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German Currents – Gundermann – Andreas Dresen The weekend before last, I was in LA for the “German Currents”, a German film festival presented by the Goethe Institut. Because I was an official member of the press, I was so...
German Currents – Gundermann – Andreas Dresen The weekend before last, I was in LA for the “German Currents”, a German film festival presented by the Goethe Institut. Because I was an official member of the press, I was so...
Last week I had another coffee date with a fellow German expat woman. Monique Menesi lives in Portland, Oregon and that’s why it was a virtual meeting. I went to Barefoot Coffee in Campbell, had a Mexican Mocha while FaceTiming...
Summer Camps in den USA – Eine Fülle an Angeboten Jedes Jahr im März geht sie wieder los: Die Suche nach den passenden Summer Camps. Vor allem berufstätige Eltern müssen sich rechtzeitig um die Anmeldung bei guten und erschwinglichen...
My first coffee with… Two weeks ago I met for coffee with Jeannette Weedermann. She is the first one in a long row (I’m hoping) of wonderful expat women living in the US. Jeannette is a fellow German who...
I’m pleased to share with you that my blog was named one of the top five blogs in the US and Cöllefornia is “Blog of the Month” February 2018! Expat.com is one of the leading websites to make the...
Repatriation means the return of someone to their own country. As part of my series “Repatriation Interviews” I talked to Tina Busch, a German writer, translator and mother of two. After living the expat life in the US for several...
I can’t believe it’s already September, the ninth month of the year! So here’s my September Link Love. Teaching and parenting First of all I want to share some link love with my new employer, the German International School of...
Places in California, and things This is a new post in my series “My A to Z of California”. It seems now I finished this post, that everything important in California starts with an S. San Jose The first one...
The last day…. of Barack Obama’s presidency is today. I’m so sad. This country has become my second home and even though I don’t love everything about the US (neither do I about Germany), this president and his family has become a...
Apparently this week of NaBloPoMo will be the “repatriating week” for me. You might have noticed that this topic has been on my mind for a while now. In the summer I created a survey for some people I know...
Courage isn’t having
the strength to go on –
it is to go on when
you don’t have the strength.
— Napoléon Bonaparte
I’m Kathrin, a German who’s been living the last 16 years in the crazy world of the Silicon Valley. Even though I love our life in California, I’m still missing Köln (Cologne) and the German lifestyle. On this blog I share some of my stories and ruminate about what home really means. I’m a mother of two girls and the wife of an iSlave, a teacher, a social introvert and very passionate about the things I do.
I’m glad you’re here! Schön, dass du hier bist!
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