March 2017 was #trypod month March was #trypod month – which stands for "try a pod(cast)". Popular podcast publishers like NPR, Gimlet Media or This American Life/Serial collaborated to introduce more audiences to podcasts. They encouraged their listeners to introduce...
A week ago I gave a presentation at the Expat in the City Fair. My topic: The challenges of moving back to your home country. If you are interested, you can watch the video of the blogger event here. It was such a fun event! I really wish I would have had more time to...
Have you made any plans for the weekend yet? Hopefully not! If you are living in or close to Munich and are interested in expat life (which you most likely are, if you are a regular reader of my blog...), I have a fun event tip for you. Come and join me at the Expat...
Last week I drove to Munich for a couple of meetings. Depending on traffic the drive usually takes me a about 90 minutes. Which means: plenty of time to catch up on my favorite podcasts! The episodes I listened to were so good that I'm still thinking about them days...
There were not that many things I missed when we lived in the United States. But once in a while a craving for Schaumküsse (chocolate covered marshmallow fluff on a waffle, pictured above) hit me out of the blue. A few times visitors from Germany did me a favor and...
Today I have another round of Friday Link Love for you – my favorite links that are too good to not be shared. Above you see my favorite family moment of the week: the Sunday afternoon that we spent ice-skating on the frozen lake in Burghausen. The last time this was...
Hello readers! Thanks so much for showing up for our Friday date today. Finally, after more than six months Friday Link Love is back, my weekly round-up of favorite posts, articles, links, thoughts, photos, things from around the web. And there is more! I'm also going...
2017. Wow. So here we are. A new year. A blank page. A fresh start. 2016 is history. Recently, I've been reading many reviews of 2016 as well as goals and resolutions for 2017 on my favorite blogs. This inspired me to do the same – looking back, briefly, to 2016 and...
Having lived in the United States for such a long time means that we missed out on the wonderful Advent season for years. Sure – we always had an Advent wreath, decorated our house with all the Christmassy stuff and made our own mulled wine. But nothing compares to...
It's been two weeks already that I went to Hamburg for my first German blog conference, Blogst 2016. I'm still recovering from a very busy weekend while connecting to the many creative people I've met, browsing through freshly discovered Instagram feeds and processing...
Back in February I put together a list of 99 things I wanted to do before I went back to Germany. One thing on the list was to get a ticket to the Blogst 2016 conference in Hamburg. Which turned out to be almost impossible! The tickets literally sold out in...
Hello everybody! I'm quickly popping in today to say "hi" and to share a very special 3 layer cake recipe with you. It's my Mom's secret recipe for the most delicious cake that you've ever had: the 72-Hour-Cake or Dreitages-Torte in German! It doesn't only taste good...
Four more days of school and then that's it! Summer will be here, no more crazy mornings whose outcome is determined by whether I come up with any creative ideas to get the kids out of bed or not, no more practicing sight words and hot-glueing projects on the...
Panera Bread, P.F. Chang's, Stir, Camp House, Wired, Mean Mug, my own house, my computer. It happens again and again. And it's always really exciting! Will they recognize me? Do they look like the picture they send me? Do I look like the picture on my blog today? What...
Hello Weekend Link Lovers! How was your week? Was it a good one? I've been stuck in a rut, for no particular reason, these past few days and now I am so excited about a relaxing weekend. Hopefully it will be warm enough for the pool and to spend a lot of time outside...
How was your week, you guys? Did you do anything fun? We are getting ready for our last visitors from Germany so it's time to finally deal with our super-messy guest room. Infrequently used kids toys, Halloween costumes and Easter eggs (plastic, of course), an unused...
It's Friday! Friday! And it's time for a new edition of Link Love – all my favorite finds from around the web that I would like to share with you. Enjoy and have a great weekend! 1 - On being 40... 2 - I currently have my eyes on this and this shirt for my summer...
How have you been? How was your week? It's been a while since my last Link Love post, I know. If you've ever had a kid (or two) sick with the flu, you'll get an idea of how the first half of March looked like for me. Hours and days on the couch, reading books, taking...