German fast food

    Jan 31, 2009 | Expat Life

    The man who invented the döner kebab died this week. Sad news indeed. But as an almost tribute to him, we found out our little village is finally going to have a döner stand of its own. We went out today to grab a cable for our new phone system (which we still...

    Getting things corrected

    Jan 23, 2009 | Expat Life, Family

    I had to be up bright and early this morning so Mack and I could go to the US embassy. After we got the passport and birth certificate  in the mail with the wrong birth date (my mistake, not theirs), I had to figure out what we needed to do to correct it. One can...

    A bit of Bayern

    Jan 15, 2009 | Europe, Germany, Photography, Travel

    As I’ve mentioned, we were down in Bavaria this past weekend visiting Stefan’s parents. This is their house, rather typical for the area. I just love these houses with all the wood trim – they just look so classic. Naturally, we couldn’t let...

    It wasn’t jumping when it got to me

    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

    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…

    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...