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Letters From Germany

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Letters From Germany · 1Y ago

Last post

Dear friends, last week, Francesca died. As this blog was a shared project of two friends, this is my last post. There will be  no other story. Truegerman  
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Not Germany but Haiti

More ways to help: http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/Haitiappeal For UK readers http://www.sos-kinderdorf.de/ For readers from Germany. They are already in Haiti, which makes them first responders, but unfortunately means that they were in harms way. I´ve been donating to SOS every
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Frohe Weihnacht

und ein frohes Neues Jahr! Enjoy this precious time of year … Francesca and TrueGerman
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Woman in a gilded Cage

Now this was an unusual take on the debate of working women. “Stop the government from forcing our women to abandon their children during the first three years of their childhood by making them go back to work.” Huh, are … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

German Health Care through my Window

I might have mentioned before that I grew up in Germany.  I live german style. One way of german life is to always have health insurance. I left my parents insurance when I became a student and immediately signed up to … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike

Last week was the first time in two months that I met my writing friends. I was pleasantly surprised, as usual, how easy it is to get back into the routine of writing on command, during our freewriting exercise. Afterwards … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

On health insurance and bicycles

We wanted to write about cycling. Now I see the head of Francesca´s post — obviously she wants to write about health insurance. Hmmm. I know there was thunder and lightening in the US about Barack Obamas proposals for a … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Hospitality

Never visit a German unannounced, guidebooks to Germany say. First, I wanted to protest. The way I grew up, everybody walked into our house when they wanted to. Everybody was welcome and everybody got something to eat. “Fünf sind geladen, … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän

Germans love long words. We have an easy way to create them by stitching several nouns together. A Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän works as a captain for the  Danube steamship company. Though this word isn´t used much any more (when did you see your … Continue reading →
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Letters From Germany · 2Y ago

Queue – yes, we do

Yesterday I wanted to  buy a railway ticket. I put on comfortable shoes, expecting to have to wait in line for a long time.  Then, the big surprise at the station. I had to wait, but I could sit on … Continue reading →
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