Here in Germany there is an increasing awareness of a problem among the youth of this country. In general, I guess this would include “kids” from 12-19, but the problem certainly begins at home. You may have heard about it in the news: here in Germany...
Nearly ten years ago, Stefan and I were rummaging around in a book shop, looking for gifts to take home to friends and otherwise finding a huge pile of books we wanted to take home. Thankfully, that was back in the day when you could carry tons of luggage back with...
Here in our little village, there are quite a few other timber frame houses, but few of them have been taken care of like ours. Some of them have recently have the timbers covered up because it was the cheapest option to repair them – and many (if not most) of...
We mentioned a LONG time ago that Stefan bought a motorcycle and would be using it to commute to work. Since then he has switched companies and now has to wear a suit to work everyday. Needless to say that put a damper on his travel by bike routine – but...
Well, I guess I spoke too soon. Shortly after I posted about sitting here waiting on the repair guy, he showed up. Speak of the devil, I guess…It was the same guy as last time and he came in and got right to work. I was rather impressed when 15 minutes later he...