5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    Feb 28, 2011 | Expat Life, Family, Food, Travel

    I know that not all places in Germany are as unfriendly to shoppers as they are in Hessen, but one thing I am not a big fan of is being looked at like a crazy person when I go stand in line somewhere because I have a shopping cart full of stuff. The typical way of...
    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    Des gibts doch nicht!

    Feb 28, 2011 | Expat Life, Travel

    I cannot believe the words I am about to type… Sometime in the very wee hours of Sunday morning, car capers rode down our street and stopped at Stefan’s car. And then they apparently worked their car theft magic and were probably inside and driving away in...
    Homemade taco seasoning

    Homemade taco seasoning

    Feb 22, 2011 | Expat Life, Food, Travel

    Last week I wanted to try out a new recipe and I realized I had absolutely no taco seasoning at home. This really doesn’t come as such as an enormous surprise to me since I generally don’t use a seasoning packet to make tacos. In fact, I’m not really sure I’ve ever...
    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    10 things that just arrived in my mailbox

    Feb 15, 2011 | Blogging, Expat Life, Family, Money

    Because we’re living in Germany, getting mail from America is not always as easy or quick as it may seem. We decided several years ago that having a box at a mail forwarding company would be a very wise choice, even though it can get costly. But when we have the...
    5 Sites to Keep You Out of the German Stores

    In our thoughts and prayers

    Feb 10, 2011 | Expat Life, Family, House & Home

    At 2:15 this morning, Stefan and I both sat upright in bed and asked, “What the hell was that?” The sound of crushing, twisting metal on the street below our bedroom window was unmistakable. But we never could have anticipated what the situation would look...