Quickly stuffing away my Cuban convertible pesos that I had gotten in exchange for a bunch of Mexican currency, I had saved my Euros…
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April 21, 2018
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expat blog Lifestyle opinion Travel April 14, 20185 Ways to Maintain Your Language Skills
After more than half of a decade of classes with occasional breaks and six months spent in Mexico, I have finally managed to speak…
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expat blog Lifestyle mexico Observations thoughts Travel January 27, 2018What a Day to be Alive, Said the Dead
Ever since my beloved old-fashioned hand written letters were replaced by E-Mail, Facebook & co. , conversations with friends have not only taken new…
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Berlin books Germany Travel December 17, 2017Book Review: Let’s Take Berlin by Jessica Guzik
Have you ever been planning a trip, a short vacation or maybe even an entire move to another country for so and so many…
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Berlin Observations thoughts November 18, 2017Why We Need Libraries to Fight Social Inequality
In a district in Berlin among its Turkish residents stood once the Jerusalem Library, not far from the city’s Jewish Hospital. With a gloomy…
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Berlin commentary expat blog Germany Life Stories Lifestyle memories Observations Society thoughts November 14, 2017
Language Classes are the Mirror of the Soul
When I came home this afternoon, instead of continuing my crochet project, I started thinking: “I totally want to take Italian classes when…
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Life Stories memories mexico Observations student life thoughts tourism Travel October 26, 2017You’ve Come to the Wrong Neighborhood, Güey
We’ve all heard them: rumours about what countries are like. The ones say Kosovo is a war-torn country, where tanks dominate the streets. Others…
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expat blog mexico Observations thoughts Travel September 19, 2017
The Earthquake After the Drill
At 11 a.m., on the 32nd anniversary of the Mexican earthquake of 1985, there was the customary earthquake drill, so people could practice for…
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expat blog Life Stories memories mexico Observations opinion sarcasm tourism Travel September 17, 2017
A Tribute to the Grasshopper I Had For Lunch
There would come a day in my life where I would find myself on a weekly market in Cholula, thinking about whether dried grasshoppers…
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cross cultural stuff expat blog Life Stories mexico Observations opinion thoughts tourism Travel September 9, 2017Observant Thoughts From Mexico By Someone From Berlin
I have lost count of how many times I have used the sentence other countries, other customs on this blog. I may have done that…
