There are many stereotypes that Americas face while traveling and living abroad. One of the things I never want to be seen as is the ‘fat Amarican’. In my quest to make sure this is not the case, I have tried many crazy thing and researched even stranger things. Everything from checking out diet pills [...]

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I recently got a comment from a frustrated woman in Norway who was looking for a job with NAV. They were ‘useless’ and not helpful, she said, in finding her a job. So when looking for jobs in Norway, it is recommended by people who have tried this before to look for other avenues (other [...]

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Well, as you all know now I have moved to Munich, Germany. I am officially a German resident. We have an apartment with a cute balcony and we would love to buy one of those small and portable outdoor fireplaces to use. But one thing I do not like about Germany is all of their [...]

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When my husband and I travel we used to have really good travel insurance (when we lived in Norway). But that was special and specific to Norwegian residents. Now that we live in Germany we have to find some good term insurance rates for traveling. So I just want to put the word out that [...]

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