Well, well, well, we have a bit of blogstipation over here at Resident on Earth. So many things have been going on for the past two months that I hardly know where to begin. A big backup of blog posts! I feel I’ve been running ragged for the past two months, with trips to Chicago, [...]
A Week in Istria
The Mann and I snapped up a cheap Lufthansa flight to Zagreb, Croatia, before we decided where we wanted to go in Croatia. At first, we thought about driving down to the Dalmatian Coast, ending up in Dubrovnik. But after we looked at the map several times, we frowned at the distance. It would be [...]
Refreshed, with a Marinade of Red Wine!
As summer shifts into autumn, I’ve felt a shift in my own life the past few weeks. Since March, I’ve been solely focused on my new job and all the adjustments that has entailed, including my weekly commute between Cologne and Frankfurt. In August, I passed my six-month probezeit (probation or trial period), which in [...]
Chicago and a Heart Full of Love
Last week I was in Chicago on a business trip. The Saturday I flew in, the weather could not have been more perfect, and the sky could not have been a more perfect blue. It was that wide open, bright American sky that I sometimes miss with a physical ache. This is what I love [...]
Expat Bloggers Meet-up in Cologne – Aalaf!
Last September I attended the WEBMU (Whiny Expat Bloggers MeetUp) in Hamburg. It’s a fun weekend once a year for English language bloggers in Germany to get together, see some sights, eat good food, whine a little, wine a lot, and generally have an English language orgy weekend. I may have been a bit intimidated [...]
Towed
Today at work I heard some commotion in the street below my window, so I got up to look. A parking ticket lady was ticketing cars, and three tow trucks were lined up and towing them. It was entertaining, and I sighed with relief that I’m car-free in Germany. While the last car was being [...]
Decorating with Dead People
The hulking beast that is the Cologne Cathedral (Dom) clearly dominates the Cologne skyline and hogs up all the attention in this town, and for good reason. But what many people may not realize is that Cologne is also renown for its 12 Romanesque churches hidden prettily in the Altstadt (old town). These churches, roughly [...]
Dusting Off the Blog with 7 Links
I just realized how much I miss my blog and my photos. Where have I been?? I haven’t even been taking any photos lately. Man, I need to get my priorities straight again. I’ll do my best to resurrect the blog again. So. A long, long time ago and far away the brilliant Frau Dietz [...]
Little Differences Create the Biggest Homesickness
Today I was tired and feeling down, and with the chilly, rainy weather that is the German “summer” this year, I was just dreaming of escaping into a movie theater. I wanted to just spend a Saturday afternoon like I used to do in the U.S., watching a movie in the cool darkness. Today I [...]
Balancing Out
I’ve been in Germany for 20 months now, and lately I’ve been pondering that my life in Germany seems to be balancing out, especially now that I am working here. I’m definitely no longer in that honeymoon/vacation phase. Now Germany just feels like a place where I live and work. It’s the normalcy of it [...]
I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
