We all know how it goes. Someone says, “Where are you going for the summer holidays?” and then you tell that person, and then you say, “And what about you?” You then politely listen for 8.5 minutes while they tell you about some island or a Dutch bicycle tour. In case you’d like to avoid […]
Why ye be laughin’ when I ask for directions to the Garrrgh?
I be enjoyin’ me new home of Luxembourg City, for it be a nice place in spite of not havin’ a sea. And yet, to tell the truth, there be somethin’ that vexes me a great deal. Ye be a country of many tongues, an international land, with people from all the corners of the […]
Couple in their 30s manage to make new friend
Despite having crossed the threshold from youth and vitality into old age and dullness, a couple in their 30s have performed the miraculous feat of making a new friend. When they were in their 20s, Luc Elderen and Claudia Tardy say, they had no problem making new friends. At times, they had even felt that […]
Expat who calls Luxembourg City ‘boring’ forced to spend whole morning in village bakery cafe
A young expat who often complains that Luxembourg City is boring has been forced to spend a morning at an upscale bakery cafe in the countryside to experience the horrors of actual boredom, sources have revealed. Vincente Gripes, who moved to Luxembourg two years ago, was asked by some Luxembourgish friends to take a day […]
How to fight back when the cashier insists on French
For too many years, expats in Luxembourg who don’t speak French – maybe because they tried signing up for a course at the INL that one time but couldn’t navigate the website, or because they are allergic to certain language families – have been victimized by the Francophonie. As these expats innocently try to complete […]
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