Here are some websites used by fellow expatriates in Burghausen and surrounding areas:
Deutsche Bahn: Train schedules and information, can be viewed in English
www.bahn.hafas.de
or www.bahn.hafas.de/bin/detect.exe/bin/query.exe/e
Weather in Burghausen area:
www.kleinezeitung.at/kleine
For area codes in the U.S.A.:
http://www.shorearea.com/areacodesalpha.htm
The Oregonian:
www.oregonlive.com
Movies:
www.cinema-muenchen.com
www.movieplexx.at
(Braunau)
Books, movies, etc.:
www.amazon.de
Information and tickets for the Bayern Muenchen soccer team:
www.bayernmuenchen.de
U.S. Embassy:
www.usembassy.de
Provides a variety of useful information and resources for Americans living in Germany.
The U.S. Consulate General office in Munich is open to the public Mon-Fri, 8-11 a.m. They are available by phone until 5 p.m. each day as well. There is no official mid-day closure for lunch but available staff is reduced during this time. See the enclosed phone list for contact numbers as well as the website above for addresses and more information.
For emails regarding things like tax assistance as well as security alerts from the ``American Citizen Services Germany'', send an email to them: GermanyACS@State.gov and request that they send you their regular announcements.
Food and cooking:
http://www.aloha.com/~jblee/rfcfaq0.htm
Useful tips, substitutions and conversions for recipes.