Sunday, August 31, 2008
Today is the day!
So after of 4 months of living in the company flat, today we are receiving the keys to our new house. When I say "new" I mean new to us, but the house is actually very old and run down. Today marks the first of projects and we are excited to see what awaits us. We know there will be a lot of cleaning, painting, building a kitchen, and putting floors in. We have grand plans to do all the updates and have our things moved in by Friday! Yes our things which have been sitting in a sea container since May! Stay tuned for before and after photos they are sure to be dramatic.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Oh the places we’ll go...
We are merely beginning our adventure here in Geramny, and there have definitely been bumps in the road. We have found this transition to more difficult than we ever imagined and there are days we long to back in Detroit! Imagine that! But I am thankful every day for the most wonderful Husband to go through this journey with. So thanks hunny, you make it all worth while!
I was feeling pretty down thinking about spending my birthday here, I have never been away from home or family really ever on my birthday. So spending it in Germany didn’t really excite me. We decided to do what we love best about being here…Travel. So Jeff planned a wonderful get-a-way for my birthday celebration. We woke up early Thursday morning on the 21st and watched a beautiful sun rise over Attendorn. Then we hopped in the car and headed south to Baden-Baden, a city known for their Spas and Casino. We arrived just in time for the most perfect picnic in the park, which included sandwiches, champagne and chocolate. What could be better! Then we headed off to spend the afternoon at the Roman spas. Jeff arranged for massages and we ended up spending almost 4 hours exploring the spa pools, saunas and steam rooms. We went back to the hotel and got all dressed up and went out to a wonderful candle light dinner and then headed to the casino to watch people waste their money! It was the most perfect Birthday! Happy 26 to me!
On Friday we toured the Black Forest and the Cuckoo Clock Villages. It was about a 5 hour drive that was filled with neat towns and great views. We ended our day in Freiburg im Breisgau with a nice dinner and beers. After exploring the Freibburg market on Saturday morning, we continued on our Journey to Heidelberg. We toured the castle for several hours awed by the views and castle grounds. We returned home after checking out Heidelberg. It was a great trip and we saw a ton of amazing sights. We are already on to planning our next get-a-way to Munich and Salzburg, Austria. So we will continue to focus on what makes us happiest, being together and traveling to anywhere and everywhere.
I was feeling pretty down thinking about spending my birthday here, I have never been away from home or family really ever on my birthday. So spending it in Germany didn’t really excite me. We decided to do what we love best about being here…Travel. So Jeff planned a wonderful get-a-way for my birthday celebration. We woke up early Thursday morning on the 21st and watched a beautiful sun rise over Attendorn. Then we hopped in the car and headed south to Baden-Baden, a city known for their Spas and Casino. We arrived just in time for the most perfect picnic in the park, which included sandwiches, champagne and chocolate. What could be better! Then we headed off to spend the afternoon at the Roman spas. Jeff arranged for massages and we ended up spending almost 4 hours exploring the spa pools, saunas and steam rooms. We went back to the hotel and got all dressed up and went out to a wonderful candle light dinner and then headed to the casino to watch people waste their money! It was the most perfect Birthday! Happy 26 to me!
On Friday we toured the Black Forest and the Cuckoo Clock Villages. It was about a 5 hour drive that was filled with neat towns and great views. We ended our day in Freiburg im Breisgau with a nice dinner and beers. After exploring the Freibburg market on Saturday morning, we continued on our Journey to Heidelberg. We toured the castle for several hours awed by the views and castle grounds. We returned home after checking out Heidelberg. It was a great trip and we saw a ton of amazing sights. We are already on to planning our next get-a-way to Munich and Salzburg, Austria. So we will continue to focus on what makes us happiest, being together and traveling to anywhere and everywhere.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Frankfurt
Yesterday we spent the day in Frankfurt with my cousin Jahje and her husband Joe. We had a great time exploring the city and taking in the sights. And it was wonderful to spend some time with Family! Here are some photos of the day. 
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Weekly Update
We have been keeping busy over the past few weeks with all sorts of “stuff”. We found out that we will be able to move into our new house on September 1st. Finally! We are planning on spending the first week painting, putting in new floors, and building the kitchen. So in preparation for the move we having been spending a lot of time at IKEA and electronic stores. This week we purchased most of the kitchen and all of our appliances. We had to get everything: refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, washing machine and dryer, and the little things too: microwave, coffee machine, toaster and an iron. We are ready to move in and are looking forward to lots of house projects to keep us busy.
Work is gradually getting better for Jeff. He has had 2 big presentations that went really well. For one of them he had to travel to Italy, so that was exciting. He is slowly gaining respect from his German colleagues, which has not been a easy thing to do.
I am spending most of my time reading and exercising. I just started playing tennis with our neighbor, so that has been fun.
Last week we found an engorged deer tick on Cooper. It was super big and gross. I guess they are really common here so we have some new anti bug medicine and have been on the lookout for bugs. The removal process was rather traumatic for Jeff and I. Poor little Coop!
This weekend we are headed to Frankfurt to meet up with my cousin Jahje and her husband Joe. We are just going for the day, but are excited to spend some time with family. We have also planned a little get a way for the following week to Baden Baden and the Black forest. So we have lots to look forward to in the upcoming weeks!
Work is gradually getting better for Jeff. He has had 2 big presentations that went really well. For one of them he had to travel to Italy, so that was exciting. He is slowly gaining respect from his German colleagues, which has not been a easy thing to do.
I am spending most of my time reading and exercising. I just started playing tennis with our neighbor, so that has been fun.
Last week we found an engorged deer tick on Cooper. It was super big and gross. I guess they are really common here so we have some new anti bug medicine and have been on the lookout for bugs. The removal process was rather traumatic for Jeff and I. Poor little Coop!
This weekend we are headed to Frankfurt to meet up with my cousin Jahje and her husband Joe. We are just going for the day, but are excited to spend some time with family. We have also planned a little get a way for the following week to Baden Baden and the Black forest. So we have lots to look forward to in the upcoming weeks!
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