by Clare Klinghammer | Oct 8, 2022 | Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany
When you’re not feeling well or even if you just need a check-up, there is nothing worse than not feeling understood. Struggling through a consultation in broken German can add a huge amount of stress to an already difficult situation. Here in the greater...
by Clare Klinghammer | Oct 7, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany
I regularly read posts on social media asking where best to donate old clothes, shoes, toys, household items, electrical devices, furniture etc. So I thought it would be a good idea to collect all the suggestions I have seen and list them here for ease of reference....
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 29, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany
Today I spent the day updating my first aid knowledge. I have always believed that it’s important to have the basic knowledge and skills to be able to react and help in an emergency, and my first course was as a teenager when I was a Girl Guide, but it had been...
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 19, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany, Home & Happy in Germany
I am currently running one of my “Home & Happy in Germany” courses at the prestigious Frankfurt International School, Oberursel. When I was devising the course, the questions of what is “home” and what makes us happy were, of course, at the forefront of my mind....
by Clare Klinghammer | Sep 15, 2022 | Blog, Family Life in Germany
A vending machine for fresh ingredients and food? Yes!! The REGIOMAT (a combination of REGIOnal and autoMAT (the word for (dispensing) machine – like the Geldautomat is the cash machine) is an increasingly popular way for farmers to sell their produce directly to...
