I realized that there is a risk of the customs agency here in Germany finding out who I am after I write this...and then I will never be able to pick up another package at customs without having to jump through many more hoops than usual - but those people just make...
The Defi is gonna be jealous
We're doing something a bit different for Easter this year. We usually visit Locarno, Switzerland, to get in some climbing. The weather is usually a bit warmer there than here in Germany and we can enjoy our first taste of the summer....but this year a pretty yucky...
What is wrong with kids these days??
Here in Germany there is an increasing awareness of a problem among the youth of this country. In general, I guess this would include "kids" from 12-19, but the problem certainly begins at home. You may have heard about it in the news: here in Germany there are a...
Finally, a vacation fit for a Newfie
We've finally made it, the guest house project back at the farm has come a long way and the build out is nearly finished - time for a vacation. We've arrived safely on the island of Texel in the North Sea yesterday afternoon without much of a hassle. The night before...
Wanna swap houses?
I'm not sure I would be totally comfortable with this myself but it is an interesting concept. Geenee is a website for home-owners who are interested to trade houses for a few days, weeks or longer with someone else so that they can experience a more local feeling in...
Our lantern festival – Sunday night
Because of our housewarming party, we didn't get to attend the festival on Saturday night. Some of our guests did go down to see the parade pass through though, which actually lasted about 2 hours and featured 25 organizations and 7 marching bands. The all came back...
That’s a lot of chili
With just over a week to go to our housewarming party, I am now in full speed ahead mode to get things accomplished around here. This morning I replanted our fig tree so that it has some space to grow finally and will retain a bit of water. I've moved it into the...
Dealing with this hot weather
The past few days have been scorchers. It's been well above 90 degrees and that's not really normal for Germany...but thinking about the last few years and what the weather has been like, it's hard to define "normal weather" anymore. The first few weeks of July we had...
It’s a good thing we have a big place
We are starting to plan the first somewhat major party to be held at our home in the next year or so. We had Stefan's 10 year high school class reunion here - but that turned out to be about 10 people including us. That party did require a little bit of planning but...
Being accepted by the locals
Stefan and I were out walking the dog yesterday evening and one of the locals from town rode up on his bicycle behind us. The two of us were talking and didn't hear him come up behind us...and we were walking side-by-side with the dog taking up the rest of the small...
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