Last weekend we went to grab some coffee and quickly browse the flea market on ROB to look for a vacuum, no luck. Then we headed to Neubruecke to take the train to Idar Oberstein which is one of my most favorite place in Germany. The ticket machine that takes cash was all broken so we had to use the newer machine that only takes credit cards - ( Read more... )

Links to sites for travel research while living in Germany ( Read more... )

I still need to update on last weekend. We went to the Bazaar on ROB. It was a beautiful day so we went to the coffee place first and got iced drinks and chilled before heading over and spending proabably too much but it was great stuff. Picked up a half price Portugeuse Fisherman sweater for Patrick. Got some birthday presents for the in-laws. ( Read more... )

My husband thinks his coats are scrapbooks. Every coat he owns is full of napkins (both clean and used), ticket stubs, pens and various random articles. When I find these things he wont me clean out the pockets ( Read more... )

Went to the Rothenburg ob der Tauber Weihnachtsmarkt on Sunday. Rothenburg is the famous walled medieval city. It should have been beautiful but it was gray and rainy all day. I dragged Patrick through the famous Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas store and two teddy bear stores. We ate a lot of intersting food including the local speciality the Schneeball ( Read more... )

This weekend I finally got Patrick to take me to the Trier Christmas market and it was as good as I remember except since it was Sat it was packed. We had to parked in a different garage than planned and had fun trying to find a spot there. I was glad actually know where we were and made our way towards the market and did the sightseeingon the way ( Read more... )

So in the last few weeks took another trip to Ikea to get some more furniture, but alas my wishlist is bigger than that car and so we will have to return for another trip. Looking forward to that. Then the weekend before Halloween we went to the Ramstein PX and then went to a showing of Rocky Horror Picture show complete props and local actors to ( Read more... )

So we went to Bad Durkheim WurstFest/WeinFest this weekend. It was rainy and cold so not as fun as last time. But fun was still had with wine tents and a Carnival/State Fair atmosphere. Pictures soon to be posted on Facebook.

So this past weekend we went to this huge bazaar they have every weekend in the Netherlands. So I can add that to my list of countries I have visited. We went with a bus group from post and drove through Belgium where we stopped at a rest stop each way so I can add that too. It was strange spend most of the weekend in two countries that I dont ( Read more... )