A couple weekends ago we decided to go check out the Manderscheid Castle ruins, it is side-by-side ruins of two castles that were owned by a family. (The link is to a page that is in German, use Google Chrome to view and it will translate it for you) It’s only about 25 minutes from Spangdahlem AB so it’s an easy day trip in the local area. It’s also listed in the Panther Paws under the Day Trips [Read more…]
As you may know living in Germany presents some unique challenges for those of us who are living off base, such as having 220v outlets instead of the US 110v ones. Here is my list of my Must Have 220v Items for living in Germany, it may not be as many as your thinking…I’ve also included the best items that are Dual voltage and we didn’t even realize until we moved here!
Must Have 220v Items
These [Read more…]
Burg Frankenstein is located near Darmstadt, Germany and when I found out that we’d be within 30 minutes if it while we were in Wiesbaden I knew we had to check it out. It it is said that it is this very castle that inspired Mary Shelly to write her tale of Frankenstein, whether that is true or not we may never know. We do know that the very eccentric Johann Conrad Dipple was sentenced to live here [Read more…]
Widenhof Palace – Moving out! If you remember we moved into the Wiedenhof Place in Speicher back in December of 2013. Now 3 months later we have finally moved out and into our ‘German’ home for the next 3 years. I said that I’d update about moving out and what our stay was like so I’m going to do just that 🙂
Truthfully while the apartment was small and quarters were a bit cramped overall [Read more…]
(from one of my favorite songs, You Never Let Go by Matt Redman)
We have been in Germany for 3 months, and we are FINALLY moving into our house here in Germany and get our Household goods delivered! I’m looking forward to getting our ‘stuff’ and sleeping on our beds again! I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel! Still feel like I need to pinch myself every so [Read more…]
To be able to drive in Germany you need to 18 HOWEVER their are some policies in place for military families that allow teenagers to drive sooner, but there are some stipulations.
First [Read more…]
I know I can hardly believe it myself, I’m sure you had to re-read the title twice to make sure you read it right 😉 Yes, we have officially found a house in Germany! After 10.5 weeks of living in Germany and 13 weeks of being ‘homeless’ there is finally an end in sight! It’ll still be a few weeks before we get to move in because we have to give 2 week notice at the Wiedenhof but at least we know [Read more…]
Recently we stayed at a hotel near the town of Schwabach Germany – what they call The Goldsmith Town. I decided that since we were in the area we had to check it out. This is not one the the towns that you’ll find in the big travel books but it has some unique features that make it worth a quick visit. Schwabach is located about 30 minutes from Anabach and 20 minutes from Nurnberg (or Nuremberg), [Read more…]
If your stationed in Europe, and especially at Spangdahlem your going to want this book! You can get it at the BX (I know at Spangdahlem & Ramstein for sure, not sure about the other bases here) but if you attend the Newcomers Briefing here on Spang and go to the spouses’ pull out session after lunch, you can get one for free 🙂 I have also heard you can get a copy at the AFRC if you missed it [Read more…]
Since we arrived in Germany nearly 7 1/2 weeks ago we’ve been itching to get to a castle and explore! Unfortunately most of the castles seem to close at the end of the year until April. Luckily with some research I was able to find Vianden Castle in Luxembourg that is still open! So we made the 1 hour drive to check it out. The castle and the cute medieval city of Vianden were great way to spend [Read more…]