Mardi Gras. New Orleans. Partying. Drinking. Flashing. Boobs. CHAOS! Let me start by saying that I have never been to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, so I have no idea what actually goes on there. But thanks to Joe Francis and his Girls Gone Wild commercials, what I think of when I hear the words Mardi Gras is women … More Fasching. It’s Mardis Gras without the boobs!
I saw this incredibly funny post the other day, so I decided to borrow some of the lines, add some of my own, and put a David Letterman style twist on it. So I present to you: The Top 10 Ways to Know You Are From Oregon 10. You’ve worn shorts, sandals/flip-flops and a parka at … More How Oregonians know they are Oregonians
My 4-year-old was sitting on my lap today. When he got down he said “Uh oh Daddy, I tooted on your pants!”. Thanks for the info, buddy.
Germans have at least 9 1/2 and as many as 14 1/2 (if you live in the city of Augsburg) legal Holidays. In America we have 10. Sounds about even right? Good. Oh, and that half of a day is Christmas Eve, where pretty much everything is closed by 2pm so everybody can be at home. Now, according … More Germans Rock the Holidays
We went to France today, shopping. We were at a fairly normal shopping center, doing some fairly normal shopping. I took my son to go to the bathroom like normal. Well, I don’t know if there is anything normal about going to a public bathroom with my 4-year-old. He is all about it until he … More I Don’t Wash My Feet in the Sink
Winter is back in full force, and it got me the day off! Thanks to my employer’s concern for my safety, I knew yesterday evening that I was going to work 2 hours later today because of expected weather. Then came the phone call this morning to stay put, the roads are even worse than … More Snow Day! (So I shoveled the whole damn street)
The Weihnachtsmann is coming to town, did you know that? That’s what my (just turned) 4-year-old told me the other day. Well, sang to me. After I explained to him that Christmas is over and Santa Claus isn’t coming for 11 more months, a thought hit me (while he continued singing Christmas songs anyway). I taught him … More My (un)Scientific Study of a 4-Year-Old’s Denglish
Ahhh Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year. And since we also call it Weihnachten at our house, it is twice as wonderful here. My wife thinks I am full of it, by the way, because I just ran those opening sentences by her to get her opinion. Apparently I have given her the … More Merry Weihnachten and Frohe Christmas
I was going to write a post about Christmas, German &American traditions, how we combine them in our family, etc. I feel compelled though, to comment on the recent school shooting in Connecticut instead. Not because I think I have the solution to such problems, or because I think what I have to say will … More A sad day for society
I have a third eye on my forehead. I don’t know where it came from, or when. I haven’t even seen it. But I know it shows up when my family and I go into public. How else do you explain everybody staring at us? It’s not because I’m too sexy for my shirt, this … More I have a third eye on my forehead
An American's stories about travel and expat life.
Est. 2012
In Between Cultures, Languages and Identities and More...
My life as a Germerican.
Vignettes from a multi-lingual, multi-cake-eating freelance existence
...sharing my European travel stories
The Misadventures of an American Expat and His Wife in Germany
I cannot help but compare my American home to my European one and vice versa.
Thoughts and Tales of an American Girl Who Lived and Married in Germany
Interpreting German-American differences in the Tennessee Valley and beyond
We are married, from Oregon and here to blog about our life, marriage and travels as expats
Travels, Adventures and Misdemeanours in Germany's proudest state
Stupid thoughts, now with beer!
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a blog by a multilingual lifelong expat/international, linguist, researcher, speaker, mother of three, living in the Netherlands and writing about raising children with multiple languages, multiculturalism, parenting abroad, international life...
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