Some of us truly think that dessert is the best part of a meal. We might really enjoy the steak or the oven baked salmon, and wow – that veggie side dish with garlic was delicious! But dessert…that is where we kind of lean back and eat in silence. Spoon by spoon, slowly, almost licking […]
The Great Race of Mercy
18/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
In the winter of 1925, a diphtheria epidemic threatened the Arctic village of Nome, Alaska, a crisis too terrible to imagine. An outbreak could kill most of the region’s population of 10.000. They needed antitoxin and the dog sled race from Nenana to Nome that brought medicine became the founding of Iditarod. In January 1925, […]
Awareness: An important sexually transmitted infection
15/04/2013 by 4 Comments
So here is the clue (or CLEW): It is an important sexually transmitted infection with three initials, the first being H and the last V… I would guess that most of you would have said HIV, but then you would be wrong. I’m thinking of HPV, which stands for Human Papilloma Virus. HPV is the […]
We are European!
12/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Hundreds of happy kids celebrating the 60th anniversary of the European School with a flashmob at Auchan today, singing and dancing to Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” Photos by Unni Holtedahl, April 2013
Luxembourgish Schools Support Group
11/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Wherever you live, whether it is in your own country or abroad, choosing a school for your child is a big decision. But in Luxembourg, when you are faced with the fact that your child will not only be learning in one language but three, it can seem like snorkelling through a bog backwards. How […]
Find your place
10/04/2013 by 1 Comment
A quick DIY for your next dinner party: I got this idea from a friend who went on a wine trip to Burgundy. So easy to do; just cut the wine cork in two and make a little cut on top to place the name tags. Text and photos: Ann-Kristin Øvreeide, April 2013
Lëtz Create – Valérie Conrot
08/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Each month, Miranda van den Heuvel talks to creative people in Luxembourg and says “look, Luxembourg is creative! Here’s how and where!” The April talk is with “la denicheuse”, Valérie Conrot. 1. What is CREATIVITY? Creativity is the gift or the capacity to make a rather ordinary thing or idea extraordinary. It is to add a touch […]
A different kind of matchmaker
07/04/2013 by 3 Comments
“There are no poor people in Luxembourg.” Have you heard this blinkers statement before? After starting Givingatlux, Rute Vendeirinho received an e-mail from a Luxembourgish woman stating exactly this. Rute doesn’t have blinkers on, and she knows already, after only a few months of living in Luxembourg, that this statement is not true. Shortly after […]
Out to get you
04/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Moving. It’s one of the more stressful situations in one’s life. Plenty of preparation goes into organizing, selling, and throwing out some of the past. Simultaneously, you’re searching, restructuring and planning for the future. It’s downsizing on one side; upgrading on the other. That all occurs before the move takes place. The actual relocation has […]
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