I shared one fact about Christmas in Germany on my Facebook page for each of the 12 Days of Christmas. Here you can see the compiled list. Day 1/12 In Germany, especially in the Bavarian region, St. Nicholas Day (the 6th of December) is celebrated with a visit from St Nick. Children will put their clean shoes out the night before so that old St. Nick can fill them with goodies like gingerbread (lebkuchen) and chocolate. According to the story, […]
Category: Life in Germany
How Germany is different than the USA:
Differences Between Germany and the USA.
Grocery Shopping in Germany (Compared to the USA).
Our Cost of Living in Germany Compared to the USA.
17 Ways the German Restaurant Experience Is Different Compared to the US.
12 Differences I Experienced While Going to the Movies in Germany.
An American Goes to the Doctor in Germany.
How Holiday Park (Germany) Is Different from American Theme Parks.
On life in Germany:
50 Things I Miss from Germany.
A Day in the Life: Expat in Small Town Germany
“Why Would You Wear Lederhosen?” and Other Things We Don’t Say in Germany
You might live in Germany if
Trying to Pay My Bill in Germany
American Food According to Germany
12 Facts about Christmas in Germany
15 Times Google Translate Failed Hilariously on the German Amazon Site
Expat Living in Schweinfurt, Germany.
On moving to Germany:
Meeting Our New Home in Schweinfurt, Germany.
An Expectation of Silence
Our First Week as Expats in Germany
Our German Home
8 Things I Love About German Home Design
Coming Home to Schweinfurt
Things you might see in Germany:
Love Locks in Germany
Street Art / Graffiti in Germany.
40 Things I Saw on the Deutsche Bahn
Blog Roll:
An American Goes to the Doctor in Germany.
I’ve had excruciating back pain for over a year now that manifests whenever I sit or stand for more than 30 minutes. It’s a pinpoint type of pain that radiates from my eighth vertebrae. I do okay if I’m walking quickly or lying down but that’s about it. As you can imagine, it puts quite a damper on our travels around Germany. We saw several doctors and I had so many tests done in America it would make your head […]
An Expectation of Silence.
It’s now only 12 days until we leave for Germany, and I can’t stop imagining what living there is going to be like. Of all the differences that I noticed on our short visit there, the one I am most concerned about is the silence. Immediately after we landed in Frankfurt we departed the plane onto a bus and experienced the eerie quiet. No one was talking loudly and excitedly to each other or on their phones, no children were […]