One of my favorite places to walk to with our children is the Edeka Neukauf. This little store is part grocery, part drug store, part bottle shop, part clothing and stationary store. I like to think of it as my little Target. Aren’t the flowers lovely? Every year I buy a few for my windowsills [...]

I want to walk the streets of my town for an hour with just my camera… I want to capture one more picture of my children next to Homie’s Eis truck… I will always be grateful for the dozens of extra cones he has shared over the years… I want to sneak off to Zofia’s [...]

Last week was our Spring Break here in Europe, so Friday and Saturday we did some spontaneous traveling… Friday, we were off to the city of Speyer, known for it’s beautiful cathedral, there is also a fantastic land, air, and space machine museum called the Technik Museum. I dont think I’ve ever seen our children run up [...]

Today instead of chores, I’d rather talk about my favoritest little town in the Black Forest called Tititsee… Today instead of laundry, I’d rather talk about the windiest – whinediest – wiindiest – twisted-up roads I’ve ever traveled… Today instead of dishes, I’d rather talk about the beautiful houses we saw on country roads… Today [...]

So Seth came home from work one day last week and said… “Hey Babe – Wanna go to the Black Forest this weekend?” Uhhhh… Let me think… I just finished a blog post about feeling stressed out… and planning… and moving… and…. Yeah! Let’s GO! So I packed. And he drove. And it. was. wonderful! [...]

This past week, I’ve felt like I was constantly trying to catch up… and not matter how hard I tried – I didn’t feel like I was making significant progress. Have you ever felt that way? For example – the beautiful kitchen counters I showed you the other day? Yeah – they lasted until I [...]

One of my favorite places to get my polish pottery fix is Zofia’s Polish Pottery Store. (Driving directions and  a map are on their website!) The store itself is located around the back of the Hotel Garni in a little town called Rodenbach. The parking lot is around the side – Don’t worry, it has [...]

Yesterday a dear friend of mine called as she was walking into a local restaurant with her family. “Hey! I’m on my way out to dinner” she whispered. “But I HAD to call you – It’s Junkin in Baumholder right now!” Now during the deployment – this would call for an immediate “Ok Kids!  Get your shoes [...]

The title of this post should really be: The Porta Nigra of Trier, Germany through the “Cute Butt Cam”. Let me explain. You see, when we are walking around touristy places, I try not to be toooooo obvious with my camera. Ok well not ALL the time, but I try – really I do. So [...]

When planning our visit to Trier, one of the first things I researched was parking. And after consulting a few friends, we entered the “Park Plaza Hotel” into our GPS. Our GPS brought us right to the front door and within 30 feet of the entrance for an underground parking garage. Here is a gentleman [...]