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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Yeah, I know, I know what you’re about to say: “It’s March, for Peet’s sake”, and here I am talking about celebrating this new year, but I have some photos to share and memories to eternalize, so you can’t stop me. We all gathered at my parents’ house and spent a...
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When you guys are reading this, J and I will be somewhere over the clouds on our way to – or maybe already in – Germany (obviously not with Southwest, ha!, but we’re taking a connecting flight down to LAX first and are then hopping on a straight flight from...
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Today is Saint Nicholas Day (German = Nikolaus). Unfortunately my shoes turned up to be empty this morning, might be due to the fact that there’s no “Saint Nicholas Day” in the US. Oh well, but I did put a little something in J’s boot this morning. He’ll be surprised :) In...
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I am a language nerd, I appreciate good grammar, spelling and punctuation. And idioms are awesome. I am always intrigued to find new idioms in English and then try to find the closest translation in German. Or vice versa. It’s not always that easy. Not all idioms translate well…. but...
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Today I am going to share a German recipe with you… something that my Mom sometimes would make as a quick lunch, but which also perfectly works as a hearty brunch item (especially here in the US, where hot sandwiches are much more common on the menu). “Strammer Max” means...
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{via} I know many of you probably couldn’t care less about the European Soccer Championship, but you guys, I am so stoked that ESPN is actually broadcasting all the games! To be quite honest, prior to its start on Friday, I can’t even say that I was really excited about...
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Tom is two years old today! My, oh my, where does the time go? My sweet little nephew is not a baby anymore! And he can say my name now and he recognizes me on the computer screen when we skype. It’s really amazing to see him grow up. My...
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