Americans in Stuttgart

Hey everyone!

I saw that the Canadians and Aussies posted this topic too - so now I wanna know, how many Americans do we have here in Stuttgart?!? I'm new to this forum, and interested in meeting people!

Any long term residents? What do you guys do here? Do you speak any German? Do you like it here?

A little bit about myself:
I'm a native Californian (San Francisco) and teach EFL in a Waldorf school. I've been living in Germany for about five years now, and Stuttgart for three. I'm a very active person and I like to travel, hike, swim, bike, and play ultimate frisbee (Sieben Schwaben). I am not much of a drinker, but I love to cook, and eat exotic food. Stuttgart is AWESOME, and I'm happy to be here!

Hope to hear from you guys!
Olivia

... Doesn't Stuttgart have a US military base?? There's gotta be plenty of amerikaners there.. certainly lots in Heidelberg, Mannheim and Kaiserslautern too

oh.. Canadians are Americans too...

There's one or two of us Americans floating around here

OK, 2.. but thats about it..

Bases? There are no bases.

Depending on how you look at that statement.

But that could also be an insult to someone i.e.- Americans and Canadians- they're all the same!!

What else would you call someone from the USA?

Bases? In Stuttgart?

Well, nearby, yes. In Vaihingen. But I don't know how many are on this board. They've got a lot of social activities within the base. But if any of them come to events, that's cool too.

I've been here for 2 and a half years... I'm from Los Angeles originally. I teech the inglich...
-Brian

There are a bunch of us here from San Francisco, and I know of several other "US Americans" here in Stuggie as well.

i'm not from SF, but am another Californian (San Diego). been in germany for 1.5 years, mostly in Freiburg. i'm getting my master's degree and just trying to survive my thesis at the moment. you should organize some event if you wanna meet up

You can find some here: http://www.democratsabroad.org/group/germany-stuttgart

Greetings,
I am from North Carolina and am a Graduate Student in Ludwigsburg. I work in the English Writing Center at the University, teach Bi-lingual Art in a realschule, and teach English courses for Inlingua in Stuttgart. I have been in Deutschland since March, and will remain here until March of 2009. I have met several Americans in Stuttgart, most are in the military, but not always.

I also LOVE to cook and eat out! This past weekend I learnt now to make Crepes with several French friends! I am also interested in meeting other people, and just joined this site today.

Guten Tag!

Hello,

There are a few new americans who have moved to Stuttgart to work at the International School. I am from Manchester England and have met a lot of very lovely people. There is lots to do if you know where to go.

Hello there,

I'm also from the Bay Area, not in the military and have been here a long time.

There are more of us here than one would think...

(-:
Lainey

Native of Miami living here since November, but started my new job in June in Logistics for a military contractor. Since the early 90's, I took all my holilday's here, always trying to find a way to stay, but finally fulfilled my dream last year by nabbing this great job.

Most of my contacts here are German but now have a few American buddies since the job started.

IN addition to the 9-5, I enjoy camping, cooking, dog's & horses, being outside (in all weather!), swimming, biking and I'm big into skating (quad, inline, ice) and also am an instructor.

In the evenings, I'm a trainer for the Roller Derby league here and if any of you are interested, we're
having a game ('bout') on 27 September at the Daimler Arena against the London Roller Girls.
SO if you're up for some cool all-girl skating action (the game is played legit today) write me for more info!
OR maybe you can already skate and are looking to join? --We're recruiting.

see us at http://www.rollergirlz.de
or me at http://www.skateowl.com -->Write if you want to outdoor skate with me (or w/some of the 'girlz') or for lessons!

:-)) SusanAlana
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oo oo

I'm non-military American but I'm old enough to be your mother. I'm sure you don't want to hang out with an old woman like me, not to mention, I don't have a job/life and my attitude is in the toilet. Welcome to TT, the "Wish we were as Hip as Munich- Stuttgarters."

Admittedly a little late to the party, but sue me - I was on vacation.

