The reason I bring this up? I was summoned for jury duty a couple of months ago. I guess I had lulled myself into a false sense of security that I wouldn’t be summoned any time soon, after I had to decline my last jury summon on the grounds that...
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I wrote about it more than once, but I have to bring up the topic one more time (and then I promise, I will shut up about the World Cup again until 2018). On Sunday, Germany finally won the World Cup again after 24 years. As I mentioned before, I...
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I can’t believe it’s been four years since the last world championship, but here we are again! I said this before and I will say this again. I’ve never been much of a soccer fan (back in Germany), I have never watched the Bundesliga games and I don’t pay attention to...
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I started this series “Things you wouldn’t know” a while back, because as an expat, living in a different country away from home, you encounter a whole lot of things that are just different from what you’re used to. Some things are significant, others barely noticeable. After 10+ years, I am...
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Hi friends. January is half over and I haven’t even properly wished you a happy new year. HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope your holidays were lovely and the start into the new year blissful and full of great expectations. We had a truly wonderful time in Germany with family and...
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I took this picture of our state capitol yesterday. It was such a gorgeous, sunny day! We’ll be on our way to Germany today and I just wanted to check in one more time and wish you all a wonderful holiday season. I have a few posts scheduled for the...
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Last year, I posted a list of German idioms that I’ve been teaching J over the years. Idioms are awesome, they are fun to try and translate… especially when there is no easy translation. My usual approach is to literally translate the phrase into English and see if J can...
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I started this series a while back, because as an expat, living in a different country away from home, you encounter a whole lot of things that are just different from what you’re used to. This week it so happened that I have two back-to-back posts about ‘Things you wouldn’t...
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