another great post..
There are a few things here in Germany I will never quite get right. I will never figure out which garbage is being collected on garbage day without first checking to see what my neighbors set out. I will always dial a wrong number, because I will never figure out the proper prefix for a single phone number. I will never beat the cashier at the grocery checkout line. My lawn will never look effortlessly perfect. I will never knit a pair of German socks, and I will never figure out the back-to-school shopping list on my own.
Ah, back to school shopping. A rite of passage everywhere, but when you are living in another language, attending a local school, it tests the very limits of your language skills, not to mention your overall endurance. Here in Germany, I am convinced that the back to school shopping list is an…
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Hard Truths for Expats in Germany 