Not exactly the Ritz

    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

    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

    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...

    COLD heading our way!!!

    Nov 20, 2008 | Europe, Germany

    All those in Germany or the vicinity, hope you’ve got all your warm clothes ready cause it’s about to get frigid here! An Arctic blast is moving in our direction, supposed to be coming in today and tomorrow…and it’s bringing SNOW! We rarely get...

    One newspaper we’ll never read again

    Oct 2, 2008 | Expat Life

    Wow. Now that was interesting. I’m sitting here on the couch. It’s 7:45 pm and the phone rings. A woman from the Hanauer Anzeiger, a local newspaper in a neighboring city, is on the phone and wants to know how we enjoyed our free two-week subscription to...