Interview with Elisa Stella – the Expert Expat Assistant!
In the Facebook Expat Community I am mostly known as “Elisa Stella – Expert Expat Assistant”: I am an Expat myself, I feel at home in Düsseldorf and actually in…
German regulations and rules
There are a lot of regulations in Germany and yes you might get frustrated by some of them.... but you will appreciate them at the end, believe me! I am…
How to handle German love of paperwork without going crazy?
„I have never received as many letters in my life as now that I live in Germany“ – I have heard this so many times! I have heard that from…
From Croatia to Berlin
Please meet two nice young people from Croatia, currently living in the centre of Berlin, Neukölln. Csaba is a sworn translator for English, Croatian and German and Petar has recently enrolled…
“Well-functioning” German social system
I am sitting at my table and don’t know where to begin. It is very difficult to describe my current feelings. To be honest, my soul is really overfilled with…
Germans love punctuality
I am a student currently living in Berlin, but I am originally from Belarus. Actually, I have been living here since 2001, but I spent three years in Kosovo and…
Too much to handle
My name is Sveta and I originally come from Russia, where I actually reside now. I spent one year as au-pair in Berlin a few years ago. I was not happy…
The paperwork would be a lot easier, though!
I am Elizabeth, an American mother of two adult children and wife of a Swabian German whose mother is from northern England. I started learning German in the 8th grade…
20 Italian habits I’ve lost when I moved to Germany
Espresso: Germans do not accept that you have to pay so much in order to drink so little Hi Eve, My name is Giovanni. I currently live in Dusseldorf where…
Spanish happiness is definitely the thing I miss the most!
My name is Noelia, I am 29. I was born in Ferrol, Spain, but I moved to Barcelona at the age of 18 to complete my studies in Business Administration.…
Questioning Germanness in Integration Course: A review of documentary film ‘Werden Sie Deutscher’
At the beginning, the project seemed quite complicated. There was however, a great level of openness, says director Britt Beyer in radio interview. A review of documentary film ‘Werden Sie…
I have the life I always wanted
My name is Masood and I come from the northern part of Afghanistan - a safe part. I came to Germany for the first time in 2010 to do an…
Like mother like daughter
My name is Rhea Boyden and I was born in Ireland in 1975 to American parents and spent much of my childhood moving back and forth between Ireland and the…
A late registration
Here in Germany you have to register yourself in the city you are living in. After two years I thought: "OK, I'll do it." I arrived in the city hall…
Basically for adventure
I'm American, I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California and lived in the San Francisco Bay area before moving to Munich, Germany. I moved here, basically for adventure.…
A pretext for a party
I am a Swiss native who moved to Germany five years ago. I have a general love for fashion, travel and rock music, and of leopard print, funky cities and…
I can live alone
There is nothing that really upsets me over here, even being an Arab from a different world and with a veil. This was surprising. I expected it to be much…
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