My breakfast, as indicated above, in a roundabout way is synonymous with place. This is the FAST place. The place of unhealthy lifestyle and the extremes. Over in Europe, I feasted but I also walked. A LOT. After more than 2 weeks away from the US, an empty fridge and no desire to eat. Grossed out with the thought of local fare after weeks of ( Read more... )

Here I am once again, in my big room, our house, our own little corner of Germany, feeling 10,000 things at once. Bottom line at this very moment: DON´T WANT TO GO BACK, don´t want to leave again, want to stay over Christmas and beyond, start anew. LA is worlds away, like an abstract, almost fictional place somewhere Out West where everything is ( Read more... )

You Are Ruby Red
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About those weird Germans for a change since I usually poke at things stateside. Good thing I have no placeable accent. *Chuckle ( Read more... )

I'm done with all the Christmas/Hannukah/Kwanzaa/who knows what else shopping, gift-wrapping, card-writing AND mailing. Praise the Gods and Alien Goddesses ( Read more... )

Anatomie einer Nation

Leben in Deutschland

Wie leben wir, was hat sich verändert - und warum? In dieser Woche beginnt eine 29-teilige ZEIT-Serie. Sie schildert, wie wir auf die Welt kommen, wie wir lieben, lernen, arbeiten, glauben, spielen, träumen, alt werden und sterben - eine Entdeckungsreise in das eigene Land.

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Fri Sep 23, 8:19 PM ET
Half of European citizens speak a second language, according to a European Union survey released Friday.

The poll, conducted in June across Europe, found that tiny Luxembourg had the highest percentage of bilingual citizens, with 99 percent of those questioned saying they could master a conversation in a second language. ( Read more... )

39.800 Euro verdienen die Deutschen im Schnitt

Die, die einen Arbeitsplatz haben, verdienen immer mehr: Vollzeit-Beschäftigte im produzierenden Gewerbe, im Handel und im Kredit- und Versicherungswesen erhielten im vergangenen Jahr durchschnittlich brutto 39.800 Euro. Die Jahreseinkommen stiegen damit laut Statistischem Bundesamt im Vergleich zu ( Read more... )