In the past week antisocial little ol me has had two highly entertaining encounters with fellow expats. First we met with Lee & Mark in Hamburg last Friday.  They’re not bloggers but they somehow managed to find my blog anyway, and I’m glad they did.  It really was the highlight of […]

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The second half of our question/answer session:
1. From Mc In Da House: Inspired by “Ask the German guy”, I’ve got a few questions I’d like to ask an American-

Why do - most - Americans think that David Hasselhoff is still a big star over here in Germany?
And why does David Hasselhoff believe, that he’s responsible […]

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Of all the things I miss from America (the list shrinks monthly), I think the thing I miss most of all these days is half-priced bookstores. Or dollar stores that sell dollar books. Or garage sales where I could buy entire Crichton collections for pennies on the dollar. Or libraries where they […]

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For those who asked questions… thanks! Here are answers to the first half, the rest I’ll answer on Wednesday.
1. From G In Berlin: So, once I have a break from my German course, what shall I go to see and do in Berlin?
Hmm, taking into account you live in Berlin (so […]

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We pay 80€ a year for the privilege of owning a mastercard with a balance that’s paid in full at the end of each month via direct-deduction from our bank account. It’s like a glorified debit card by American standards, but very necessary for reserving airline tickets, hotel rooms, or buying things on the […]

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I ran into my bum again today. As I was waiting for the #8 I spied him out of the corner of my eye asking some old lady for cash. For those of you who don’t remember the original post, I gave him money about a month ago only to be chastised for […]

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I’m not starting with a write-up of my favorite tourist attractions, although that’ll happen soon. I won’t be rhapsodizing about the smell of horse shit as we rode through the city in our magical first-ever carriage ride. I won’t even talk about how jarring it was to see 8 big-screen plasma tvs sporadically placed […]

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Sadly we’re already back from our all-too-short stay in Vienna (more on that to come). We’d planned to hang around for a week, but after procrastinating for months on some diagnostic testing for my thyroid, it was time to pay the piper. So this morning I arrived bright & early at the nuklearmedizin […]

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My vote in the 2008 presidential primary is officially cast. From the comfort of my home. Over the internet… from another country. How cool is that?? And while my vote went to Barack Obama, of the two serious contenders, I’d honestly be proud to have either candidate representing my party. Hillary […]

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In a few days this blog will turn two. Two years of adventure and angst, fun and fear, anticipation and (apparently) alliteration. I also find it’s suffering from some sort of identity crisis…
When I first started out I was all about the adventure of moving to a new country- the trials & […]

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