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Week 30: Winter Time

I can’t believe another week has flown past us. It’s been cold for a couple of weeks now, but this week it was COLD! It has snowed almost every night and some of the days, with some freezing rain mixed in, hence we stayed home almost every day. The exception being the kids going toContinue reading “Week 30: Winter Time”

Week 29: Thanksgiving Week

This week started with shuffling several plans around. Originally, we were unable to find a dog kennel over Thanksgiving weekend but recently some space opened up and we immediately booked the dogs and made plans to go to Austria and Slovakia for Christmas markets. This past weekend, both countries were put into lockdown and ontoContinue reading “Week 29: Thanksgiving Week”

Week 28: Italian Thanksgiving

Things are starting to look like Christmas around Germany! Germans don’t really celebrate Halloween and of course, don’t celebrate Thanksgiving. They sort of just jump into it when it starts getting cold. Many markets and attractions have started early this year in an attempt to space things out with Covid on the rise so thereContinue reading “Week 28: Italian Thanksgiving”

Week 27: Alsace, France

This weekend, we were able to make a quick trip across the border to Alsace, France. We made Strasbourg, only an hour and a half away and just across the border in France, our base. We got a late start on Friday and drove through some of the thickest fog we have ever seen; weContinue reading “Week 27: Alsace, France”

Week 26: Visitors!

This post is long overdue but we’ve been super busy enjoying our first visitors from the USA! Our dear friends Megan and Pat made the long trip to see us. We picked them up from the airport Saturday morning and gave them a few minutes to drop their things at our house before dragging themContinue reading “Week 26: Visitors!”

Week 25: Halloween

Week 25 and surprise, surprise, it was another busy one! Brooklyn took the Red Cross babysitting class every day after school. She finished the course and is now a certified babysitter and is also on a referral list on base for parents looking for sitters! The kids also had picture day this week, which wasContinue reading “Week 25: Halloween”

Week 24: Alli’s Wedding!

We had another crazy week! It was the last week of the school quarter and the kids were super busy making sure they had everything completed. Matt and I also started our second German class in the evenings. Brooklyn also hit another milestone, she rode the bus by herself. One day after school, she wasContinue reading “Week 24: Alli’s Wedding!”

Week 23: Oktoberfest!

Twenty three weeks feels unreal! Having gotten home from our quick trip to Maryland on Monday night, we spent most of the rest of the week recovering. The only exciting thing that happened is Matt finally got his new car on Wednesday! He was a little sad to say goodbye to the awesome loaner carContinue reading “Week 23: Oktoberfest!”

Week 22: Mason’s Wedding!

We had another quiet week until we headed back to Maryland. On Wednesday, Matt, Brooklyn, and I left to head back to the U.S. My cousin Mason, was marrying his dear fianceé, Rachael. We had been planning this trip for a long time and had the flights before we even left for Germany. A fewContinue reading “Week 22: Mason’s Wedding!”

Week 21: Another Week at Home

Somehow this post got stuck before publishing so two weeks coming at you at once… We had another week at home and this time, got a little more rest. The most exciting thing to note is that our heat is finally working. our house is older so has radiators. When things started to get cold,Continue reading “Week 21: Another Week at Home”