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- You think your vacation was spectacular. Don't make me yawn
Germans, the travel experts. If you want to know something about your own country, just ask a German. They probably know it better than you.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - Canada oh Canada, what have you done?
Canada and New Zealand were bastions of rationality until the trucker protests broke out. Should we turn to bonobo monkeys for better behavior advice?
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Brenda Arnold9 min - Get that rotten banana peel out of the plastic recycling
California may have Silicon Valley, Hollywood and even Arnold Schwarzenegger, but Germany is way ahead of them in the recycling game. Being the land of engineers, they have taken recycling to a higher form of science.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - AI may be cutting edge but it still ain't perfect
AI has come a long way in helping make work easier, but it still makes mistakes. Sometimes some very funny mistakes.
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Brenda Arnold12 min - The queen turns out to be a football
The strangest things happen when words make the transition from one language to another. They might retain their original meaning, but often enough they take on entirely new lives of their own, sometimes with odd consequences indeed.
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Brenda Arnold10 min - 800 years of history found their way into my bike lock
I thought using historic dates to remember my lock combinations was a great idea. But if you're a history buff, this can go seriously awry. Which is more important, the Magna Carta or the Spanish Armada? Or was it the Declaration of Independence? All the while, there I stand, twirling the numbers on my combination lock, unable to ride my bike.
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Brenda Arnold9 min - The 10 kilometers that triggered Acute License Plate Trauma
Moving just 10 km beyond the Munich city borders put us in the suburbs, but the small town of Zorneding has some surprising secrets, even for big city dwellers.
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Brenda Arnold8 min - Can your dog help you improve communication? Yip!
One-third of women indicated in a survey cited by Adam Grant that they thought their pets were better listeners than their partners. A good reason to take a look at what dogs are doing better!
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Brenda Arnold10 min - How to beat the virus in 2022
There is probably a whole slew of new virus variants in 2022. So let's just do what Sleeping Beauty did and sleep through it.
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Brenda Arnold9 min - Four child-rearing tricks for four ages - Fun, simple and powerful
The only consistent thing about raising children is that it is constantly changing. As soon as you think you have it figured out, they’re a year older and you’re back at square one. A little creativity can go a long way while making things fun at the same time. Here are four hacks taken from four different mothers and children of four different ages. They can help you, too.
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Brenda Arnold10 min
About Expat Chatter
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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!