I took this picture of our state capitol yesterday. It was such a gorgeous, sunny day! We’ll be on our way to Germany today and I just wanted to check in one more time and wish you all a wonderful holiday season. I have a few posts scheduled for the...
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After years in the States, I finally baked my own whole grain bread. My Mom has been baking this for years and it’s one of the things I missed the most when I moved to the US. The biggest hurdle was finding cracked rye berries… even Whole Foods and the...
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I started this series a while back, because as an expat, living in a different country away from home, you encounter a whole lot of things that are just different from what you’re used to. This week it so happened that I have two back-to-back posts about ‘Things you wouldn’t...
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Christmas. Mmh. Christmas seems incredibly far away now. It’s been well a over a month. I feel silly writing a recap about Christmas being so far into 2013 already, but it must be done. To satisfy your curiosity (come on, I know you want to read about my Christmas vacation!)...
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I’ve felt a little lost the last few weeks. I just got back from this whirlwind trip back to Germany. I am behind on blogging, reading blogs and everything else. I am tired, I have a cold, but after all the precious time that I was able to take off...
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{via} I know many of you probably couldn’t care less about the European Soccer Championship, but you guys, I am so stoked that ESPN is actually broadcasting all the games! To be quite honest, prior to its start on Friday, I can’t even say that I was really excited about...
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At the beginning of May, I planted my little (potted) vegetable garden on our balcony. I am a total newbie to gardening, but I thought ‘just the heck with it, I am just giving this thing a try‘. The first couple of weeks not much happened at all. I was...
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