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Expat Chatter

It"s true. Even after years of living in Munich, Germany, I find funny stuff to talk about. Language gaffes, cultural confrontations, and life abroad. It"s an ongoing adventure!

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6:48

Blasting our way into the New Year

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2024/12/29

Germans are so careful about maintaining their cars and they build their houses so well that they are practically airtight. But on New Year’s Eve, their sense of caution quite literally vanishes into thin air.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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4:46

'Twas the Night Before Weihnachten

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2024/12/22

On a trip to the Christmas market in Munich, I was inspired by the holiday cheer and the number of foreign tourists and was especially impressed by their boisterous enthusiasm for holiday wares.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:45

Christmas cookies: Good, better, German

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2024/12/15

I loved Christmas cookies growing up and thought they were pretty good, but have since discovered that German holiday confectionary is in a league of its own – the premier league.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:47

The 37 Days of Christmas

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2024/12/08

Send us a textGermans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving but they celebrate Christmas half the winter. Starting at the end of November with the first of Advent, it culminates on January 6th, Heilige Drei Könige, Three Kings’ Day, or Epiphany, which is the Eastern Orthodox Christmas, but Germans figured it’s another holiday—we’ll take it. Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:17

What happened to my pumpkin pie?

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2024/11/24

Send us a textI have cherished memories of holiday meals from my childhood. Certain foods were always on the table for Thanksgiving and Christmas, and it just wasn’t a festive spread without them. Pumpkin pie for dessert was a must. But that was many years ago and 8,000 kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean and the pie I bake today is quite different from the one my mother made. Pumpkins originally come from America. Although first imported to Europe centuries ago, they were not always a...

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8:04

Germans put the fun in fungi

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2024/11/17

Send us a textMy experience with mushrooms was confined to cans as a kid. In Germany, collecting them is a cherished hobby – but don’t bother asking anybody where to find them because they aren’t telling.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:32

Celebrating St. Martin from the couch

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2024/11/10

Send us a textAmericans celebrate fall with Halloween, but Germans have St. Martin. Children carry lit lanterns in processions through the dark, singing. It sounds so lovely, until you’re the one out there battling the cold wind to keep the lantern lit. This is a festival best enjoyed indoors.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:07

Halloween Goes Global

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2024/10/30

Send us a textHalloween used to be unknown in Germany. That has changed and there are now pumpkins for sale on every street corner and sometimes kids go trick-or-treating too.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:12

Three cheers for the English language: Concise,...

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2024/10/20

Send us a textThe English language has its downsides. But when you compare it to German, French and Spanish it suddenly looks surprisingly efficient and user-friendly.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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7:21

Noise in the modern world - from cacophonous to...

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2024/10/06

Send us a textIt’s that time of year again: The leaf blowers are back! They add to an increasingly noisy world, but it’s also possible to create pleasant sounds or eliminate them altogether.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:15

When life gives you lemons, it helps to recognize them

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2024/09/15

Send us a textI thought my French was good enough to get me around southern France. But language skills were not enough.Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:48

Getting lost the old-fashioned way

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2024/09/08

Send us a textThose of us who predate GPS know how to get around without using technology. Knowing the points of the compass is helpful for navigating in an American city, but in Europe, the streets often date from the days of footpaths and donkey carts. These willy-nilly labyrinths can dead end, disappear or lead you in a circle. So how does a North American get around a European city?Support the showwww.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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0:30

Emotional baggage - why I pack too much when I go home

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2024/08/21

Send us a Text Message.I used to feel sheepish whenever I took an overpacked suitcase home on a trip to the U.S. But when I thought about it more closely, I realized there was a very good reason for doing this.Support the Show.www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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7:46

Home sweet home - only better

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2024/08/04

Send us a Text Message.I fantasize about taking my kids back to where I grew up to show them the real America. Except when I arrive, it’s often to discover that many things have changed. Shops have disappeared, new restaurants have sprouted up. I may wax nostalgic, but were the old ways really better? Support the Show.www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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8:26

9 things you didn't know about Chicago

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2024/07/28

Send us a Text Message.The real founding fatherI just recently overcame my amazement that Alexander Hamilton was not Anglo-American but from the Caribbean island of Nevis, contrary to the lore of America’s Founding Fathers. Thanks to the musical, this has become common knowledge,. But now I learn that Chicago was not founded by French fur traders but by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a black man from Haiti. Not until 2009 was a memorial erected for this pioneer, sponsored by another Haiti...

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9:20

The French Revolution you've never heard of - in the...

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2024/07/12

Send us a Text Message.France’s national holiday is Bastille Day, July 14th, which sparked a revolution that sent shock waves across Europe. But French culture had already been impacting many countries’ architecture, language, cuisine - and even your backyard – for centuries.Support the Show.www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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9:47

Berlin - Lost and sometimes found

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2024/07/12

Send us a Text Message.Support the Show.www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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6:26

The trillions of cicadas last seen by Thomas Jefferson

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2024/05/09

It’s been over 200 years since these two broods of cicadas hatched at the same time. Just by chance, I’ll be traveling right through the middle of the swarms.Support the Show.www.expatchatter.net Brenda Arnold

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5:53

The strange cult of white asparagus

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2024/04/27

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7:21

Warm and cozy? Time to open that window

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2024/03/30

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