May 29, 2016
Sometimes long distance travel can feel a lot like an extreme yoga class. You sweat and suffer and strain through the most uncomfortable positions, but afterwards […]
May 28, 2016
Awkward relations betweens spouses and in-laws, it is the grist of many weary witticisms and sorry subplots. Conversations between my wife’s side of the family and […]
May 25, 2016
Progress is coming on slower than a German summer, but this week we advanced like a Prussian infantry unit, one major maneuver closer to victory on […]
May 21, 2016
Into our third week in Germany, and we’re still spinning our heads trying to navigate the Kafkaesque channels of German bureaucracy. You have to give them […]
May 19, 2016
It’s impossible to fully appreciate a visit to Germany without some understanding of the country’s long and colorful history. Not even the most remote village is […]
May 13, 2016
If the Germans were prone to gluten sensitivity and wheat allergies the way Americans have proven themselves to be in the last decade or so, their […]
May 11, 2016
The following piece of doggerel is dedicated to those who have confessed to being unable to read my blog without a dictionary. . . Pulp Diction […]
May 9, 2016
As we prepared earlier this week for our transatlantic flight and exodus from America, I kept telling myself that if we really pulled this off, it […]
May 4, 2016
Flying overseas with small children is not an undertaking to be taken lightly, nor with especially high expectations. The best you can hope for is not […]