What’s with the weather?

    May 29, 2007 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany

    The weather in Frankfurt is notoriously bad. The winters aren’t harsh but they are filled with many, many rainy days where the sky remains gray for what seems like months at a time and you just hope and pray for the day when spring and summer finally arrive....

    Back to life

    May 14, 2007 | Entertaining, Expat Life, Homesteading Life, House & Home

    We didn’t get anything done around the house this weekend because we weren’t here. But thankfully it will be a short week here as Thursday is a holiday here in Germany…and Stefan has taken Friday off just because he can. 🙂 We thought we would be...

    Build your own climbing wall

    Apr 30, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Travel

    I’m sure this might seem absurd and perhaps even a bit frivolous…but if you know us, you know w love to go climbing. Unfortunately there are not many places close to us which allow us to do decent climbing. There is an indoor hall in Frankfurt but...
    We finally got in some climbing

    We finally got in some climbing

    Apr 17, 2007 | Europe, Rock Climbing, Switzerland, Travel

    As you might have guessed, we’re already home and have been for over a week now. But we didn’t get around to writing anything on Sunday or Monday because we were busy doing some climbing and then driving home. Sunday morning we got up and went to have...

    Home at last

    Apr 9, 2007 | Dog Training, Europe, Switzerland, The puppy years (1-2), Travel

    We’re back from our short vacation in Switzerland. All in all, Ayla did great and we were really happy that she was so relaxed during the trip. She slept during a major portion of the ride home and has slept a lot the few hours we have been home which we...

    Lots of driving and walking

    Apr 7, 2007 | Europe, Switzerland, Travel

    We’re not really sure at the moment that Ayla is having all that much fun on this vacation so far. Yesterday we drove from Frankfurt to Locarno, Switzerland, which meant about 7 hours in the truck traveling. She’s always great during car rides but we could...