When people think of visiting Frankfurt, they generally have ideas of work in mind. For the most part, Frankfurt is not a place you'd travel to in Germany just to enjoy the city. But if you are living nearby, or do happen to find yourself in Frankfurt for a few days...
As I sit here typing this, Germany is playing Holland in the EM European Championships -- and the usually busy street outside is absolutely dead. As the game plays on the TV in front of me, all of Germany is sitting on the edge of their seats as Germany battles it...
With our house on the market for a little over a month now, we have learned some really eye-opening things. Since this is the first home we've ever owned, and therefore the first time we've sold a house, everything is new for us. And the fact that it's here in...
With our moving deadline of July 17th drawing closer by the day, we have been scouring the apartment ads online for weeks now. If you've ever looked for a new place to live, you know it can get confusing, stressful and just downright crazy. Our plan is to see about 20...
If you've never seen a 3-year-old taking over your iPad and showing you how to actually navigate through the apps better than you do, then you are missing out. I think that in some ways, the iPad was developed to be the most easy to operate computer-like object on the...
Although there are several green spaces in and around Frankfurt, like the beautiful Palmengarten right in the city, or Hessenpark which is a bit further out but offers a glimpse into history, one of our favorite natural parks sits right on the edge of Frankfurt. It is...
We've been going through a lot of old boxes, papers and so on around the house as we prepare for the moving phase. Trust me, the majority of the paper sorting has yet to begin. But my paper trashcan is overflowing, I've got about 5 other boxes of paper trash to be...
It's no secret by now that we are moving to Berlin and that we plan to move into an apartment in the city to do the whole "city living" thing for a while. It's clearly a pretty major change of lifestyle for us (and some probably think we're nuts -- who knows, we might...
You no doubt noticed the frequency and perhaps even the increased urgency around our house lately when it comes to getting rid of things. What you may not know is that we have now been living in Germany for almost 10 years. Yep, as of July 28th, 2012, Stefan will have...
Happy Wednesday friends! And what a cool one it is. Mom asked me to do something super useful today which is talk about moving to Germany with your pets. I'm not actually one of those pets because my ancestors were imported to Germany long before I was ever born. But...
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