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 ‘Germany travels’
Parrots in Cologne
Who knew parrots have gone rogue in Cologne??
An Autumn Trek through the Vineyards
A few weeks ago on a sunny, warm, autumn weekend, we decided to hike along a portion of the Rheinsteig trail in Martinsthal, above Eltville. As we were in the Rheingau wine region, the landscape was naturally draped in vineyards. One of which our friend decided to hike through. Straight up the hillside. A steep [...]
Blogstipation
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, [...]
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 [...]
Seligenstädter Geleit
During the past few weeks in Seligenstadt, outside of Frankfurt, there was a very special festival that takes place every four years. It’s called the Geleit, which means escort in German, and no, it’s not that kind of escort. During the Middle Ages, merchants would circle up with their wagons and horses and women, and [...]
I'm a Europhile living with my German boyfriend ("The Mann") and splitting my time between Cologne and the Frankfurt area, Germany.
