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…]
Most families who PCS overseas ship at least one vehicle with them because the military will pay for it. This also depends on the location that you are going to and if your vehicle meets that Countries requirements. You can also ship a second vehicle at your own cost if you really want to. Learn what you need to know to successfully get your vehicle ready to ship to your new Overseas base in this [Read more…]
A few weeks ago while my Mom was here we finally made it to visit Oak Mountain State Park, just outside of Birmingham, AL. It was $3 for everyone over 11, $1 for 6-11, so it cost us $ 16 to get into the park. It was about an hour drive from Montgomery. If your an outdoorsy type of person there is lots to do, we just went to check out the Petting farm, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, and the Oak [Read more…]
Well I did it, I finally ran a Mud Run and am able to cross it off my Bucket List! This past Saturday we ran the Almighty Mud Run put on by Bridges of Faith in Billingsley, AL. Not only did we get to run a Mud Run but we were also supporting a ministry that brings Ukrainian orphans here to the US to be adopted.
My biggest obstacle to overcome in being able to run the Mud Run was finding someone [Read more…]
Wowzer, PCSing with a pet is intense! Sure, I’ve read other people’s stories and heard their tales but until you go through the process yourself you just don’t ‘get it.’ While this is not our first Overseas PCS is is our first one with our dog, Macintosh. I wanted to [Read more…]