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...
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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...
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This morning, we got up early and went to the polling place right at 7 a.m. Here in CA, there was only a short line of maybe 10 people ahead of us and I breathed...
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A while back, I had started a series that was called “Things you wouldn’t know”, addressing life as a German expat, living in a country far away from home, where one encounters a whole lot...
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Baking has been a very frustrating undertaking here in the US for me. You might be wondering, how so? The thing is that cakes and muffins never turned out to be quite right. The taste...
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Ok, ok, just bear with me for a minute here, before you all run away screaming because I am picking a topic for my today’s blog post that most people don’t really have a loving...
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{via} … if it wasn’t for me! YOU’RE WELCOME! 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...
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