Christina Geyer
@CLGinDE
American expat in Germany
Forum posts
25
About me
American
Lives in Regensburg, Germany
Registration: 20 June 2006
Food from home i miss!! by msmoneypenny
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Agali - Where in Germany are you? Have you checked in the larger supermarkets? Our Real has a big French section with canned snails and foie gras - and the German senf section includes Maille mustard. I'm sure it's not as great as the stuff in ... Read More
Food from home i miss!! by msmoneypenny
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I miss really good salad bars, ripe tropical fruit, and fresh seafood (USA > Germany) I've also got a post on my blog to help new expats to Germany with finding replacements for favorite foods. Read More
Reverse Culture Shock by Guesposter58
Hmm. All last week I was back in the UK (mixing some work, with a short break). The last time I was back there was in November last year, and also the previous August. One thing I noticed this time though was I seemed to be suffering more from ...
I've been away from the US for 4 years now and I was pretty shocked to find I had reverse culture shock on my July trip back. And it's strange because I was there in March and it was fine. I don't feel like I really belong in the US or in Germany ... Read More
Racism by Julien
Do you feel racism in your country? Is it complicated to integrate yoursleft with local people or are you used to it? I really like London because the city is a lot of people from everywhere, and everybody seems to be integrated. I don't feel ...
I've never lived in the West, so I can't offer a comparison. But yeah, sometimes it can be pretty bad here and I'll need to avoid people for a few days till I cheer up. (Most of the folks I run into here don't cheer me up, so by avoiding them, I ... Read More
Racism by Julien
Do you feel racism in your country? Is it complicated to integrate yoursleft with local people or are you used to it? I really like London because the city is a lot of people from everywhere, and everybody seems to be integrated. I don't feel ...
There are definitely okay foreigners and not-okay foreigners in Germany. But I think it's the same in the US, the nationalities are just different. I had a neighbor once ask where I was from, and once she heard I was American she sighed with ... Read More
Racism by Julien
Do you feel racism in your country? Is it complicated to integrate yoursleft with local people or are you used to it? I really like London because the city is a lot of people from everywhere, and everybody seems to be integrated. I don't feel ...
I don't know if I would call it racism in my case, but being half-asian, I do feel very different in Germany. In the US, I never really thought of myself as different from anybody else, but I think I am treated differently here. When asked where ... Read More