Life in Germany so far has been interesting. I’ve got to focus on things that make me happy because otherwise I’m going to lose it over the 5pm sunsets, micro fridge challenges, cleaning lady intrusions, and lack of buffalo sauce. Fortunately, the list of wonderful things about this country is pretty long. So let’s talk about what makes me happy in my German home. 1. The blinds are automatic. Pretty much all Germans have roller blinds on the outside of […]
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Photos of Holiday Park, Germany.
You can read about our trip to Holiday Park here or about how the German park is different from US parks here. But if you just want photos of Holiday Park, than this is the post for you. This is a piece of track from Super Wirbel, which was the very first inverting roller coaster in Germany. This is the Lighthouse Tower, which is located next to the lake to provide fantastic views. It’s also “the highest flying merry-go-round of Germany and […]
9 Ways to Say Goodbye in German.
I was reflecting on my post about how to greet in German and having a good laugh about it, because we rarely get the opportunity to greet Germans properly. Usually we are greeted by a string of words or sentences as if we were already mid-conversation with someone. The cashier will start rambling along about something (I have no idea what) while ringing up my groceries or I’ll open the door to the cleaning ladies and my “Guten Morgen” is drowned out […]
Visiting Holiday Park in Haßloch, Germany.
Recently Mr. Meena and I visited Holiday Park in Haßloch, Germany. It’s nearly three hours away from where we live and it was a very appropriate trip since we were celebrating Mr. Meena’s 25th birthday (in case you don’t know, he is a roller coaster fanatic in every sense of the word). We had something really special happen during this trip (which I’ll share below)! I’m going to talk about the coasters at the park, their waterpark show, the kiddy section, and […]
4 Details About German Greetings.
Last Wednesday evening a personal language tutor showed up on our doorstep. We spent an hour and a half learning German from him and will see him almost weekly over the next year because Mr. Meena’s company graciously provided us with 100 hours of language training. I thought that the one-on-one language teaching scene was for rich kids and motivated scholars. We are neither. We have Rosetta Stone and some cool phone apps to help us along in this German adventure, but […]
Our German Home
Okay, so “home” might be a bit of a stretch. We are living in an extended stay hotel. But we are living here for 13 months, so we’re treating it as our home. I shared a handful of photos here but now you get the full tour! Here is the building, in case you didn’t catch it the first time. The first thing you have to do is walk down Cramerstraße to the parking lot. When you round the corner you […]
Our First Week as Expats in Germany.
Yesterday marked one week since our arrival in Germany. It doesn’t feel like that long because my body refused to function properly until the third day. At first it was very surreal to be here in Deutschland, yet it never takes long for a new place to feel like home. In my last post I talked about how stressful it was to pack up our things and prepare to move here. It was amazing how all that stress dissipated once […]
An Expectation of Silence.
It’s now only 12 days until we leave for Germany, and I can’t stop imagining what living there is going to be like. Of all the differences that I noticed on our short visit there, the one I am most concerned about is the silence. Immediately after we landed in Frankfurt we departed the plane onto a bus and experienced the eerie quiet. No one was talking loudly and excitedly to each other or on their phones, no children were […]
Meeting Our New Home in Schweinfurt, Germany.
Mr. Meena and I spent four short days in Schweinfurt, Germany, to prepare for our move there in less than a month. It was encouraging and a bit terrifying at the same time. A lot of people at Mr. Meena’s company have told us that most Germans speak English and are happy to practice it whenever they get a chance. This was not what we experienced. I understand a bit better now what foreigners that visit America for the first […]