Last weekend we finally managed to get our hands on some ammonia. You actually have to buy it at the pharmacy here and they actually had to order it for me which was almost amusing. Turned out to be €11 for 1 liter which is a whole lot more than you’d pay at in the […]

I have to say that there are some things here in Germany that really perplex me. Today we had a visit from a chimney sweep who I guess is delegated to our area. Once a year they come around and check out the chimney, heater, etc. to make sure that everything is working correctly and […]

I will openly admit that I LOVE picante sauce. I grew up in Texas, we like our food spicy and there are few things tastier on scrambled eggs than picante. I am a Pace fan (it’s made in San Antonio, you know) but we can’t get it here in Germany. In fact, you can’t get […]

For the last couple of weeks Ayla has not been her usual self when it comes to eating breakfast and dinner. When her meals were offered to her, she would just sort of pick at them and finally got the point that she wasn’t really eating much at all. The first few days that she […]

We had someone contact us via the blog recently who has also just bought a timber frame house (perhaps we have more blogging company Anna lol) and they wanted to talk via email to learn from our experiences…I figure that others may also be able to learn from the experience so I am posting my […]