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Sein letztes Rennen
Read more: Sein letztes RennenJust what I needed. It starts out with chuckles and giggles, then progresses to all-out incredulous laughter and clapping of hands. And yet, somehow, it manages to end with your nose buried deep inside a handkerchief, sniffing, bawling and crying your eyes out. I don’t know whether to call it brilliant, an emotional roller coaster,…
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PINING FOR A PINT? The romanticized history of Oktoberfest
Read more: PINING FOR A PINT? The romanticized history of Oktoberfest“Lederhosen und Dirndl erwünscht!“, reads the big sign in my son’s kindergarten. It is a mild but grey autumn morning and the children are celebrating “Wiesn Breakfast”, one of those many strange offshoots of Oktoberfest which testifies to its local appeal and international success. Little blond and dark-haired children of German, Russian, Turkish or Balkan…
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At the heart of the world
Read more: At the heart of the worldat the heart of the world there can be only silence. the solitude of contemplating God. at the heart of the world there is a slight summer breeze, the purple sweetness of acacia snowing down (dry blossoms piling quietly by the curb), the glowing peace of the evening, and church bells scintillating. at the heart…
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Of tools and men
Read more: Of tools and menSeriously, what is the deal with men and their tools? What is the bond of virility that connects them? Give a man a (preferably loud and useless) tool, and it’s like a shot of Viagra. Oftentimes have I wished I were a big red button, a pair of pliers or a screwdriver – these babies…
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SIENA – More than a color
Read more: SIENA – More than a colorTalk about serendipity. Over the long Ascension weekend my husband’s company gave him a car to test for a minimum stretch of 1000 km, and I had always dreamed of going to Tuscany. So we packed our finest clothes to go with the full-option BMW 5 series (amazing how sudden wealth changes people ;-) )…
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Have a blessed Easter…
Read more: Have a blessed Easter……and stay out of the snow. As Catholics the world over are preparing for Good Friday, a fresh layer of snow has blanketed the streets of Munich in a winter that refuses to end. If you are celebrating Easter this weekend, I wish you that the warmth in your hearts may melt the ice away…
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What’s up with the German labor market?
Read more: What’s up with the German labor market?News and interesting statistics about Europe’s strongest economy. As most of Southern and Eastern Europe as well as Great Britain struggle with a double-dip recession and the German economy continues to flourish, many in the beleaguered EU states are packing their bags for the Bundesrepublik. According to Spiegel Online, half a million people immigrated to Germany…
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My Dad’s gone digital
Read more: My Dad’s gone digitalHow the technology we take for granted can leave our parents clueless. It was always a mystery to me how my Dad managed to be the CEO of a large construction company right up to the turn of the 21st century while being completely computer-illiterate. Don’t get me wrong, he wasn’t just impartial to computers…
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St. Patrick’s Day 2013
Read more: St. Patrick’s Day 2013Shamrock, flutes and black bier on the streets of Munich. Forget for a second that it’s a frigid mid-March afternoon. Try to ignore the whizzing wind too, although your nose feels like it might fall off any minute now. The sun has slashed its way through the ceiling of aubergine-colored clouds, and – perhaps even…
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Smoking is SOOO uncool
Read more: Smoking is SOOO uncoolI don’t know if this most recent Marlboro campaign is running under the same slogan in other countries as well, but the line they use in Germany is ‘Don’t be a maybe’. (” A maybe never falls in love”, “A maybe never found a way”, “A maybe never made history”, bla bla bla.) What they’re…
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Süle
Read more: SüleWe met at a kindergarten in Munich, during our sons’ ‘Eingewöhnung‘. You see, in Germany, they care about children’s feelings. You don’t just park them in daycare cold turkey and risk hard feelings of abandonment and loss. You get them acquainted to a new routine first. You introduce them to their new caregivers. Slowly. Slowly.…
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