Of the 6 million Jews that were killed during the Holocaust, between 300 and 350 of them were from Freiburg.* *I haven’t found an exact number of deaths of Freiburg Jews, but there were 350 Jewish citizens who were arrested and deported to Camp Gurs, an internment camp in southwest France. Camp Gurs was, at…
The holidays are truly an awesome time to be in Europe. It has everything you could ever want, from cold weather (Florida girl here!), to miles of lights decorating the city’s buildings and streets, to Christmas Markets! The only thing missing was my family, but we were lucky enough to have Brian’s family come visit…
When Erin and I originally planned our time in Germany, we decided our first apartment here would be a short-term sublease. The reasons for this were, 1) we wouldn’t have to purchase any furniture, and 2) we wouldn’t be stuck with a long-term contract. Both of these would be important in the event that we…
Our apologies for disappearing for so long! We know you’ve just been waiting with bated breath for our return. We moved about 4 weeks ago and just got Wifi installed 2 days ago, so we’ve been living in the dark ages for nearly a month (egad!) This post is mostly to fill you all in…
Opening a bank account turned out to be one of the simpler steps toward receiving our visa, once we got to the right bank. Things that did not get us a bank account: Going to Sparkasse. When we asked the woman at the counter if we could open an account, she just said, “no.” And…
We made the trip to Munich for Oktoberfest this weekend, and as fun as I thought it was going to be, it was even more fun than that.
In an earlier post, I described my desire to try all of the world’s ice cream flavors, and how this got in the way of simply enjoying my favorite flavor, mint. Well, it’s time for an update. First of all, it turns out that I should not have been getting mint each time all along.…
Germans sure do like to mix their beverages. While I would get funny looks in the US if I asked for a mixture of pilsner beer and Sprite, that’s exactly what people often do here. In fact, there is a name for it. “Ein Radler, bitte!” If you think that’s strange, check out some of…
(Grandma and Grannie Annie – the title of this blog just means “where we work out.”) 🙂 As many of you know, Brian and I are kind of workout fiends. By “kind of workout fiends,” what I really mean is that I probably owe many of you an apology for the daily Facebook reminder that…
As Erin mentioned in a previous post, bicycles are a big deal around here. It seems that almost everyone rides them, and there are often more bikes than cars on the roads. We definitely wanted to join the two-wheeled party, and decided to buy a pair of bikes. One option was the many cycling stores…
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