It’s asparagus season in Germany, which is seemingly insignificant except for that Germans go crazy over their Spargel. They aren’t just any ole green asparagus, oh no. Instead, they come big, fat, and white. Quality standards say, the thicker the better (dirty minds, get outta here). How important is asparagus season in Germany? Important enough [...]
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First, while I still have your attention: tomorrow I am co-hosting Travel Tuesdays with Helene. Get your travel posts ready to link-up, you don’t wanna miss it (or the highlight of my Sunday in Paris). Second, we’re talking ecards today, Someecards, in particular. Doesn’t the Internet just speak to you sometimes? I see things so [...]
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Anyone else get the The Nightmare Before Christmas reference? I sure hope so. Just had to share the brilliance of this Halloween costume. I mean honestly, how could you say no strictly on ingenuity alone? Did I just admit that, yep. In other news, I got this email from my mom yesterday and literally laughed so [...]
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I have lived in Germany 10 months now, so I’ve met a few Germans to say the least. I’ve learned a lot from the people here and have made some generalizations. Germans speak more than one language. Germans are much better (or at least more focused) at math and science than Americans. Germans are on [...]
Read moreso darn cute.
Read moreIf you read my last post, you HAVE to watch this video. If you did not read it, read #3 because this is exactly what I am talking about. It is a German guy confused about the term ‘party pooper’. After watching this, I immediately emailed it to my friend who practices his English with me, [...]
Read moreWhat? You don’t have a completely normal family photo like this? That is my cousin Nic, and yes, he does have a gun to my little 4-year-old my head.
Read moreThis blog wasn’t really around back in my glory days, but I had them, living large in the sorority house. In the house, we have this complaint board where you can tell the house staff things like your ceiling fan is broken or the toilet’s clogged, whatever it may be. However, sometimes the bored gets [...]
Read moreYou find any of the following funny… Mashable’s list of best Wi-Fi network names My personal favorite is PlzBringVodkaToApt1310. I will be copying this some day. via. I always want to tell this joke and then most of my friends would not understand it. And then when I explain it, I will be judged. Harshly. [...]
Read moreYou know what happens when you’re honest? You lose $1,097.98. That’s what happens. Last night, I saw this mysterious credit to a credit card I have not used in ages. I wanted to close the account anyways, so I called Chase to ask about the charge. The customer service representative kindly told me it was [...]
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