Sat, 31 July 2010
Mindful Mimi recounts arriving in glamorous Paris for work. She returns to find Luxembourg a changed country despite itself, and the more international place to work.
Rick Steves visits Scotland's capital city and drinks in the history, the Festival and – of course – the whisky.
A new set of music festivals opens around Europe in July; from the Proms in London to the Wagnerian saga in Bayreuth Bavaria and a modern jazz gathering on the coast in Portugal.
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Looking for that special brand of coffee-to-go in Luxembourg? You may be out of luck, as our new blogger Libby will explain.It’s awfully hard to be creative early in the morning. Especially after missing out on my usual triple-caramel-double-decker-pumpkin-flavoured-extra-fatty-iced-macchiato-latte topped with extra whipped cream, cinnamon and chocolate syrup. And a little cookie stuck in the side.
Oh that’s right, I’ve been missing out on this for the last five years now. (Which would probably explain five years of very tired, unproductive mornings.)
You see, wherever I go, Starbucks follows.
Be sure you take a gooood look at that sentence, kids, so that you understand. ‘Wherever I go (as in, AWAY from), Starbucks follows (as in, BEHIND me).
Let’s begin with good ol’ Green Bay, shall we?
I waited all through high school to partake in this crazy yuppie Starbucks craze that everyone was talking about in Newsweek and on Dateline NBC, only to have Barnes and Noble and some other Starbucks on the east side go up after I went to Decorah, Iowa to college, where, let’s face it, there will NEVER be a Starbucks (now THAT comment’s going to get people mad, I know).
Then I went to study in Münster (Germany) where, you guessed it, they put in a Starbucks on, like, 25 June 2003. My flight left on 24 June.
The trend continues. I worked in Cologne for a year and a half without drinking a SINGLE coffee, and now – badda-bing, badda-boom! – you’ve got three Starbucks in Cologne for every public bathroom, cathedral souvenir shop and 4711 vendor. EVEN WUPPERTAL, the dirtiest, hard-drug-abused city this side of the Danube has a Starbucks now on the bad side of town. (I’m very fond of Wuppertal, actually, like people tend to find rabbits cute that only have one floppy ear, or dogs that walk with a limp.)
Starting a new business can be all the more complex in a foreign country. Here are some pointers on setting up a business in Luxembourg.
Based on average income statistics and the income tax rate, the standard of living in Luxembourg is relatively high. The tax rate for individuals is one of the lowest in Europe.
This handy guide from Expertise in Labour Mobility includes information on business hierarchy, negotiations and etiquette.
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