Fun Small Things

– Cream is called “Schlagobers” in German. Best name ever.
- One of the best parts about the kids not speaking English is the ability to discuss them with their parents right in front of their face.
The other is the fact that I don’t have to censor my music around them.
- Yesterday I decided [...]

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Raining Rabbits

It’s 2:00 in the afternoon. I’m in the kid’s room with Hannah and Kilian. Anna is in Munich today with some friends. Lena has finished her math homework and gone to play at a neighborhood friends house.
Hannah is sitting on the top of some (very very stable, probably wall-mounted) shelves. I’m [...]

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Lunch as a synecdoche for my life

What I had for lunch:
- Schnitzel
- Kartoffelnsalat (potato salad)
- Some sort of fried pastry thing
- Bier
Mmmmm….
Where I had lunch:
Some sort of local fall harvest-market-thing. There were chickens, roosters, and gi-fucking-gantic bunnies. There was also a teenager wearing lederhosen, drinking beer, and playing the accordion. Do I really care about the name? [...]

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Minor Successes and Museums

I’m sitting in the kitchen, drinking red wine, and eating good bread with Mandelmuss celebrating a day well done. I have located a group of expatriots in Salzburg and they are having a meet-up next Saturday, which I have claimed as an evening off, am very close to plans for Oktoberfest, and have just [...]

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Circus et Ciribus

Hey Friends,
So far I’ve been here for ten days. My grip on the language is not nearly what I’d hoped it would be, but it’s slowly getting there. Unfortunately, there are literally no appropriate German classes starting until next month, but I’ve developed a regimen so that I’m steadily improving. I’ve got [...]

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