CLEW talks to Luxembourgers abroad. Meet Anne Faber – a (food) journalist and cookbook author with her own cooking TV show. Anne has – among many other things – eaten her way through London for a living. 1. When did you move away from Luxembourg, whereto and why? I left Luxembourg to pursue my studies in […]
Visits with camera: Maastricht
28/10/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW photographers bring their cameras to places worth visiting in or easily reachable from Luxembourg. In Maastricht, you somehow feel farther away than the mere two hours drive from Luxembourg that it is. There’s something about the cuteness & the crowd, the buildings & the bikes, the stroopwafers (syrup waffles) & the shopping. Indeed there’s […]
Lëtz go Danish!
10/10/2014 by Leave a Comment
A bit of a Danish October on CLEW – let’s make a Danish classic – smørrebrød (open-faced sandwiches). Firstly, you’ll need some good, thinly sliced rye bread. Make it yourself, or get a good one from your local baker. Toppings So many toppings, from simple classics to trendy gourmet. Here are some fairly simple suggestions […]
Marathon of memories
07/09/2014 by Leave a Comment
When you’re an expat, you need to come back to places of good memories: Walk the streets of the city love of your life, slightly puzzled that people keep smiling at you then realising you have this constant, possibly goofy, smile on your face yourself that you somehow can’t wipe off. The same streets you trotted […]
Finish your plate!
26/08/2014 by Leave a Comment
-Finish your plate! A well-known mom-/dadism still in use. Now there’s a study to show that we actually do finish our plates – in general. The study, from Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, reveals that adults eat 92% of the food they put on their plate, on average. One can easily dish out reasons for this, […]
Luxembourgers abroad: Fernande Hastert Kuykendall
17/08/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW talks to Luxembourgers abroad. Meet Fernande Hastert Kuykendall, Honorary Consul to Luxembourg in the state of Arizona, U.S. 1. When did you move away from Luxembourg, whereto and why? I moved to California in November 1969, after marrying my American husband whom I met at the American Embassy in Luxembourg. After 10 years of living […]
Luxembourgers abroad: Claude Petit
21/07/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW talks to Luxembourgers abroad. Meet Claude Petit, a boat builder in Thailand. 1. When did you move away from Luxembourg, whereto and why? I moved a bit over 6 years ago, to Thailand. It just happened, I never planned it – I am that kind of person who is open to what life throws at me. […]
Expat and the City (let’s leave out the S)
03/07/2014 by 2 Comments
When the partially homesick desperate expat wife goes to certain big cities, she might suddenly and surprisingly find herself longing for a new expat experience. In New York for example, she gets all confused, wanting to be Carrie Bradshaw (or at least have her job) instead of Susan, or – God forbid – Charlotte instead […]
Big city money hunts
26/06/2014 by Leave a Comment
Boys will be boys. The wealthy American businessman Jason Buzi has his own way of getting rid of his money, organising big city money hunts with clues announced on Twitter. Those getting ready for Saturday’s Hidden Cash event in Paris were disappointed. According to Huffington Post, the Paris police said no on the grounds that […]
Luxembourgers abroad: George Reuter
17/06/2014 by Leave a Comment
CLEW talks to Luxembourgers abroad. Meet George Reuter, originally from Capellen, Luxembourg, now living in Eloy, Arizona. 1. When did you move away from Luxembourg, whereto and why? I officially moved to sunny Arizona in the US of A in 2010. My wife is a US citizen and after one year in Luxembourg, she kinda’ was over our […]
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