Tag: Stuttgart
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Christmas Markets of 2022
The Christmas Markets of 2022 are up and running in Germany. It’s great to see these events happening again, after the past 3 years of cancellations. In 2021, we were able to visit a great Christmas Market in Poznań, Poland, but the Germany markets were cancelled only a few days before
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VfB Stuttgart Match
It was an exciting time at the VfB Stuttgart match against Swabian rival team FC Augsburg on the last Saturday of October 2022. Both the Home Team and the non-stop Red & White Wall crazy fans put on a show for the crowd. This is ‘football’ to much of the world, or ‘soccer’ to Americans,
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Volksfest
Germany hosts both the biggest, and the second-biggest beer festival in the world. Our host city of Stuttgart holds the second-biggest. Stuttgart’s Volksfest is a folk festival that has been running almost as long as Munich’s Oktoberfest. Volksfest has been running annually for 200 years, minus a few years for world wars and Covid. It…
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Hamburg Fish Festival
Festivals are back in Germany! Everyone is understandably happy about this, after 2 years of cancellations. We don’t see fish much on menus in southern Germany, although we can buy good, quality, expensive fish at our local butcher’s market. What fun when the Hamburg Fish Festival came to Stuttgart for 2 weeks in July. Contrary…
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Our Home in Germany
What does a furnished rental home in Germany look like? We are in a village with easy access to the bi-weekly farmers market, grocery stores, parks, and public transportation to both work and all areas of Stuttgart. Most vehicle traffic routes around it, not much driving through town, and some of that is farm tractors!
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Setting up Life in Germany
Getting set up in a new country is difficult because everything is new, different, and urgent. You are eager to start enjoying your new area. You want to see sights, try different foods and drinks, and enjoy the culture. Also, you have so many new places to travel! Balancing all that out with completing setting…
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Why Live Abroad?
Why live abroad? It’s been a life goal of ours to experience living in another country. All our friends and family are encouraging and excited for us. Here are the top things we remind ourselves of on the days when we wonder why we thought this was a good idea. You’ll have fun, they said.