What’s with the weather?

by | May 29, 2007 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany

The weather in Frankfurt is notoriously bad. The winters aren’t harsh but they are filled with many, many rainy days where the sky remains gray for what seems like months at a time and you just hope and pray for the day when spring and summer finally arrive....

Back to life

by | May 14, 2007 | Entertaining, Expat Life, Homesteading Life, House & Home

We didn’t get anything done around the house this weekend because we weren’t here. But thankfully it will be a short week here as Thursday is a holiday here in Germany…and Stefan has taken Friday off just because he can. 🙂 We thought we would be...

Roofers in costume

by | Mar 28, 2007 | DIY, Expat Life, House & Home

I hope you guys can see the guy standing on the scaffolding in this picture. In case you think he’s lost or this was Halloween or something, this is actually what master roofers wear here in Germany. Our neighbors across the street started redoing their roof...

The new Ikea (…and an even nicer Hornbach)

by | Mar 24, 2007 | Expat Life, House & Home

This morning we headed out to Ikea to redeem our gift certificate. A new one has opened close to us a few days ago and we wanted to check it out. First off, I have to say that I hate the wording Ikea uses in its letters. The certificate stated “use this at your...

The trash saga continues

by | Mar 6, 2007 | Expat Life

I think I mentioned in a previous post that the trash collection situation here in Germany is a bit crazy and requires that we have 4 different garbage cans (paper, biodegradable waste, garden cuttings and regular trash) along with the yellow sacks for plastic &...