One of the things we’ve been learning lately is how to make friends in Germany. It turns out, it’s not as easy as we thought it would be. Ask any German what they notice first and foremost about Americans, and...
Apparently a love of Ireland is alive and well in Göttingen. On St. Patrick’s Day in Germany, folks come out in droves to celebrate all things Irish. Not ones to miss the holiday festivities, Travis and I joined a group...
February has become the month of making our VW from Switzerland street-legal in Germany. Turns out, registering a car in Germany when coming in from a non-EU country involves navigating a confusing maze of bureaucracy. After bouts of intense frustration...
Eureka! We’ve done it! We’ve cracked the top-secret code of German curtain terminology. I am not a kiddin’ when I tell you that figuring out how to buy curtains and make them fit our plain old standard windows has been one...
Now that we’ve finished putting in an entire kitchen in our German apartment, we’ve moved on to another exasperating home improvement project – window coverings. It might not be a very exciting topic, but just like with cupboard handles, you...
Hey, you guys remember that funny little notion of the German Einbauküche? By “funny,” I don’t mean funny haha. I mean funny peculiar. Well, last night Travis and I put the finishing touches on our brand spankin’ new kitchen. ...
Well folks, it’s impossible not to laugh a bit in irony when we look back at our household purchases for the last couple of years. Nineteen months ago, we sold almost everything we owned in the United States to move...
