I think I mentioned how incredibly gorgeous it is in this area...but you really can't grasp the natural beauty unless you see it yourself. I'm not even sure my photos did the area justice. It seemed that almost everywhere you looked, it was just so serene... and I'm...
Our new favorite family in Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig
Two weeks ago today we were woke up in our apartment in East Germany, ready to explore this unknown world. East Germany has a pretty bad reputation because a lot of places have become desolate and dilapidated in the past 10 years. We were near the Thüringer Wald...
Woof Wednesday: We done found us some snow!
Hello friends!! Wow, have I got some exciting stuff to share with you today! Last week, we took a little vacation and even though it's pretty warm at home...where we went there was SNOW! And lots of it. I could hardly even believe my eyes. And we didn't even have to...
A trip to the 176th Oktoberfest –September 20, 2009
The Oktoberfest is a big deal for most people in Germany, especially those living in Bavaria. We unfortunately don't live in Bavaria but it's still a big deal to us. The first year I had the privilege of attending was in 2000 when Stefan and I flew over from Miami for...
A beautiful Bavarian wedding
On August 7th and 8th in the year 2009, our little family had the great honor of celebrating a long awaited wedding between our friends Steffen & Steffi. As a matter of fact, they got engaged in 2005 at the very same tent where we all threw back a couple maß of...
Oktoberfest!!!
At some point in your life, I'm sure you've heard about a little party held in Munich every year called Oktoberfest. But did you know that it's actually held the last two weeks of September, leading into October? Tomorrow at noon the first keg will be tapped by the...
A bit of Bayern
As I've mentioned, we were down in Bavaria this past weekend visiting Stefan's parents. This is their house, rather typical for the area. I just love these houses with all the wood trim - they just look so classic. Naturally, we couldn't let the time go by without...
It wasn’t jumping when it got to me
While we were in Bavaria this weekend, we went to a nice little restaurant called Schlossgasthof zur Einkehr [(Haggn 26, 94362 Neukirchen, Tel: (09961) 701170)]. It's a place the in-laws have been to several times and they always enjoyed it so we went to check it out....
A change of scenery
We're off to Stefan's parents tomorrow. My mom hasn't been down to Bavaria while she's visited so she'll get to see something different...and some more of the family living in the area will get to meet Mack for the first time. There might be a bit more snow for Ayla...
COLD heading our way!!!
All those in Germany or the vicinity, hope you've got all your warm clothes ready cause it's about to get frigid here! An Arctic blast is moving in our direction, supposed to be coming in today and tomorrow...and it's bringing SNOW! We rarely get snow in this area so...


