Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of being interview by Christie Dietz, an expat from the UK who writes a blog about her life here in Germany. Her blog is called Letters from Frau Dietz and I hope you'll hop over to her page and give my Friendly Friday interview a...
I know that not all places in Germany are as unfriendly to shoppers as they are in Hessen, but one thing I am not a big fan of is being looked at like a crazy person when I go stand in line somewhere because I have a shopping cart full of stuff. The typical way of...
I cannot believe the words I am about to type... Sometime in the very wee hours of Sunday morning, car capers rode down our street and stopped at Stefan's car. And then they apparently worked their car theft magic and were probably inside and driving away in about a...
Last week I wanted to try out a new recipe and I realized I had absolutely no taco seasoning at home. This really doesn’t come as such as an enormous surprise to me since I generally don’t use a seasoning packet to make tacos. In fact, I’m not really sure I’ve ever...
Can you feel the Made in Germany giveaway creeping closer? April 9th and 10th will be here in no time. I can sure feel the excitement! Or maybe it's just the love I have for the designer I am showcasing today, intermingled with the excitement about the weekend finally...
Because we're living in Germany, getting mail from America is not always as easy or quick as it may seem. We decided several years ago that having a box at a mail forwarding company would be a very wise choice, even though it can get costly. But when we have the urge...
At 2:15 this morning, Stefan and I both sat upright in bed and asked, "What the hell was that?" The sound of crushing, twisting metal on the street below our bedroom window was unmistakable. But we never could have anticipated what the situation would look like when...
Germans take trash VERY seriously. One of the first things we were told when we moved here is that we better pay attention to what we are throwing away and where we put it, or we could get ourselves into trouble. Now after dealing with several government employees who...
Although we've lived in the Frankfurt area for almost 10 years, we haven't seen too many of the parks, museums or other sights of the city. I guess we were usually too busy trying to get away from Frankfurt since we were commuting to work there every day (and Stefan...
I was really amazed at home many expats popped up last week to comment on their fears and facts about trips to the Metzger here in Germany. It seems like every time I turn around, there are more and more American expats here in Germany. 😉 Now for those of you that...
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