Getting your International Driver’s License (IDL) in Germany is technically an easy process, but getting all the information to do so is not quite so easy. I wanted to share our journey to get our IDL so that it may hopefully help someone else, or at least provide you with a ‘glimpse’ into the process. For OPSEC purposes I won’t post building numbers of the places on base, or exact locations, but [Read more…]
Almost a month ago we moved into the Wiedenhof Palace, what is called a German ‘hotel’ off-base but it really little furnished apartments. When you move here you only get 15 days on-base in TLF, then you have to move off-base. There are several places to choose from but this one was the one that most people recommended and it had free Wi-fi (more about that later). While we heard it was the ‘recommended [Read more…]
Happy New Years! I hope you had a great 2013 and that 2014 holds many great things in store for you as well!
Our 2013 was interesting to say the least! Just a quick recap of the year –
In January Mr. B left from his 2 weeks of R & R to head back to Afghanistan to finish the last 6 months of his deployment. In the meantime the kids and I held down the fort and I worked full-time subbing as a [Read more…]
Staying in Military TLF is always an interesting experience. You know what they say ‘When it rains, it pours’ and that always seems to be the case for us, especially during a PCS! This time it literally poured down on us! Our adventure in Spandahlem TLF – Why You May Need Rain Boots!
While staying in TLF on Spangdahlem the heater in the living room wasn’t working correctly, it was super HOT and [Read more…]
I’m happy to say that our Unaccompanied Baggage, aka Express Shipment arrived safe and sound in Germany!!
It was scheduled to arrive in Germany no later than December 5th but it actually arrived early! It arrived on December 2nd and they wanted to schedule delivery for the 5th. We were still in on base TLF at the time so we had it delivered the following week after we moved into the Wiedenhof. We [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…]
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…]
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine.
I am so excited to tell you that Walmart has partnered with Operation Homefront and the Fisher House to support military families all over the nation with their “Holiday Salute to Military Families” program! The focus is to support and honor service members and veterans who work hard to keep [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…]
Occasionally I check my Google Analytics to see what search words people are using to find my blog, sometimes I just crack up laughing with what I find!
These are some of the top craziest searches that have led people here to my blog:
Huge arm cast
Smelly cast on arm
I’m sure both of these hits resulted due to posts about Boo and all his injuries and casts, LOL! Nice to know people can find [Read more…]