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…]
Nope, we are definitely NOT in Alabama anymore y’all! Here are 10 signs that serve as reminders that we are far from Alabama, now living in Germany!
We have been here almost a month and NO one says y’all here! I said it at the Christmas party last weekend and then immediately inwardly cringed! Note to self, we are NOT in AL anymore, no more saying y’all! I’m not a Southerner (I’m from Idaho) so [Read more…]
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…]
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…]