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Expat Life: The Hard Choices

Today we're welcoming Liv Hambrett--an Australian writer in Germany--back to the Young Germany blog. During the coming months you will be able to read about her decision to move to Germany and her experiences settling into life here every Monday. Visit her blog, follow her on twitter, or buy a ...

Learning German: Breaking the Language Barrier

This weekend I got to spend three days in Berlin, all expenses paid thanks to the wunderbare DAAD. I was attending this training seminar for a project called Europa Macht Schule which involves Erasmus students undertaking a project about their home country with German kids. The seminar was really interesting: ...

Expat Life: Getting Settled

Everyone settles into life in a new country at a different rate. Some are immediately at home, while others never feel completely comfortable. Homesickness, awkwardness, loneliness: they all are parts of the expat experience to a greater or lesser degree. But fitting in is too. You might surprise yourself. I have ...

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Learning German: Foreign Language Learning With Music

During my first year in Germany, German music became very important to me. Though I never could get into bands like Kraftwerk or Rammstein, other artists who sang in German were staples in my DIY, trial-by-fire, at-home German lessons. I had almost a decade of German study behind me, but ...

What is it like to work in Germany? Read one expat's comparison with working life in the USA. Photo copyright picture-alliance/chromorange

A Day in the Life: Working in Germany

On the train between home and work I sometimes stop and wonder. How much does the place where I live affect my daily life? How many of the details of my day have "Germany" written all over them? I can't say for sure what my life would be like if ...

Living in Germany: Köln für Anfänger

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Gaze in awe at the Dom, whilst holding your skirt down. Tall buildings make for breezy Marilyn Monroe moments.

Drink Kölsch, at Gaffel, Früh or Hellers.

Go to Luxor. It’s rubbish, but part of the Erasmus experience.

In summer, if that happens, go to Cortina or Gelato 4D for ice cream.

Grill. It doesn’t matter about the weather. You won’t be German until you smell like Bratwurst.

Cross the Rhine in as many ways as possible: Bahn, bus, by foot, in a car, on a Bootrundfahrt, and best of all, on the Seilbahn.

Visit the yoo, especially the penguins.

Come to Efferen, celebrate Wódka Wednesday with us, chase the rabbits.

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Wordless Wednesday: Stollen

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Baking stollen at the confectioner Vadossi in Sachsen. Mmmm. Photo copyright dpa / picture alliance

Ever wondered where the stollen you can buy at the grocery store come December comes from? Places like this.

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German Bundesliga Podcast: Matchday 16 + Champions League Draw Reactions

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Talking Fussball Podcast

Talking Fussball: The Bundesliga Show returns to break down another action-packed weekend of Bundesliga action as James is joined in the M94.5 studios by Alex to highlight the key talking points from Matchday 16 before taking a look at Monday’s UEFA Champions League draw.

Can Hertha Berlin sustain their current form or are they set for a classic Bundesliga Rückrunde flop? Was Robin Dutt right to drop Sebastian Mielitz as the club’s No. 1? Could a three-goal comeback against 1. FC Nürnberg be the turning point for Hannover 96 this season? Can FC Augsburg be considered the team of the Hinrunde? Is Bayer 04 Leverkusen’s priority now retaining second place and how many German teams are likely to reach the UEFA Champions League quarter finals?

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Living in Germany: On German Directness

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Liv Hambrett is an Australian expat living in Germany. Visit her blog, follow her on twitter, or buy a copy of Sincere Forms of Flattery, an anthology that includes her work.

Often here, misunderstandings occur not so much as a result of linguistic fumbling, but because of a certain scale of directness, at the opposing ends of which sit my own heritage and my adopted home. How I react, disagree, say yes, make conversation, how I oil the cogs of social interaction, how I try to translate little phrases from English to German, the ones that mark certain points in a conversation … it all comes from my own socio-cultural norms, ones that tend to sit if not in direct opposition to the German ones, then at least somewhere on the other side of the fence.

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Studying Abroad: The Busy Life

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April 1st is the official start of the Sommersemester, and that means a lot of things.

1. I’ve got a new Studentenausweis, and it helps when you bring said new Ausweis with you, especially when hefty train fares are involved.
2. The weather has to get better soon… I hope.
3. Classes have resumed, and I finally have something to do with my time again.

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Wordless Wednesday: Winter! Sledding!

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Sledding in Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald. Photo coypright dpa / picture alliance

Has winter hit where you live? Anyone been sledding yet?

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Bundesliga Podcast: Matchday 15 Reactions + Champions League Preview

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Talking Fussball Podcast

Talking Fussball: The Bundesliga Show returns to break down another scintillating weekend of Bundesliga action as James is joined in the M94.5 studios by Jon and Alex, as well as special guest, AFP Sports Journalist Ryland James, to highlight the key talking points from Matchday 15, discuss Germany’s FIFA 2014 World Cup group draw, the final shortlist for the FIFA Ballon d’Or before previewing the final round of UEFA Champions League group stage fixtures!

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