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I was at my local Lidl when I made a quick double take – sitting side by side on the shelf were two boxes of Fritt, a candy that’s “enhanced” with vitamin C—so it’s theoretically good for you, or at least not as bad for you as other options.
What made me do a double […]
As I’ve noted before, I live in a “small” city, with a population of 65,000 people.
Make no mistake, “I ♥ WE”
Weimar’s a charming city with nice cafés, bars, restaurants, museums, and inner city architecture. It’s actually a small town where you get to know people, recognizing them by sight.
It’s possible to that […]
The new Lidl, a scant 2 minutes and 7 seconds from my apartment, is now open.
It opened a mere 3 minutes after I passed it this morning on my way to work—so I didn’t have time to look through its offerings, but this evening on my way home, I took a look.
Honestly, it […]
One aspect of life in Weimar stands in stark contrast to every place else I’ve ever lived: Supermarket Access.
From where I sit, as I write this at home, there are at least 4 supermarkets that I can think of within a ten minute walk: REWE, Netto, Aldi, and Edeka. If you add five more […]
For sale at Edeka today… I bought Adam.
I’m now in Paris for a few days—the first time I have ever spent more than 22 hours in the city.
I took the RER down from CDG to Paris; after exiting the train and going up the stairs I passed a young couple snogging in the station. A closer couple with clothing you could […]
I had to check my suitcase because of the tequila, so I brought the bbq sauce (Interstate BBQ Sauce is my family’s favorite). The hot sauce and rub were gifts from Jay and Murph. The chocolate chips I got myself: it’s winter and I feel like baking old favorites from home.
Anybody want to join […]
Well, a Volkswagon Convertible Bug, that is.
Because today’s wedding is in a public-transport inaccessible spot (particularly in the evenings), I’ve rented a car for the weekend. I was supposed to get a BMW 1er class car, but because the car I was assigned was not at the car rental agency, I got a VW […]
A trip to an American supermarket is an adventure—especially if you’re used to shopping in supermarkets that would fit in the produce section of your typical American Kroger.
I hit up the local Kroger yesterday—shopping cart in hand (hey, it’s free! No 1€ coin in the slot for a deposit), and started shopping. I was […]
As it was dark when we arrived, CQ and I had no idea what the area looked like until we woke up in the morning.
For me, that first glimpse came at 06:30 or so when I emerged from the hut and looked around. We’d walked across a grassy field after dinner and I had […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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