where in the world?
Oh yeah, it is holiday time in Germany, so I am in Turkey for a week or so. Holla atchall lata.
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So essscccittteddd.
I am beyond excited today. In less than 2 hours I have two friends visiting. We’ve got big plans, schloss time (duh), but also our local brewery here in Karlsruhe is hosting their annual party, Hoepfner Burgfest, and it’s going to be Legen-dary! I mean, at least I imagine it will be. How could it [...]
Read morethe diamond is my birthstone.
and it is for everyone born in April. But now, it could be your death stone. Or heck, you could be a diamond yourself. Yes, I know this is probably the weirdest blog post I’ve ever written, but here we go. So lately, I’ve been watching CNN a lot lately. I’m not a CNN [...]
Read moreon german ice cream trucks.
Let’s start with the fact that they’re helluva lot more popular than the ones in the US. Did anyone else find creepy vans driving down empty neighborhood streets playing “All Around the Mulberry Bush” not so tempting? Anyway, Germans are serious about their “Eis” (post to come) and the ice cream trucks follow suit. Kids [...]
Read morejust follow the music…
I love Sundays in Karlsruhe – and not just because its my only day off every week. Ok, actually that’s probably why, but whatever. It took months to get used to the whole everything-in-Germany-is-freaking-closed-on-Sundays fact, but once I did, you learn to plan ahead on the shopping and enjoy the freedom. I love Sundays because [...]
Read moreit’s game day in germany.
Today is basically Super Bowl Sunday here in Germany – actually, in all of Europe. One of my friends told me 100 million more people will be tuned into this game than the number of people who watch the Super Bowl. You can bet every television in Germany will be on one station tonight. You [...]
Read morethe bluntness of germans.
I have lived in Germany 10 months now, so I’ve met a few Germans to say the least. I’ve learned a lot from the people here and have made some generalizations. Germans speak more than one language. Germans are much better (or at least more focused) at math and science than Americans. Germans are on [...]
Read morehomemade maultaschen.
I have discovered something stereotype defying living here in Germany: Germans don’t live off sausage, sauerkraut, and enormous pretzels. Yes, all of that is widely available, but so are other dishes and my favorite food discovery here by far are Maultaschen. Maultaschen are said to be first created by monks who were trying to hide the [...]
Read morehow to: flunkyball.
I’ve spent many an afternoon at the schlossgarten here in Karlsruhe and each of those afternoons, I eyeball a lively group playing a game that looks way up my alley. After some asking around, I found the name: Flunkyball. Flunkyball is a super popular German drinking game that I have been seriously had been wanting to [...]
Read morehow to: watch any US shows and music (ABC, Netflix, Hulu, Pandora) overseas.
Living abroad comes with it’s sacrifices. I’ve learned to live without Diet Dr Pepper, my car, Tex-Mex and DVR, but I just can’t live without my TV shows. I tried, I really did, but once I finished The Hunger Games series, I was S.O.L. I did not have any friends yet and was seriously running out [...]
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