Auf Deutsche: What did you just say?

Auf Deutsche: What did you just say?

by | Jan 15, 2012 | Expat Life, Featured, Travel

There is no doubt that one of the hardest obstacles to overcome when you decide to move to Germany is the language…assuming you don’t speak German already. Those who speak other languages like Spanish, Italian or French may find the sentence structure...
Waiting on the electric bill

Waiting on the electric bill

by | Jan 11, 2012 | Expat Life, Family, House & Home

She came. The dreaded meter reader. Every January, we sit and wonder just how severe our bill will be for the previous year…and if the monthly payments we made in advance will actually cover what we burnt up in electricity. You see, since we first bought this...
American expats and our shopping habits

American expats and our shopping habits

by | Jan 2, 2012 | Expat Life

As you have very likely learned in the last few weeks, we went “home” to Florida for two glorious weeks and spent Christmas over there. I will not even begin to rub it in regarding just how awesome the vacation was (because there will be more posts about...
Mingling with the locals

Mingling with the locals

by | Dec 5, 2011 | Expat Life, Featured, Travel

So you’re here in Germany and you want to find a place where you can really hang out and let loose with the locals. But you’re either apprehensive about the language barrier or you just don’t even know where to go to get yourself started when it...
Amazingly awesome neighbors

Amazingly awesome neighbors

by | Oct 17, 2011 | Expat Life, Family, Travel

Regardless of where you live, there are few things as important as good neighbors. We have been incredibly blessed to live across the street from the nicest family on the planet. They go out of their way to help others out and he’s really a jack of all trades....