Last week it was my turn to have family visit! On Friday the 5th, I spent the morning cleaning to prepare for my dad’s arrival. It was a rather relaxed evening. We walked around a little, took him out to… (READ MORE)
Once we had our visas taken care of, our next hurdle was health insurance. Our plan was public health insurance. The entire family can be on one policy- William’s student rate would be about 86€ and I would be insured… (READ MORE)
To catch you up: We moved to German on August 31, and to Kaufbeuren on September 14. We registered with the city and the following week applied for our visas. Being from the US, we enter the country with an… (READ MORE)
I last left off when William and I returned from a trip to Prague. 3 months ago. Oops. Illness, school, and bureaucracy have all kept me a bit preoccupied. So I’ll give a quick update before I dive into the… (READ MORE)
I’m not going to claim to know everything about the refugee situation here and in America. I’m not even going to claim that I am friends with any refugees. I have taken so long to write this post because I… (READ MORE)
I don’t plan on having a lot of words in this post. I could never do the beauty of fall in Germany justice. Fall anywhere with color changes is gorgeous. I loved that time of year at St. Olaf. It… (READ MORE)
Prague is an absolutely beautiful city. If you ever get the chance to go, take it. I did not know much about Prague at all, just that it is a famous European city. So I didn’t know what to expect…. (READ MORE)
So, William and I still don’t have a bank account or visas, and we still don’t have all of our furniture. But we are settling in. William is over a month into school and I am almost finished with the… (READ MORE)
The other day in my German class we talked about adjectives and how to say “I find ___ to be ___.” The teacher asked how we find Kaufbeuren and Germany, and then asked if there is anything we find negative…. (READ MORE)
Last night we went to a party at a student WG in Neugablonz, near William’s school. Don’t ask me why it was on a Thursday. We got there a bit early, and were able to check out the apartment. Seven… (READ MORE)