Expat adventures and how-to guide for living in Germany
Coming from the States I call them quirks, but you can easily see why they exist:
Tax preparation costs are federally legislated, not set by the individual preparers. The amount is based on your income level. Guess there is no incentive for them to innovate.
Expenditures for local craftsman/workman services, for example having your apartment painted, are [...]
German Grenzgängerin Bianca Fritz over at fudder.de has a list of 7 tips for dealing with your cellphone if you live near a border, are a full fledged Grenzgänger and spend parts of your day in different countries or travel often.
Because the article is in German here is my rough translation and interpretation of her [...]
I use a Mac with Firefox version 3.0.3. Though searching from my iGoogle homepage (at google.com) returns English results I tend to rely heavily on the built in Firefox search box.
Taking things one step at a time with my re-immersion into living life in German, the last few weeks I’ve been frustrated when [...]
It wasn’t long after we arrived at the apartment before we knew we were not alone. Between the small black pellets left indiscreetly in the middle of our living room to the scurrying noises from inside the wall during the night, we were on their turf. The first mouse we saw ran out from the [...]
IKEA Germany does not take Visa cards, only Master Cards or EC/debit cards. They do have ATMs on premise so you can (as I just did) take out cash (bargeld) to pay. If you live in a border region and your closest IKEA is in either Switzerland or France, they will not deliver your purchases [...]
