Posts tagged Germany
Learning To Be a Diplomatic Mum
Learning To Be a Diplomatic Mum

Imagine the chaos of the first few years: Romanian, German and English mixed together in a way that it took us sometimes minutes to realize what exactly it was that our own children were trying to tell us…

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Family, Adulthood, Moving, Woman, Where Are You From?By Alexandra Paucescu (from Romania. Living in Berlin)TCK, TCK TOWN, third culture adult, third culture kid, Third Culture Adult, culture shock, culture, familiy, children, child, moving, perspectives, moving countries, German, Germany, Vienna, diplomatic, diplomat, expat, kids, languagesComment
Owning My Culture Crown
Owning My Culture Crown

HALLOWEEN SPECIAL:

I put my gown on and placed my tiara on my curly updo. Finally, I awarded myself the “Miss America” sash that I had marked with a sharpie to say “Miss ATCK,” instead…

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Traditions & CustomsBy Megan Norton (From the United States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, and Poland. Living in Michigan)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, atck, Halloween, the States, South Africa, South Korea, Germany, Japan, Israel, Austria, Greece, Hungary, costume, Christian, holidays, identity, belonging, values, creativeComment
Food for the TCK Body & Soul
Food for the TCK Body & Soul

Before speaking to my mom, I believed I had no habits to uphold as an adult living on my own, but perhaps I was wrong…

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Traditions & CustomsBy Shannon Irby (From Ramstein, Tucson, Okinawa, Adana, D.C., San Antonio & Houston. Living in Okinawa.)TCK TOWN, tck, Tck, food, travel, religion, Arizona, Christian, God, Arlington, Baptist, A.M.E. Church, Methodist, Lutheran, cooking, holidays, soul food, Thanksgiving, Easter, smell, taste, Fayetteville, Germany, North Carolina, New Year's, East Coast, Santa, AsiaComment
Why Live Abroad?
Why Live Abroad?

I am Dutch, grew up in Germany and went to an American international school. My husband is Japanese, grew up in Ecuador and went to both Japanese and American international schools there. We often joke that our family is like the UN with all its different cultures and languages…

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Where Are You From?By Jessica Tsuchiya (From the Netherlands, Germany & Seattle. Living in Rwanda)TCK TOWN, TCK, tck, transition, leaving, Dutch, Germany, international school, Japanese, Ecuador, New York, cultural references, entitled, closed minded, Washington State, community, the States, monolingual, bilingual, multilingual, Rwanda, friendship, transientComment
College Sex in Tokyo
College Sex in Tokyo

My perceptions on sex have been hammered and scratched and polished. Although I still admit to catching myself admiring ankles from time to time…

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SexBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)TCK TOWN, tck, TCK, talks, discussions, awkward, Guam, California, Philippines, euphemism, Tokyo, Thailand, sex trade, Baghdad, Japanese, US, conquest, condoms, conservative, Dutch, Germany, European, rape Comments
How To Move Like A Kennedy
How To Move Like A Kennedy

The second or third day after the earthquake, I sat in my apartment and realized the training my family and I did in Germany was no different from the onboard aircraft evacuation training I went through over the years. "Take nothing that will slow you down. Run, run far and don't look back..."

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MovingBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, Tck, third culture kid, language, move back, moving, home country, homes, hometown, live, friendship, family, Spain, stay, Guam, house, Thailand, Germany, kitchen, earthquake, Hong Kong, Korea, UK, Alaska, Tokyo, Japan, suitcaseComment
The Metro By Berlin
The Metro By Berlin

I listen to The Metro and I think of how guilty I felt buying Hitler era stamps in a small shop in Vienna’s Mitt Banhoff subway station arcade and how I had to use those auto stamp machines to get to the train... 

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MusicBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)Tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Berlin, West Berlin, East Berlin, German, Germany, Hungary, Soviet, subway, Munich, Vienna, Tokyo, Roppongi, disco, music, song, songs Comments
Hale Boys' Reprise
Hale Boys' Reprise

It was just after Nagano was chosen for the winter olympics that I suddenly was Mr. Popular. Did I have a spare bedroom? Could I show people around? “Paul, let’s talk after the reunion.” I left before the introductions were even made. That was the end of my high school connections...

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We're InspiredBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)Tck, tck, third culture kid, TCK TOWN, Western Australia, Perth, friends, friendship, Chinese, Western Pacific, class, classmates, school, graduation, family, Thai, Thailand, Germany, Korea, Alaska, Japan, Guam, Singapore, Munich, Hong Kong, reunionComment
PAUL
PAUL

My passports have always been issued from abroad. In the 1980s my passports were changed to blue "Z" instead of the standard blue. I was treated like a second class citizen each time I “returned” to the US and travelling in my 20's through Europe with it in the Cold War was sheer hell on the Eastern side of the Iron Curtain...  

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Speak EasyBy Paul Kennedy (From The Western Pacific, South East Asia, Europe & Alaska. Living in Tokyo)tck, TCK TOWN, TCK, third culture kid, Paul Kennedy, Paul, local, multilocal, born, Atlantic, Spain, Guam, Alaska, Korea, European, South-East Asia, Asian, home, Washington, California, Texas, Germany, Austria, Europe, Americans, eat, spice, culinary, Spanish, English, Mexico, German, US, citizen, passport, Tokyo Comment