An American Mom living in Germany
The Expat Mom Blog is mostly a guide on what not to do while living abroad, but luckily I have a German partner to help steer the way.
My Husband and I have a Secret Language
When Kay and I first starting dating, he had read an article online giving a piece of advice to native English speakers and also Germans. For the native English speakers: Speak slower. You don’t have to speak louder, but at least slow the tempo and annunciate better. This goes also for Americans who may run ...
Friendships that Transcend Language Barriers – Oh, and movies help too
The night before “Father’s Day” in Germany and as I was sitting in front of the computer diligently typing away on the newest blog post (Not really. I’ve kind of had writer’s block because either I am becoming too accustom to Germany and not noticing so many astounding differences, or I just need to get ...
Post Mother’s Day Review – Traditional vs. Culture
Yesterday, at the tail end of Mother’s Day, I overheard Kay discussing with a neighbor that celebrating Mother’s Day in the US is a bigger deal than how it is acknowledged in Germany. Neighbor: Really? Kay: Yeah, this morning my Facebook blew up with messages from people in the US wishing other Mothers a Happy ...
Lily’s Village
Within the last two weeks I have read online stories pitting Euro Moms against American Moms, and I just don’t like it. On this website, I tend to write a lot about being an Expat, more often than I write about Mommy incidents. And that’s because I’ve found that although there may be different government ...
Military Spouse Appreciation Day
Before posting this article, Kay mentioned that as a German, the whole military concept can be summed up as, “Citizens in Uniform.” Being in the military has a completely different connotation depending on the country in which you live. I’m not trying to point out what is right and what is wrong because I am ...
Deutsch Dienstags
Today, while at Oma and Opa’s (we had to switch our regular Tuesday visit to Thursday due to a scheduling conflict this week) I was trying to make small talk with Opa by telling him we have a bird’s nest in our shed. I really hate it when I don’t plan out what I want ...
Biking in Germany – Episode 2 – For Whom the Bell Tolls
There is a joke in the US when teenagers first get their driver’s license that all other drivers should be ware. Although there aren’t bike licenses in Germany, my fellow bike path users should be ware of the American Wicked Witch… I now have a modern day bike basket, but instead of a little dog, ...
It Must be True Because My Husband Says So (Episode 2) – The Parking Disc
Calling dibbs on an enhancehanced version of this…The Parkscheibe (Parking Disc) This is a form of one type of parking meter here in Germany. When you see one of these signs… It means it is limited-time parking and you put the parking disc in your dashboard window signaling what time you parked in your spot. ...
Death by Bitch-Slap?
Have you ever had one of those days where you just felt like something big was going to happen? Like you were going to see something you weren’t supposed to? Today we went to the Fortuna Düsseldorf vs. MSV Duisburg soccer (Fussball) game and I was excited to see the last game of Fortuna’s season. ...
How Bikes can save us.
Today I stumbled upon the below Graphic and after writing about American Fuel Prices and Biking in Germany I thought this is a perfect summary. Luckily it is published under a Creative Commons License so I can share it with you. I am slowly trying to rid my biking fear on roads. Especially with a toddler in ...
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