by Tiffany | May 27, 2010 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Pets, Travel
Opel Zoo (website: www.opel-zoo.de, Königsteiner Straße 35, 61476 Kronberg, Tel. 06173/ 325903-0) is one of two zoos in here the Frankfurt area. The other, Frankfurt Zoo, is located in downtown Frankfurt and is your more traditional sort of zoo with seals, snake...
by Tiffany | May 4, 2010 | Europe, Germany, Travel
It seems like the winter vacation we took to East Germany was ages ago now, but somehow I still didn’t manage to say everything about it that I wanted to about it. I talked about our guest house, shared a bunch of photos from one of our walks and the trip to the...
by Tiffany | Apr 15, 2010 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Photography, Travel
Our first day in Schmiedefeld, we had absolutely gorgeous weather. We really hoped the rest of our time there would be just as wonderful but it started raining on day two and we refused to just stay inside. Thanks to the loads of brochures in the table of our guest...
by Tiffany | Apr 1, 2010 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Travel
I think I mentioned how incredibly gorgeous it is in this area…but you really can’t grasp the natural beauty unless you see it yourself. I’m not even sure my photos did the area justice. It seemed that almost everywhere you looked, it was just so...
by Tiffany | Apr 1, 2010 | Europe, Expat Life, Germany, Travel
Two weeks ago today we were woke up in our apartment in East Germany, ready to explore this unknown world. East Germany has a pretty bad reputation because a lot of places have become desolate and dilapidated in the past 10 years. We were near the Thüringer Wald...
by Ayla the Newfie | Mar 24, 2010 | Ayla's thoughts, Europe, Germany, Pets, The calming years (3-4)
Hello friends!! Wow, have I got some exciting stuff to share with you today! Last week, we took a little vacation and even though it’s pretty warm at home…where we went there was SNOW! And lots of it. I could hardly even believe my eyes. And we...