German kids must grow up with 10 times the patience as American kids, and it’s all thanks to the difference in Christmas celebrations. The vast majority of kids in America go to bed on Christmas Eve knowing that as soon as they get up in the morning they can open their presents. German children on … More Christmas Vacation Day 12: Heiligabend (Christmas Eve)
Tomorrow we fly to Germany to spend Christmas and New Years! Awesome, awesome, AWESOME!! I am so incredibly excited. In fact, here’s me leaving work today….. The only problem is that we’re going to get about 3 1/2 hours of sleep tonight. Ugh. But maybe we’ll just sleep the whole trip away. Anyway, off to … More Germany or Bust!
So there we were, sitting in front of a parking garage in Trier, waiting to get in so we could go enjoy the heaven that is the Trierer Weihnachtsmarkt. And we waited, and waited, and waited some more. Was the Christmas market so busy that there was no parking, you ask? That’s what we thought … More No Weihnachtsmarkt For You!
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
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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