We've just moved appartments. Apart from the fact that we now have double the surface, there is one very important thing to me, French woman, in this new appartment, and that is the toilet. In Germany, toilets (except in restaurants) are in the bathroom. Ouch, with the common use of bathroon as a […]
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Friday, November 30 2007
German punctuality is overrated
Friday, November 30 2007. somewhere else
I am pretty sure that if you ask anyone in the world to give you one cliché about the Germans, there's a pretty good chance that "The Germans are always on time" or "The Germans are very organized" will come up more than once. In any case, that's what French people would say. And […]
Tuesday, November 20 2007
Holy shit! The Church got me.
Tuesday, November 20 2007. somewhere else
Or where cultural differences have legal roots. This afternoon, my accountant calls me to tell me that the tax office has finally finished reviewing my tax declaration. And then she asks me this very personal (at least in my books) question: "Are you a catholic?". Now. The reality is, I've […]
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