Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Jan 21st, 2008 20 Comments »
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 & [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Same Shit, Different Day on Jan 10th, 2008 17 Comments »
Alternate title: Young republican.
I’m a soft touch. A real bleeding-heart… we need more social programs, not less… treat others the way you’d want to be treated… this land is your land, this land is my land… pinko kommie liberal. So when people come up to me on the streets asking for money I [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Jan 4th, 2008 4 Comments »
I’ve been patiently awaiting my Andy Warhol inspired fifteen minutes of fame, and it seems it’s finally arrived! Kristie of ‘An American In Oslo‘ has seen fit to interview me for her blog. It was kind of funny offering my perspective as an expat in the know… in my mind I’m still [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Wanderlust on Jan 3rd, 2008 14 Comments »
Booked & Confirmed Travel:
January 18th - 20th : Berlin
February 8th - 15th : Vienna
March 21st - 24th : Hamburg
July 30th - August 13th : England/Wales/Scotland
After the amazing time we had in Salzburg last October we’ve decided to return to Austria in February… Vienna this time… to see if it was just a fluke, or [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Same Shit, Different Day on Dec 30th, 2007 5 Comments »
Wow, did we travel a lot, and all with two kids in tow.
After swearing I’d never get caught up in the whole texting craze I’m now completely addicted and believe it can (and should) replace talking altogether.
Season 2 of Dexter suffered a serious sophomore slump. Bummer.
On the other hand, season 3 [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Retail Therapy on Dec 29th, 2007 3 Comments »
For all my fellow expats (and locals!) living in Germany who like to bar-b-que, but can’t stand the taste of local sauce, americanfoods4u.de is selling Bull’s Eye Sweet Homestyle Blend BBQ Sauce for an amazing (by any standards) 0,29 cents per bottle. They’ve also [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Nov 20th, 2007 11 Comments »
Jim’s been off since last Friday, and boy has it been weird not traveling for once. Weird in a good way though. Other than getting the kiddos to/from school we’ve been complete bums, something I could get used to…
Anyway, since I’m currently in full-on bum mode but still want to mention the expat [...]
Posted in Deep Thoughts, Expat Antics: Life in Germany on Nov 18th, 2007 7 Comments »
I’m sure there are many stories that will come from the blogger weekend. I know I made lots of new friends and managed to be smiley and sociable at least 82.76% of the time (really, really impressive for me). But here’s the sweetest, bestest part of the weekend and why I cut out [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Retail Therapy on Nov 15th, 2007 17 Comments »
I’m a fool for a bargain. It doesn’t even have to be something I need… I’m often heard making comments like “wow, did you see those diapers were half-price?!” or “Rossmann has blue hair dye on clearance for .79 cents a box… I should grab all of it in case I even decide to [...]
Posted in Expat Antics: Life in Germany, Same Shit, Different Day on Nov 15th, 2007 5 Comments »
Sorry sorry to everyone negatively impacted by the latest Deutsche Bahn strike! I normally go all Norma Rae for strikers, but I just can’t seem to get behind this one. While I’m sure a 31% pay increase would be just swell for DB’s 15,000-20,000 drivers, it seems a little greedy…
I find myself feeling [...]
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