10 Lessons Learned About Selling a House
With our house on the market for a little over a month now, we have learned some really eye-opening things. Since this is the first home we’ve ever owned, and therefore the first time we’ve sold a house, everything is new for us. And the fact that it’s here in Germany, where there’s apparently differences […]
The sky is the limit
The skies of Frankfurt are often filled with clouds and drizzling rain. Although those days are not our fondest, it also makes us appreciate the brief moments of sunshine that much more. And just because the skies are grey and often dreary, doesn’t mean that they aren’t also full of life and beauty when you’re […]
Cleaning out the attic
When we bought our farmhouse 6 years ago, the initial idea was to build out the attic in the main house as a wonderful oasis for adults in the form of a rockin’ master suite. Believe me, I can still totally see that finished room up there in the space. And we were even talking […]
The great apartment search in Berlin
With our moving deadline of July 17th drawing closer by the day, we have been scouring the apartment ads online for weeks now. If you’ve ever looked for a new place to live, you know it can get confusing, stressful and just downright crazy. Our plan is to see about 20 apartments in 2 1/2 […]
Move to your own beat
Our plans for Monday were quite simple. Or so we thought. The plan was to head to the Red Bull FlugTag in Mainz (the event where people bring their homemade flying devices with them so they can be launched off a platform in the water and one gets to test if they catch any air […]