It’s no secret that Germans love their cars. Buying a new car in Germany is significantly different, however, than it is in the U.S. In the U.S., cars are manufactured and sent to a car dealer, where they sit on vast lots waiting to be purchased. A buyer goes to the lot, does a little [...]
Posts under ‘Adventures’
Out of Hibernation
This week I can finally declare I’ve emerged from my recent hibernation and the bronchial death. I’m feeling much better, the weather is awesome, and it feels good to have bright, warm, vibrant spring. I still struggle with getting used to my split city life, and at times I desperately miss our adorable, clean, friendly [...]
He’s so skate!
Tonight in this brilliant spring weather, I was wandering the streets of Cologne after work when I came up to the big square to the side of the cathedral. Oodles of dudes on skateboards were flying and flipping and falling, the boards clapping like an out-of-synch audience. One of them in a Dennis Rodman jersey [...]
Unbuckling Germany’s Bible Belt
Würzburg is a city that seems more beautiful for its distant views than for its details on the street. Indeed, viewed as a collective whole, it is quite stunning with its collection of pointy church spires racing to the sky through the winter mist, its hulking castle keeping watch from its mountain perch on the [...]
Croaking in Büdingen
Considering that the state of my deep winter funk grew worse this week, I decided yesterday that hopping on the train and taking a day trip might be just the thing to cheer me up. I’ve wanted to do more exploration of the area around us and have a folder of Internet bookmarks for places [...]
Hochzeit (Wedding) Party
Last night we attended a hillbilly wedding party in a fishing shack in Bavaria. It was like venturing into the deep woods of the Arkansas Ozarks, only the people wore lederhosen and dirndls. There was no cell phone reception in these parts! I even saw the German version of Huckleberry Finn, a boy in a [...]
An Autumn Drive through the Odenwald
Yesterday was a sunny, warm, Indian summer day that could not be wasted. We invited a friend over and then drove through the Odenwald, a low mountain range in southern Hesse. Gorgeous! It was a fantastic day to be out, driving the winding roads through the thick forest and the open farm fields. It was [...]
I’m IN!
To the good citizens of Hamburg: You may have noticed an excess of really loud whining invading your streets, restaurants, harbors, gay bars, boats, China Time, and neighborhoods last weekend. That would be us. It was time for the WEBUM (Whiny Expat Bloggers Unmissable Meetup), also known as the WEBMU (Whiny Expat Bloggers MeetUp). But [...]
When in Rome
Last weekend I went on a last-minute girls weekend in Rome with a friend of mine. I’m always happy to travel in Italy, so I jumped on the chance. I always feel so star-struck in Rome. It can be a gritty, brutal city, but I believe it’s one of the great cities of the world. [...]
I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
