Parenting Styles abroad
To what extent does the country in which you live, far from where you grew up, influence the style of of your parenting? I don’t have the answer to that, I’ve always wondered about it though. Would I’ve become a...
Fun and Support for Expat Women
A few weeks ago I founded a Meet Up group for Expat women in the Silicon Valley. To host this kind of group has been on my To Do list for quite some time and I finally I got around...
Repatriate Interview #2
Repatriation = moving back to your home country Today I’m posting an interview I conducted in December.I talked to Simone, a German who lived in Aptos, California for about 5 years, together with her husband and three kids. They had...
Three Word Thursday
Articles about Repatriation The topic of repatriating is very close to my heart since we are actively thinking about moving back to Germany. But what is the best way to do it? So, the last couple weeks I’ve been researching, reading and writing about...
Last minute presents for friends and family abroad
’tis the season we are busy…. We all know, it is this time of the year when things tend to get crazy. Holiday parties, choir performances, gift exchanges, decorating, baking, crafting, shopping….. And on December 10th, 11th or even 14th...
Three Word Thursday
Collaboration with Expatmamas A few weeks ago I got a “new like” on one of my posts on facebook. Jonna from “Expatmamas” found my blog and since then we started connecting. I joined her facebook group and found other German women living...
22 things you can try while on an H4 visa
When we moved to the US, more than 8 years ago, we came on a J-Visa which included a work permit (EAD) for husband and myself. My youngest was just 1 year old and there were so many things that...
Repatriate Interview # 1
Cordula, her husband and their three children (7, 9 and 11 years old) repatriated from the US back to Germany in summer 2015. They’ve lived in San Jose, California for almost 6 years. Why did you move back? I always wanted...
Three Word Thursday
German-American Day Today the National German-American Day is observed in the US. This German-American heritage holiday commemorates the 13 German Mennonite families from Krefeld who landed in Philadelphia. These families founded Germantown, Pennsylvania on October 6, 1683. The settlement was...
Entschleunigung
I don’t even know what the title of this blogpost is gonna be yet, but I feel I have to write my thoughts down this morning to get some clarity. Sometimes, living in the Silicon Valley really sucks for me....
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