There are few times when one can find ways to save money here in Germany, but apparently having a kid is one of them. I am beginning to notice that there are a few stores that will give new and expecting parents special discounts and sometimes even free stuff. Excellent! So far I’ve only stumbled […]

Acquaintances of ours are getting married in the next two weeks and we’re preparing to go to a pre-wedding party over the weekend for them. About two months ago, we received an email from a friend of theirs who had decided to put together a really thoughtful gift: she requested recipes from everyone invited to […]

Yesterday was pretty quiet for us. We did a couple smallish things around here but not really anything worth noting. Mostly we worked on internet stuff and watched lots of Olympics coverage (thanks to our hard disk recorder since everything good comes on at 2am here.) We did make another run for blackberries yesterday evening […]

We’re no stranger to having random people drop by, asking if we still rent trained doves to fly at weddings and events (and no, we do not.) But earlier this week, a woman stopped in and asked if we were selling hay. For her guinea pig, of course. I have to say the conversation caught […]

When we took Ayla for a walk this morning, we grabbed a couple of Tupperware containers and carrying bags so we could raid the blackberry bushes near our standard walking area. We picked for about 30 minutes I guess, canvasing a pretty large area of berry bushes and felt a bit disappointed with the results […]