Over the last few years, I have gotten more and more emails from people who want to move to Germany or other places in Europe but would appreciate a bit of advice before they take the leap. From singles to entire families, there are a wide range of folks who want...
I'll bet that one of the first thing that comes to a foreigners mind when they think of Germany is people wearing funny outfits and Lederhosen. After living here for over 10 years, I can assure you that most people across Germany never wear those sorts of...
There was quite a bit of discussion on Tuesday after I shared my "what I don't like about Hessen" post...and apparently I got a lot of people thinking that I absolutely detest living here and should leave as soon as possible. Let me state for the record that although...
You may have noticed that in general, I try not to be a naysayer. I like to look at life as if the glass is half-full, and think positively so that good things happen. I fully believe that if you focus on the negative all the time, you are only going to produce more...
In case you don't know by now, we went to Florida for two weeks over Christmas -- and 4 of those days were spent in Orlando. We decided to visit SeaWorld and had the absolute best time. We really couldn't have asked for a better vacation -- and to think we almost...
There is no doubt that one of the hardest obstacles to overcome when you decide to move to Germany is the language...assuming you don't speak German already. Those who speak other languages like Spanish, Italian or French may find the sentence structure similar, but...
She came. The dreaded meter reader. Every January, we sit and wonder just how severe our bill will be for the previous year...and if the monthly payments we made in advance will actually cover what we burnt up in electricity. You see, since we first bought this house,...
As you have very likely learned in the last few weeks, we went "home" to Florida for two glorious weeks and spent Christmas over there. I will not even begin to rub it in regarding just how awesome the vacation was (because there will be more posts about that like our...
So you're here in Germany and you want to find a place where you can really hang out and let loose with the locals. But you're either apprehensive about the language barrier or you just don't even know where to go to get yourself started when it comes to meeting your...
The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Frankfurt is a place that we've driven by often in the 10 years we've lived in Germany...but we never quite made it inside. It's hard to overlook the Bronotsaurus and T-Rex that are standing outside in the middle of all the...
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