Tag: Wine
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German Wine Country: Mini Adventures
My Many Mini Adventures: The Story of Shamrock the Mini First stop in German Wine Country, by Rocky Shamrock The Beginning Shamrock, or Rocky for short, a British Racing Green Mini Countryman, was ready to hit the open road. After being a dealer car for a few months, being loaned out to zip around until…
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Top 8 Groceries to Buy in Germany
Heading out to the grocery store for your daily groceries in Germany? We’ve put together a list of some lovely food and drinks to enjoy, some of it even fresh from the surrounding farms. Going grocery shopping can be the biggest challenge of the day here. Pack your patience. And your own canvas grocery bag(s).…
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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.
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Wine and Cheese in Strasbourg, France
We took a train from Stuttgart one Friday evening in April across the border of Germany to Strasbourg, France. Besides its annual wine fair, Strasbourg is best known for being the home of Johannes Gutenberg. Gutenberg invented the printing press and called Strasbourg home for 10 years in the 1400’s. We stayed in the Hotel…
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4 Perfect Days in Paris
We arrived in Paris with 4 days and 4 priorities of what we wanted to do. Eat good food and drink good wine, and visit the 3 top tourist attractions: Notre Dame, the Arc de Triomphe, and the Eiffel Tower. The first one was easy. Everywhere we turned was a fabulous corner café, a bakery,