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Stories from Abroad

Stories from Abroad

A fuming foreigner’s week

I have now lived in Germany over 7 years. It’s quite hard to believe that when it’s typed out in black and white.

6 min readNov 15, 2023

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A fuming foreigner’s week

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Stories from Abroad

Texas

The last weeks have been particularly hard on me. Reading the news on my home state of Texas at this point is just disheartening and…

4 min readMay 22, 2023

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Stories from Abroad

Writers block

I really want to write more on here. I had every intention of doing so going into this year, even with the realistic goal of once a week…

2 min readMar 15, 2023

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Intrusive thoughts

And there it was again, the painful question: „so how‘s your German?“

2 min readDec 11, 2022

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Intrusive thoughts

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Stories from Abroad

Money

When I moved from my home state of Texas to Germany in 2016, it was a labor of love.

5 min readNov 29, 2022

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Money

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Stories from Abroad

Graduation vibes

Yesterday was my last day of work at a company that I’ve been at over 5 years. The first and only company I’ve worked for in Germany.

2 min readNov 23, 2022

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Graduation vibes

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The German Journey

Extroverted, bubbly, inclusive and dare I say – funny: these are all the qualities that I would give myself when speaking my native…

2 min readNov 20, 2022

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The German Journey

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Cheesecake

„Your birthday is next week, please bring us a cake!“

3 min readNov 18, 2022

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Cheesecake

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Forever

I just got back to Germany after a month long visit in my home state of Texas.

1 min readNov 14, 2022

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Forever

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Stories from Abroad

Greatest Country on Earth

„Hey, mom fell. She‘s in the hospital and going into emergency surgery soon.“

2 min readNov 14, 2022

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Greatest Country on Earth

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Stories from Abroad

Stories from Abroad

Hi, I‘m Paulina! I‘m an American who has lived in Germany for 6 years. Welcome to my inner thoughts and stories on my experience of living life abroad.

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