Posted on 01 May 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY KARI MARTINDALE Why Can’t I Find Anything Online? And When I Do, It’s in German! First of all, I’m going to tell it to you straight: Most of your small town businesses aren’t online. Period. And those that are online, their websites aren’t as developed as in the States; some look like they [...]
Posted in A-Ha!, Online Shopping, Phone & Internet0 Comments
Posted on 24 April 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY MICHELLE KING Saturday was an eventful day for us. My husband and I went to Nürnberg to meet up with a friend who is stationed in Heidelburg. We decided to take the train because we knew we’d have a few drinks and didn’t want to worry about driving home. We bought the Bavarian [...]
Posted in A-Ha!, Explore Germany1 Comment
Posted on 07 January 2013.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Trash – who would have thought it could be so complex? Gone are the days when you simply threw everything in the garbage, set it out on the curb and forgot about it. Germany had “Germanized” its trash system. Like other German things, there is a pretty firm set of rules [...]
Posted in A-Ha!, Just In Germany, Making Your Home3 Comments
Posted on 31 December 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY LIZ MYERS 10 Things I Learned AFTER I Got To Germany Here are just a few things I’ve learned AFTER moving to Germany. Please feel free to post any questions you may have about living here or add any information that you have learned. 1. Appliances. I was told to put ALL [...]
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Posted on 03 December 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Do what I say, Not what I did! One day, not long after we arrived in Germany, and the day after being warned about getting traffic tickets here, we got our first ticket. It was only a parking ticket, not one that will take points off our license. Not a very [...]
Posted in A-Ha!, Cars2 Comments
Posted on 14 November 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Seriously?!? Can an oven give you culture shock?!? It was the first time I went to put a pizza in our German TLA oven. Two knobs. I need translation for both! The first one was expected. I know that the USA is one of the last holdouts still using Fahrenheit instead [...]
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Posted on 22 October 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Outlets, Volts, Transformers, Adapters… Oh My! Voltage: Electricity is not all the same! American appliances run on 110-120 voltage, but the electricity coming from Germany plugs is 220-240. Not quite the same! Here is some information and some tips that hopefully will save you and some of your appliances. Outlets and [...]
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Posted on 17 October 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Aha moment – it’s that little flash of understanding. It is simple, but maybe habit changing. It makes you feel a little smarter for knowing it, but you wonder why it took you so long to figure it out. There are two extra symbols on most indoor heating radiators. The first [...]
Posted in A-Ha!, Making Your Home, Off-Base Housing, On-Base Housing6 Comments
Posted on 10 October 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Shhhh! It’s Sunday… or quiet hours… or a German holiday! It’s Sunday afternoon and the lawn needs mowing. Oh! Not so fast! In Germany, it is considered impolite, or even illegal to be too noisy at certain times. When? Sundays. Yep, all Sundays. “Sonntag” is considered a quiet day to spend [...]
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Posted on 26 September 2012.
CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE B&E Aha moment – it’s that little flash of understanding. It is simple, but maybe habit changing. It makes you feel a little smarter for knowing it, but you wonder why it took you so long to figure it out. It happened to most of us – you tried to open [...]
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