Klassenfahrt and a Home

Class 3 (Grade 3) went on a class trip (Klassenfahrt in German) for 3 days and 2 nights somewhere on a snowy mountain of Germany. Kids need to bring their own bedsheets and thankfully, girl knows how to set her own bed. I asked her how was the trip and she said it was good…

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Death Call

If someone dies in your neighborhood, who you gonna call? My mom. 🫡 Already retired and receiving pension, but she freelance and sells death insurance or Sterbegeldversicherung as we call it in Germany. With our insurance company HanseMerkur, they offer funeral insurance also for a minimum of 8 euro per month (500 pesos). Much much…

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School is Cool

Every child is accounted for in Germany so nobody gets left behind.  This means that school is mandatory and must be registered in a school by the time they reached the age of 6. To prove this, I received a letter from the state telling me that they have not received any record of my…

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Data Gathering

Electric bill went double so Mann is now seriously thinking about solar panel. When I am all alone and only the heater and my computer is running  then only about 250 watts are used which can be easily covered by the solar panel that is giving off 600 Watts. Battery is expensive so we cannot…

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