I'm from the San Francisco bay area, here working on semi-temporary assignment for Daimler. My home office is in Palo Alto, but I spend 6 months of the year here acting as a liaison between our California-based research and development group and the mothership here in Stuttgart. I live in Stuttgart-Mitte and love the quality of life that Stuttgart -- and European living in general -- affords!

Hey, new to Toytown but I figured that I should say Hi! Originally I'm from Virginia, coming here in the Navy to work at Africom and Eucom. I've been here for the last year and a half and I have another year and a half to go.

Hi Deuce, welcome to the Toytown club. I live and work here in Germany as a translator. Originally from the San Francisco bay area, but enjoying my time here.

I can definitely recommend the events and meetups!

Hey, omg finally some Americans around here, I'm going crazy in this country lol. ok a little bit about me. I just got back from THE BAY AREA, hey, why is everybody from there moving to Germany I was raised in FL and I have family in CA and Missouri, so pretty much all over the country. Anyways, nice to know I'm not the only English speaking person in this country..

xoxo,
Lisa

Hi there,

I am still in the big D, Dallas, TX and will be moving to Stuttgart on Sept. 15th for work.
I am originally from Congo (Africa) and Texas.
I speak french, english, swahili, spanish and I am trying to add german to the list. When I am done, i guess I will speak Babel Tower language (Confusion)
Just wanted to know more about Stuttgart night life (Salsa dancing) and outdoor activities (Hiking, etc..)

Ich already leibe Deutschland.

Lilo

I have noticed this exact same text in a number of other postings ... is this for real? It looks like a copy and past job to me ...

hi all, i'm american-filipina, grew up in the philippines, indonesia and thailand. i went to NH for 3 years for college. didn't like it much to say the least. should have gone somewhere with a larger asian populace. had the hardest time relating to peers who had never even been outside their state... yeah. now in stuttgart, continuing my studies through online learning (yay!) and yeah. i've been in stuttgart for uhm almost two years, next january. i am fairly aquainted with stuttgart night life, having taste tested all the clubs and bars and i am actually really disappointed (because i unfortunately compare clubs to the ones in Jakarta which are MINDBLOWING) but I do love Tonestudio. They have the best sound in town, due to the place being a former - you guessed it - recording studio. i love music, it is my life, and if the music is crap AND sounds like crap, i can't stay in a place for a long time. so quality is vital to a good dance night. they usually have nice chill-out drum and bass beats, or remixing old 80s/90s music, and have live Djs, but get there early to avoid entrance fee (like 10pm).

TO LILO: the club called Zapata has three sections. elelctro-hiphop-salsa! so if you want a salsa night go check them out. (warning: my experience in zapata has been horrible. too many young country bumpkins looking for a good BEEP and getting way too drunk - all of them - at the same time. i don't like it there very much, at least in the electro-hiphop areas.)

anyhoo yeah that's about it. i'm on facebook as well if ya'll wanna actually SEE me. just search for Anji Leenhouts.

peace and be!

Thanks Anji for the info. I'll check out Zapat and If I don't enjoy myself there, there should be some other nice salsa places to hang out at, if not, I'll start my own.
BTW, what r u studying and which school. Do you like it. Do you live in Stuttgart or near Stuttgart.

regards,
Lilo

Sounds like EVERYONE in California is moving to Berlin. It seems to be the international city of the moment. Rents look excellent compared to nearly anywhere in California, and it's a big city. Go figure.

I was usually careful to say that I was "from the United States," which was nearly always instantly translated to "Oh, American!" P.C. ideas don't usually travel so well over in Europe. Try "riding black," a common term in Holland, used by black Dutch folks as well as white, to refer to dodging the fare on a tram or train. Say that to an American tourist and you'll get a lecture. Black and white Nederlanders won't bat an eyelash.

Canadians say Canadian without having to refer to North America. I suppose "U.S. Americans" are fated to have to refer to their boundaries as North Americans, and risk sounding as stupid as pageant contestants, but Lord knows, her heart was in the right place, given the hawks aiming to swoop. (Which they did anyway!)

