Tag: Living Abroad
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Visit to the Baltic Countries: Part 1 – Tallinn, Estonia
The Baltic Countries include Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, located on the Baltic Sea, across from Finland and Sweden, and bordered by Russia, Belarus, and Poland. When we first started planning to visit one or more of the Baltic Countries, we asked other travelers for advice on where we should go. The answer consistently came back
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Touring Germany: Rhine River Cruise
A Rhine River Cruise from Mainz to St. Goar is a fun and relaxing way to see the sights of Germany’s Middle Rhine Valley, a UNESCO world heritage site. We met up with friends for an early morning 2-hour train ride from Stuttgart to Mainz, then took a 5-minute cab ride across town to the…
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Touring Germany: The Black Forest
The Black Forest region, located in southwest Germany, is full of spectacular scenery of mountains, forests, and rivers. We took a day trip in Rocky, our Mini Cooper, and drove to the village of Triberg, home to Germany’s highest waterfall. The Gutach River falls 160 meters through 7 cascades into the valley, and continues on…
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USA Tour 2023
Our first trip home to the United States in 21 months since moving to Germany, and wow, was it great! With 2 weeks at home, we hit 4 states, took 4 flights, drove 800 miles, and had countless fun times with family and friends.
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Treasure Hunting in Venice
Once in Venice, we saw a real treasure that would be amazing to own. We didn’t buy it at the time, so we thought we would go back and try to find it again. The narrow streets of Venice are full of special finds, from ancient parchment journals and books, inkstands and pens, lion statues,…
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USA Boxing in Germany
Author: Rob Skinner My time working with USA Boxing over 6+ years provided me with some great life memories. We traveled to international competitions in far-flung locations like Mongolia and Kazakhstan, locations that provided highlights in addition to the competitions. There were deep snows, finding the Genghis Khan Irish Pub, and a wonderful Thanksgiving meal…
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Travel Info: London
London is one of our top favorite cities to visit. It offers a wonderful mix of historic pubs and cool cocktail bars, ancient churches and unique modern architecture, gorgeous train stations, and tour guides with quick wit. Seeing the iconic sights of Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, red double-decker buses, and so much more
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What to Pack to Move Abroad
What to pack to move abroad … or what we did not, and regret it. We moved from the US to Germany in 2021, with the idea that we would live somewhat as minimalists, planning to rent a furnished apartment. Store the Treasures We gave away most of our furniture to family and friends. Our…
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Vienna and Bratislava
A few days before Christmas, we took an evening flight to Vienna on Austrian Air. We’ve heard mixed reviews on Vienna, so we decided to see it for ourselves. We also combined it with a visit to Bratislava, just over the border in Slovakia. Once we made it through the 90-minute security check at Stuttgart
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Merry Christmas from Europe
We are celebrating Christmas in Europe, our temporary adopted home. We are so thankful for the gifts of being able to travel from our home base here in Germany, and to be able to spend so much time with each other. Merry Christmas, Happy Festivus, whatever you may celebrate, we wish you and yours a