A bit of a head start, the National Day of Luxembourg being tomorrow, but not really since the big party is tonight. Hence, today is a good day to talk about why and how we celebrate. Which most of you already know anyway, so let’s be brief. Tomorrow, we are celebrating the birthday of Grand […]
Having a baby in Luxembourg part 2
17/06/2013 by Leave a Comment
So the bump is getting bigger, and you have found yourself a gynaecologist who, hopefully, you are getting along well with (see Having a baby in Luxembourg part 1). Time to start preparing yourself for childbirth. There are plenty of good general books to read, my personal favourite being “The Rough Guide to Pregnancy and […]
Advice to the young – and their parents
23/05/2013 by Leave a Comment
A planned advice line and website in English for young people and their parents in need of advice or a talk needs your help. Kanner Jugend Telefon (KJT) was established in 1992 and is Luxembourg’s free, confidential advice-line / website dedicated to children and young people. KJT is not there to solve young people’s problems or tell […]
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 […]
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 […]
Macho HQ
20/03/2013 by 1 Comment
The desperate expat wife is blond enough to know next to nothing about cars. She likes to name her cars, they’re always female, and always small and cute and quite old, but she’ll forget from one time to the next how to open the hood. She’s very protective of her cute little car and doesn’t much care about big […]
90 and still shining
18/03/2013 by Leave a Comment
I was born in 1923 in Luxembourg. My father was Nicolas Joseph Cito from Bascharage. Everybody called him Claus. Claus met a model in Brussels, where he was studying art. When he came back to Luxembourg, wanting me to get solid roots in Luxembourgish ground, he was alone. He was already quite a famous sculptor […]
Moms getting together
28/02/2013 by 2 Comments
Being a mom is a real blessing and probably the best thing in the world. But however rewarding, it can sometimes be quite challenging too, like during those periods of your life when most of your time is spent with baby talk, pee and poop concerns or even little cave man negotiations. Add this to […]
Babel Bubbles
21/02/2013 by 2 Comments
When you move to a new country, learning the local language should be a must – at least it’s a very good idea – as a sign of respect, humility and willingness to adapt, but also to make it easier for yourself to get to know people and how things work. I know all this, […]
Having a baby in Luxembourg, part I
14/02/2013 by 3 Comments
Why does everyone move house when they are pregnant? Uprooting and moving to a new country, away from all your support systems seems like a daft idea yet that seems to be a surprisingly common situation to find yourself in on arriving in Luxembourg; bun in the oven, new country, new languages, new health system […]
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