lulusbay
Australian expat in Germany
Forum posts
16
About me
Australian
Lives in Cologne
Speaks English - German
Registration: 21 August 2008
Phone operators in Lengerich
Easiest way is via Skype - otherwise you can obtain Cheap International Calling Cards from any Asian supermarket (and probably other places, but that is where I have noticed them). Good Luck. Read More
English speaking public schools? by JohnSKi
My wife and I are looking into moving to Cologne this summer. We have a 5th and 6th and grader. I've seen some posts on the different Private schools but was wondering if anyone knows if the public school system has any english schools. We look ...
Hiya - you don't say if your children are male or female. Near Bonn is a Catholic girls school that teaches a bilingual stream. Children start High School in Year 5 here. To attend SAG, she will need to have a 'Gymnasium' recommendation - meaning ... Read More
Budget Airlines Flying from Nuremburg
Hiya, I use skyscanner.de (I think there is an english version too) for most of my flights. You might have to get creative and work out if it is cheaper for you to catch a train to Munich and fly out from there??? I know that more budget airlines ... Read More
Promo Discount Train Ticket?
Hiya, There are several options to purchase discount tickets within Germany. Aldi & Lidl both offer these about 3 times a year - you will find out about them if you subscribe to their newsletters. Saturn (electronics) also offer them a couple of ... Read More
Can i survive by speaking only English in Berlin? by roman_greek
Hello everyone! I was just wondering what is the level of English knowledge in Berlin or Germany in general? I really want to pay a visit at some point, but unfortunately i do not speak any German. Would English be sufficient?
Hiya, If you are planning to come and visit as a tourist, then English will get you a long way. Especially in Berlin. Otherwise, a working knowledge of German is very necessary. Read More
Learning German by dnaraz
I am new to Germany, having come here from the United States. I am living and working with friends...so I am getting the day to day interaction of hearing the German language...however, I would like to learn it better and faster. I seem to do well ...
Going back a few years now... but I managed through some locals to find a retired teacher - she taught German as a Foreign Language during her working life - so she taught children mainly from Turkish background.. She was very kind and came to our ... Read More
Mattresses and Sheets
I was going to say - we order waterbed linen for our US style 200x200 mattress... too expensive to ship over. Amazon.de rocks when it comes to problems like this. Read More
German by birth and in germany but no paperwork and running out of 聙
I would say your are fighting a losing battle there. The one thing that is set in stone about living in Germany is the level of Bureaucracy. If you are told that your paperwork needs to be completed in the US, then that is pretty much the score. ... Read More
Where to buy Adaptors - UK/ Universal to DE
Hope you have found some by now - I ended up ordering them over Amazon.de for my Australian appliances. They work great, but the company charged me double through their delivery charge so they ended up costing me a fortune. Read More