothes in Deutschland

July 17, 2007

At the beginning of this month, I got a reader email question wondering where to buy maternity clothes: I was wondering where you bought maternity clothes in Germany. Thus far I have only been able to find clothes at H&M and I was wondering if any of the other chains carried maternity clothes (or what [...]

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Household and Personal Products

July 15, 2007

Here’s a list with some household and personal products that can be found in Germany. I had three goals in making this list: List American brands that are sold under a different name here List commonly searched for items by expats that may not be easily found And give Stiftung Warentest (a German “Consumer Reports”-type [...]

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