Wicked ride, brah.

    May 23, 2009 | Expat Life, Travel

    I heard a strange noise outside last week, and when I looked out the window, I saw these guys… They were adding some stripes to a street beside us. We can’t recall there ever being stripes there before but apparently they are now important. The contraption...

    The 2009 Frankfurt Dragon Boat Festival

    May 18, 2009 | Entertaining, Expat Life, Travel

    Yesterday we took a little trip to Frankfurt for the Dragon Boat Festival. It’s something they’ve been doing on the Main River since 1991 but we’ve never been there ourselves. Although it’s not one of the biggest events they hold down along the...

    Bless you little one

    May 7, 2009 | Expat Life, Family, The First Year

    On May 1st, Mackenzie Skye Anne was christened. We had the ceremony in Bavaria in the same church where Stefan and I had our church wedding ceremony almost 7 years ago. This beautiful church is in a small town called Metten which is very close to where Stefan’s...

    Trees, tripods and other random stuff

    Mar 23, 2009 | Expat Life, Homesteading Life

    I’ve been in a cleaning frenzy today. We’re trying out a new system here where I use Monday as my “get the house back in order after the bomb went off weekend is over.” We’re usually so busy focusing on getting big projects done that the...

    Obama Fingers – now that’s some GOOD chicken

    Mar 17, 2009 | Expat Life

    Caught up in the wave of Obama-mania here, a German frozen food company called Sprehe has launched a product called Obama Fingers in an attempt to cash in on some of the hype. Obama Fingers are fried chicken fingers with curry dipping sauce which were released for a...