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- What's that schmuck doing in the jewelry store?
https://expatchatter.net/2022/05/08/whats-that-schmuck-doing-in-the-jewelry-store/
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Brenda Arnold10 min - Karl Marx’s penguin and Richard Wagner’s design for Madonna’s corset
A Berlin museum juxtaposes Karl Marx and Richard Wagner. The exhibition is supposed to highlight their differences. Instead, I found many intriguing similarities.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - Ukraine on the train - from a military to a cultural conflict
Taking the train home from Berlin, some Ukrainians boarded the train. Watching their interactions with the conductor reminded me of my first experience taking German trains and other cultural mishaps
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Brenda Arnold10 min - Juggling work and family, German minister drops the ball
German minister for the family Anne Spiegel recently resigned after major errors of judgment. Did her family responsibilities overwhelm her, like they do so many women - still?
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Brenda Arnold8 min - Bring out the Easter eggs, the kids are coming home
Just as I was getting used to not being a mother, my COVID-harassed daughters came home - left - and came home repeatedly. Their pre-Easter visit has made me once again resurrect my mother persona.
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Brenda Arnold6 min - The ladies, the rest home, and the bombs
The oldest residents of a rest home suddenly developed mild illnesses. They all shared a trauma from the distant past that had suddenly been revived overnight.
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Brenda Arnold7 min - Aren't you glad you bought that orange car after all?
The sky was suddenly a muddy orange, but what was causing it. I had an idea, but the thought was too scary to consider.
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Brenda Arnold6 min - That map might just quash your travel plans - so focus on fun instead
Germans are usually so logical, it’s hard to believe how that can make such planning errors when they visit the U.S. Kind of gratifying, though.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - The distant agony of past wars is suddenly revived by the attack on Ukraine
The five German cities I visited on a college tour with my daughter were all steeped in the history from WWII or the Cold War – or both. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the largest influx of refugees in Europe since WWII into these same cities.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - The two dots that will make or break you
Speaking a foreign language can be tricky. Sometimes it can also get you into trouble - serious trouble. German umlauts - those two dots on some vowels. are often the culprit
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It's true. Even after years of living in Munich, Germany, I find funny stuff to talk about. Language gaffes, cultural confrontations, and life abroad. It's an ongoing adventure!