I'm for real.

i'm trying for a BA in psychology (EEK!) and yeah, i'm in stuttgart ost, about 25 min by foot to the center. i do like it here, sometimes, it has its ups and downs of course. i can't stand the winter, seeing as i've only experienced just a few in the states and two here. it's alot to do with the language barrier, sometimes one tends to slip into a sort of social isolation that can escalate into social death.. which i think i just barely managed to avoid! but in any case, the people are generally nice here. one thing you can do is start at one end of the theodor-heuss strasse in the stadtmitte (i'd start at the hauptbahnhof end) and work your way down towards the rotebuehl platz. that street holds an assortment of different bar/clubs to choose from. and then, once you start exploring (by foot!) around the koenigstrasse (main shopping street) you will find more bar/clubs hidden among the little streets. and if you don't know any german at all, just say "entschuldigen sie, aber ich spreche kein deutsch." sorry (in the formal sense), but i speak no deutsch. - as a rough word for word translation

I just say, I'm sorry, I can't speak german and nobody has hit me yet. They usually, just smile, shrug or switch to english.

Thank you for information Anji.
I am learning german and I find it interesting. The only confusing thing at this point are the femine, masculin and neutral form"Die, Das, Der" and all the cases, oh my God.
What's hard is the fact that a feminine french word is probably masculin in Spanish and ends up being neutral in German.
"Who came up with those rules BTW"
I guess in Germany I will think like germans.

Auf wiedersehen
Lilo

Concentrate on expanding the vocab. I gave up on "Der, Die & Das" years ago - stick to one (you will be correct 33% of the time) & if you slur most wont notice

Hi Everyone... I've been here since May. Moved from Alexandria, VA with my husband. I'm STILL looking for work and in the mean time trying not to go stir crazy at home. Does anyone know of any volunteering opportunities in the Stuttgart area? I figure I might as well spend my time being useful. I've taken the first level of German at IFA so I can barely scrape by with the language. Also, I love salsa dancing so if anyone wants to go...just let me know!!

Hi Everyone,

I am originally from Minnesota, although as an army brat I´ve lived in many other places. Although I went to Uni in Calstate Fresno, so I know the Bay Area pretty good. After graduating around 9 years ago I came straight to Germany.

So I have been in good olde Europe since August 2000, first Munich, then England now Stuttgart since January.

I work for a huge german company, and speak mostly german all day, so I really miss speaking with other dear fellow americans, canadians, english, aussies, ain´t matter as long as it is English!

Also looking forwar to meet new people, my circle of friends around the Stuttgart area is still pretty small, although I have met really nice people.

Hope to meet soon with the Stuttgart-crowd!

nice regards,

Minnetonka gal

I'm originally from Long Island, and spent some time in DC before coming here (2 years ago come Christmas)with my German husband. I'm juggling 2 part-time jobs at the moment, and hoping to find something more stable and ditch the other 2 . I'm about 35 mins out from Stuttgart but I'm always up for making the trek over there!

So I'm kinda late on this thread, but what the hell...

I've been in the Stuttgart Region since 2002, but in Germany since 1997 (hard to beleive that it's been that long!) I have to say that I've never been all that fond of Stuttgart, but it does grow on you after awhile. I origionally did the English teaching racket (and it is just that - a racket) but moved on to other things where I could actually learn German.

Nowadays I work in Stuttgart as a management consultant, but live in a small, teeny-tiny, one-horse village in the Northern Black Forest. Having grown up in Dallas, Texas , I'm still fascinated by the hills and forests of where I now live.

I used to be really active in the ex-pat scene (which is short-hand for saying that I used to go out partying with a bunch of native English spekers regularly), but realized that it was keeping me from actually experiencing German life. Now I kinda miss it :-)

In my spare time I've written a few travel articles and some travel guides to Germany and I have podcast about life in Germany. It gets neglected every now and again, but I always go back and update eventually.

It'd be very cool to meet some other English speakers--> especaily those interested in cooking, online media and travel.