While it’s always super exciting to move overseas, at least for us, this is our first time we are having to actually live off base and live like the local culture and we’ve found there are quite a few differences! There are many differences living in Germany compared to Stateside life, even more so when you live off base. Living the authentic German lifestyle is very different that living in a house [Read more…]
Here are 10 tips for traveling in Germany to make it a bit easier!
Rest stop may or may not have toilet paper (like Japan), so bring your own just in case to prevent a ‘learned it the hard way’ lesson! Also let me forewarn you that the seats are made of stainless steel and if you happen to accidentally sit down on one on a cold day your in a for quite the surprise, it’s COLD!! The water was also [Read more…]
If you live in Germany you have got to try out a Barefoot Park! Ever since I read about them before moving here I have wanted to try one, and we got to a few weeks ago! We had so much fun, even Bub, who does not like being barefoot 😉
We went to check out the Barefoot Park (Barfußpfad)in Bad Sobernheim, it’s about 1 hour and 30 mins from Spangdahlem and an hour from Ramstein. So we drove up there, [Read more…]
Well we made it 6 months without having our first visit to the ER, I do say that’s a record for us 😉 We went to Trier Mutterhaus, which has a really long name: Klinikum Mutterhaus der Borromäweinnen, for our first ER experience. It’s about 34 mins away from Spangdahlem BUT is the hospital that has the dedicated pediatric ER. I’d much rather drive a little bit further for top quality pediatric care [Read more…]
Wow, I can hardly believe it myself, it’s finally here! Boo was in the Class of 2014 and we have attended our first child’s High School Graduation! He’s a college bound Freshman this fall! We are so proud of him and excited for his journey at college.
While I’m thrilled that he has earned a Full-Tuition Academic scholarship at his College of choice, I am not so thrilled that we’ll be taking him [Read more…]
Eifelpark is super close to the base, about 10 minutes away, so we decided to go check it out on Memorial Day. It’s just across from Dudeldorf in the village of Gondorf. I’ve been told the American holidays are the best days to visit the German parks because they are less crowded then, that was certainly the case for us with Eifelpark. The park was recently revamped and had a grand opening a few [Read more…]
Scavenger Hunt Adventures is a great new series I’m excited to share with you! It currently includes; Mission Paris, Mission Barcelona, and Mission Rome. These are must haves when traveling in Paris, Barcelona, or Rome with kids. I’m also excited that the author, Catherine Aragon, is a fellow military spouse!
The books are available both in print & digital forms. The digital forms (e-book) include [Read more…]
This past weekend we went out to Burg Eltz after hearing all the talk and ‘hype’ that it was a must see. Even according to Rick Steves’ it is favorite castle in Europe, so of course it had to be near the top of my ‘must-see’ list. Plus it was another place to cross off the Panther Paws day trip list, along with Burg Pyrmont. Needless to say my expectations were set pretty high and I have to say I [Read more…]
We went to Wallenborn, Germany to check out the cold water geyser and the Imkerei Mehler (honey shop & bee aviary). It’s another day trip we got to cross off the Panther Paws list as well!
Wallenborn, Germany is a short 30 minutes from the Spangdahlem area. Here you can see the cold water geyser which is 1 of only 3 in all of Europe, there are only 2 located here in Germany.
The little brown [Read more…]
So everyone here has been raving about eating Eis (ice cream) at Eiscafe Dolomiti in Speicher so we had to go try it out. They even offer ‘spaghetti’ ice cream that looks like spaghetti noodles. It’s located at Bahnhofstrasse 3 in Speicher right before City Grill. It’s open daily from 10 am to 10 pm!
Just look for the blue sign, there is also a large ice cream cone outside the door as well.
Bea [Read more…]