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Category Archives: Germany
Creating and Sustaining Family…
What Americans notice about Germans…(part 4 of 4)
Here is the final segment of what Americans notice about Germans, which was first published in die Zeit in 2002: Was Amerikanern an Deutschen auffällt, oder Fünfzig Wege die Amerikaner gewinnen den Deutschen Aufmerksamkeit (50 ways the Americans attract Germans attention). You can read part 1 here (numbers 1 – 10) and part 2 here (numbers 11 – 26), and part 3 here (numbers 27 – 33).
A place to get away…
I know I don’t normally discuss the touristy stuff here on Living the American Dream in Europe, but it is at times a part of the experience, just like being silly and obsessed with things from my home culture, so here we are. Over the weekend my husband had a birthday and to counter the evils or fun of the night of (depending on how you look at it), we spent Sunday exploring a very small area of the Eifel region near Trier Germany. My husband found Berg Ramstein near a small village and thought it looked easy enough to trek to and around in less than one day, so off we went. Continue reading
Things I’ve Noticed…
(or an Ode to Germany)
Things I like about Germany, the German people and their culture: Continue reading
In the streets
Living in Germany sometimes feels absolutely no different from living in the United States with the day to day tasks and interactions. Continue reading
becoming an expat?
I think it took me about a year and a half to realize I was an expat. While I like to toot my own horn enough, I also like to give props where I think they are due.
What Americans notice about Germans…(part 3 of 4)
This is the continuing saga of what Americans notice about Germans, which was first published in die Zeit in 2002: Was Amerikanern an Deutschen auffällt, oder Fünfzig Wege die Amerikaner gewinnen den Deutschen Aufmerksamkeit (50 ways the Americans attract Germans attention). You can read part 1 here (numbers 1 – 10) and part 2 here (numbers 11 – 26).
The Sunday Rule
Stories…
This past week I gave a short story to my English conversations students to read as homework, titled “The woman at the station” from the most recent edition of Spotlight Magazine. Continue reading
