It wasn’t jumping when it got to me

by | Jan 13, 2009 | Europe, Germany, Travel

While we were in Bavaria this weekend, we went to a nice little restaurant called Schlossgasthof zur Einkehr [(Haggn 26, 94362 Neukirchen, Tel: (09961) 701170)]. It’s a place the in-laws have been to several times and they always enjoyed it so we went to check...

A change of scenery

by | Jan 8, 2009 | Europe, Germany

We’re off to Stefan’s parents tomorrow. My mom hasn’t been down to Bavaria while she’s visited so she’ll get to see something different…and some more of the family living in the area will get to meet Mack for the first time. There...

Looks a bit American…

by | Dec 26, 2008 | Christmas, Decorating, Entertaining, Expat Life

So my MIL & FIL were standing outside our house the other day and an older lady was walking by. She stopped to chat and mentioned that the decorations on the house looked really nice, “although they are a bit American. Not that that is a bad thing.” We...

Not exactly the Ritz

by | Dec 25, 2008 | Expat Life, Family, Pregnancy, The First Year

I haven’t mentioned much about what things were like those four days while I was in the hospital; but mistake my lack of words up until this point as a sign that things weren’t.  It was rather the opposite. Because I’m an expat and I am still not...

That just won’t do

by | Dec 19, 2008 | Expat Life, Family

Mackenzie’s US passport and birth certificate arrived today. Only one week for processing…talk about shocking! Unfortunately, they have the wrong date of birth on them…so we have to reboot and start again. I think it may actually have been my mistake...

Care packages of tastiness

by | Dec 5, 2008 | Expat Life, Food

Stefan had the pleasure of visiting the customs office today. Somehow he managed to get the customs agent to have mercy on him and he let him leave without paying anything. Stefan was doing his best to play dumb – it apparently worked. One of the magical...