Life in Europe

Eurovision 2012: From the outside looking in

This weekend marks the end of yet another Eurovision Song Contest. My last post had to do with my initial reaction from the show, but with this one I would like to look at the event more critically. As an American living in Europe, this event is incredibly interesting both for its humor, spectacle andContinue reading “Eurovision 2012: From the outside looking in”

Eurovision 2012

So, I attempted to tweet my friends and my thoughts about Eurovision 2012, but then something happened and I was unable to finish the tweets, so I thought it might be entertaining to collect them all here…

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)

Here is part 3 of my four part series, What Americans notice about the Germans.

What to expect when your an expat…

Really, you should expect anything and be open to as much as you can. Being an expat is sometimes tough, very tough and sometimes seems completely normal and common, especially since the majority of people you will either come to know are natives or expats themselves.

What does your everyday look like?

I got the idea for this blog after reading Riayn‘s post of the same name who has blogged from Hamburg for a little over a year and a half now. The writing prompt: What does your everyday look like? Describe the scene of your happiest moment of every day.

“[insert your country/continent here]…is like a trap.”

In the November 2011 issue of Delano magazine (Luxembourg), writer Aaron Grunwald, interviewed Eleonora, a Brazilian expat who has lived in Luxembourg for the past eighteen years. One of her first comments in the interview was that “Luxembourg is like a trap, a gilded cage. The moment you come, you always think, ‘I’m going toContinue reading ““[insert your country/continent here]…is like a trap.””

Alles Gute zum First Day of Spring

Happy official first day of spring!

Shit people Say….

This is pretty popular right now, “Shit people say…”, and I would like to bring two to your attention that my husband and I found when looking for the video about “Shit people say in Portland” (which I will post separately). I would like to begin this post with a video of “Shit People Say…toContinue reading “Shit people Say….”