Once upon a time, Christmas meant something. It was about being bombarded with advertisements for the “newest, coolest” stuff you neither needed nor wanted. It was about rushing out to buy that stuff and not having to worry that other shoppers might infect you. It was about giving in to immense seasonal pressure to blow […]
Newcomer pronounces ‘Gromperekichelcher’ correctly on first try
In what’s being compared to a young Arthur pulling the sword from the stone, a new arrival in the Grand Duchy has managed to pronounce Gromperekichelcher correctly on the first try. On Wednesday, just days after moving to Luxembourg, Zaqueu Belem, 30, was taken by two colleagues to the Christmas market. Upon seeing a food […]
How to cope when a colleague tells you every detail of their vacation
Have you casually asked your colleague about their holiday, and now you’re stuck listening to a long monologue about everything from their kid’s bout with diarrhea to the horrors of getting put in a pool-facing room even though they clearly booked a room with a sea view? Here are some ways to survive and maybe […]
Man mistakenly believed neighbors would have noticed his absence over summer
An expat who spent the summer in his home country mistakenly believed that people in his Luxembourg City neighborhood would have noticed his absence and possibly worried about him, it has been revealed. A day after returning to Luxembourg in early September, Jerry Gast, 45, looked forward to seeing some familiar faces and catching up. […]
Tips and tricks: coming back to Luxembourg after a sunny holiday abroad
So you’re back in Luxembourg after a vacation in an actual summery place where rays of sunlight tickled your precious freckled nose all day long, and where overly sweet but affordable cocktails rained from the sky like … no, actually it didn’t rain there at all. How will you ever readapt? Here are a few […]
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