expat_since_1995
Lebanese expat in Germany
Forum posts
6
About me
Lebanese
Lives in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony
Speaks French, English and a bit of German
Registration: 22 May 2018
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
The statement does sound harsh and an over-reaction, but I have to admit you could argue it is.... I genuinely loathed the tooo overcrowded 70 year old underground trains in London... I remember with agony the Central line going to Upton and the ... Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
I was in Geneva then .... I remember that year. Indeed it was force majeure then. LOL. To this day, as you surely know, airline companies only refund you when they are at fault.... As long as they don't control thunder and storm, you won't ... Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
If you expect Germany to be efficient in all aspects, you will be disappointed. There are areas where Germany is tops (like planning - but not in executing such plans, and also in complex industries like automobile and high-tech machinery), and ... Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
True. The dhl employee would not wait for me 1 minute to open the door and would not leave the package with a neighbour... The easiest solution for them is to return the parcel and let everyone of us drive to the post office (only open during work ... Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
I went recently to the post office to complain (yet again) about their guys forcing me to go to the post office to collect every dam parcel. Luckily, one of the distribution guys was there ... He bluntly answered me: we don't have time to ... Read More
Sending and receiving packages in Germany by Priscilla
Hello, As an expat, there are inevitably certain items you might want or need from back home, and around the holiday period, many people like to send gift packages. How easy is it to send and receive packages in Germany? Is the public ...
Hi Priscilla, I am usually one of those who rather passively read on expat.com but don't write. But when I saw your topic, I just could not not react to it. Painful. Often when you go to Post offices you have to wait in a very long queue... ... Read More