House hunting it Germany is NOT fun like they make it seem on House Hunters International, that I can say with confidence! Instead house hunting here is tedious process not for the faint of heart or those with little patience. Needless to say we fall into the ‘not so patient’ category and it’s been a crazy experience!
When I say crazy, what I really mean is that when housing sends you out to ‘house [Read more…]
I continue with the story of our PSCing to Germany journey, our last leg of the trip, from BWI to Spangdahlem via Ramstein AB. If you’ve been following my previous posts about the trip over then you know that the first leg of the journey was a rough trip for Mac, thankfully the 2nd leg was much easier on him, a bit harder on us though, but really it wasn’t too bad.
Just to recap from the BWI post [Read more…]
We made it to our FIRST Christmas market! Despite the chaos of the move we made time to sneak in a little fun! Even better we got to experience it with some new friends 🙂
I love the cute little town of Dudeldorf, we actually looked at a house there in the city square, but we quickly learned that city square living isn’t for us…why? Well look above, that would’ve been the front of our house during [Read more…]
As promised here is the tale about Mac, our Westie’s journey to Germany! I’ve also included a story about Babies, the cat, who traveled to Germany the same weekend, but a different route. If your bringing pets to Germany then you need to check this out!
Getting Mac arrangements to fly to Germany was a PAIN! Flying from Montgomery, AL the ONLY airline that would allow Mac to fly in the cargo hold [Read more…]
As we all know a PCS is never without it’s little quirks that make it just oh so much more fun, and so it was the case that again we had some extra ‘fun’ in store. Seems like it’s never far from our travels 😉
Downtown Baltimore
When we chose to fly the Military Rotator (AMC) to Germany we decided to fly into BWI the evening before our flight. My reasoning for this was that by doing so we would [Read more…]
We are officially homeless, carless (have sold our family Tahoe & the car is on a boat to Germany), and are finally headed out on our next Adventure!
If all goes well by the time you read this we’ll be touching down in Dutschland, aka Germany! It will be where we will start our next set of adventures and probably our most challenging yet as we PCS mid-year with a Senior High Schooler and will [Read more…]
When you are PCSing to and from an Overseas location you have the option of sending Unaccompanied Baggage aka an Express Shipment. We have always chosen to use this option!
What is Unaccompanied Baggage/ an Express Shipment? This fact sheet from the Ramstein site has some great info about it! Basically it is a percent of your household weight allowance that your allowed to take with you overseas [Read more…]
Well things are kicking into high gear around here! And for us that means chaos abounds as well ;p I just wanted to give you an update on the move process in case it’s a bit quiet on here at times. I am trying to stay on top of posting and once we get to TLF I’m sure I’ll be bored out of my mind & can keep things rolling along 🙂
PCSing in general is crazy, PSCing during a government shutdown [Read more…]
We have all kinds of money from our travels all over the world and I needed a way to display it. Not too long ago I seen a pin where someone had made some peso magnetic to display. I knew I could do this and use my new DIY Magnetic Board Photo Frame I just made!
I bought some small square magnets that already had a sticky back on them, I wasn’t sure if it would hold so I also had some other magnets [Read more…]
One of the best things I love about the military lifestyle is meeting new spouses all over the world, and even more amazing how those relationships return full circle even many years later!
As I was thinking about those I’ve encountered over the years I realized that they are like sea glass. They come in many different forms. All are each on their own journey and have been shaped and molded through [Read more…]