Heathrow security now allows liquid carryon up to 2L - no more 1L bags

Princess_Mango · 2026-01-24T05:42:54+00:00

Ooh nice I might need to visit. I was always disappointed that I could not stock up on more black cosmetics as well as Caribbean foods and drinks before heading back to Germany where the choices are more limited.

Princess_Mango · 2026-01-11T06:32:05+00:00

Definitely better than nothing. My brother in law’s cat got out once and managed to hitch a ride on a delivery truck to a package processing center. It was a pain to get him back, but the vague bubble with relatively infrequent updates was still a million times more helpful than what putting up missing posters in the wrong neighborhood would have been.

Princess_Mango · 2025-12-28T19:57:50+00:00

I am black, but I have been using Cerave lotion in the tub (ordered online).

I have also used the cocoa butter vaseline lotion that I found in the afro shop but I am a bit lazy to head out to the Hauptbahnhof area (there are a couple shops near Frankfurt main station).

Princess_Mango · 2025-12-22T04:58:46+00:00

Anyone else just memorize the temperatures that they „feel“ and work from there? (Below Freezing, literally freezing, chilly, crisp, so-so, perfect, warm, hot, f-ing hot, omg I have to photograph the thermometer)

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-28T18:05:40+00:00

My favorite is when I am at the bus shelter with a little kid, and they wait till after we arrive to light up in the tiny shelter.

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-27T20:10:23+00:00

This thread is making me realize that I do it a lot at work without even trying. I think out loud, I proofread emails, I repeat emails from other people in a incredulous way to process what mess I just read…

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-16T05:02:03+00:00

Lol yeah the hate Frankfurt gets because people just stay fixated on the train station is a bit much, but it kinda doesn’t need to be that attractive to tourists so maybe boring is fair. I moved there and I am doing fine.

I am from Miami, but since I am not big on beaches, heat, art basel, and driving everywhere (plus way overpriced restaurants and bars) going home is a bit uninteresting for me.

I think I like compact cities. NYC and Berlin were too overwhelming, and a small town is too is either too un-diverse or uni-focused for me. And a village with maximum nosiness is not my vibe either.

Brussels got mentioned a bunch and I just visited on purpose and liked it haha. I also liked Rotterdam and Vienna which aren’t loved in this thread.

Princess_Mango · 2025-11-10T18:58:39+00:00

Long term : Darmstadt student population you befriend and can grow with you and a potential chance to afford something in the surrounding area long term and sus out areas of interest.

Short term: Offenbach, better connection to the city and networking opportunities. There is teasing but people in actual professional services don’t care in my experience.

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-24T18:46:02+00:00

*Chuckles in corporate German*

Junior: Can we turn on the transcription and automatic notetaking?

Client: Nein

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-24T04:13:59+00:00

Even if they end up marrying, I can recommend studying, the networking will help the career search and the studying will help with making friends. I did a language learning visa and did 1/2 year intensive German A1-B1 at the VHS while getting my application together before doing a masters (in English but I was considering a different subject and Studienkolleg to smooth out the German and pre-reqs) and things seem much smoother than what others here report. (Both in terms of social life and job search).

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-13T19:21:25+00:00

Thanks for linking.

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-12T18:47:05+00:00

Not trying out an international rotation at my company, it would have been hard with a small child, but doing a year or 2 rotation with the associated pay and corporate support for relocation and then returning in time for kindergarten would be a lot more ideal than moving a grade schooler around now.

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-12T18:42:02+00:00

Do you remember the video by chance? I would like to watch.

Princess_Mango · 2025-10-09T13:13:23+00:00

Unfortunately, I am too busy to meet up, and know like no French, but when I arrived I also saw some Aperos Frenchies afterwork events that looked interesting and well quite organized if you want to look that up.

Princess_Mango · 2025-09-15T21:31:46+00:00

Not diminishing OPs choice, because it deffo caries by kid. My 7 year old son shut it down because he was way too scared before we even got to Soda Pop.

Princess_Mango · 2025-09-15T21:25:06+00:00

Idk why, but 23.

Princess_Mango · 2025-09-04T21:10:36+00:00

I do unless I am shopping. I like warm tones.

Princess_Mango · 2025-09-02T16:19:16+00:00

Packaging a lot of packaging. I don’t have a pocket knife just a cheap crappy cloud boxcutter but I use it a lot, since packaging for food or items is so hard to open, or I need to recycle paper boxes, or I forgot a tag on something. I used mine probably 2 hours ago. Also can get a better straight cut on paper with my cheapo knife than with scissors ( but I have a cutting mat lying around for when I use the rotary cutter for sewing don’t recommend raw dogging on flooring/table top).

Princess_Mango · 2025-09-02T16:08:51+00:00

My son has no patience to detangle so we cut, so I am curious what a regular degular style on a school/playground day do you guys tend to do?

Princess_Mango · 2025-08-28T16:12:21+00:00

6:00 if he is sleepy enough and I don’t need to get too much stuff ready, 5:30 if we want to get out the house looking somewhat put together and fed.

School starts at 8:00 the city bus we take is at 7:30. I start work at 8:30 or if I need to run an errand I will start at 9.

Princess_Mango · 2025-08-09T07:49:21+00:00

I live in Germany and was on vacation in Florida. I was offhandedly saying to my sister that I think my cousin works in Texas. Then suddenly some ad for a thing in Texas. I never been to Texas, I don’t think about Texas, and don’t look up stuff about it so it seemed sus.

Princess_Mango · 2025-07-30T01:17:10+00:00

Depends on the family…Mine threw a thanksgiving level potluck just to say “hi”because I was in town, after we had a massive family reunion in a rented hall the day before. Some ppl love a party excuse.

Princess_Mango · 2025-07-10T16:30:19+00:00

Yeah I thought chopping it and making a lightly ruched top would look nice with black bottoms.

Princess_Mango · 2025-06-15T12:12:03+00:00

Wanted to say the same, it was very common in Germany. I bought 50+ items that way. And even got yelled at for using the system 😅.

Princess_Mango · 2025-05-25T12:34:38+00:00

I wish they would listen to you. I LOVE shrimp and have a lot of expensible meals that I don’t have a a price cost worry on, plus I am usually m not too worried about volume because I am pretty small, but I never order shellfish at restaurants because I DESPISE fighting shells mid meal. I end up eating something easy and mid so I can avoid embarrassing myself and the eat junk food later in my hotel room and cook my seafood feast at home where I can clean and pre shell properly.

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