Where and What Is Home?
The first trip back to your home country after living abroad is both a dive back into the familiar and a jarring sense of waking from a very long dream. […]
11 Months in Germany And Turning A Corner
I’m working on a memoir about this whole experience and it’s turned into an anti-Eat Pray Love. I am aware of the parody that already exists, but I’m not meaning […]
Heavenly South Tyrol, Italy
A mix of Italian and Austrian culture, South Tyrol is a magical place. It is part of the Trentino-Alto Aldige/Südtirol autonomous region. The Alps, the beautiful towns, the food and […]
Splendid Salamanca
When recently visiting my friend in Madrid, we decided to take a side trip. I’d already been to Toledo and Salamanca was a reasonably priced train ticket compared to other […]
8 Months in Germany and an Impromptu Trip to Esslingen
I had very good intentions of updating this blog at least once a month. Then I started a new job while ending the first one and I was back to […]
6 Months in Germany and Confronting the Future
After my classes ended in mid-February, I am back to being at home all day, every day. This is not to say my days aren’t busy. There is endless food […]
Five Months in Germany and the New Normal
Winter in my little corner of Baden-Wuerttemberg has been cruel. It’s been gray, freezing and The Plague: Version 2019 has been going around. Everyone in the packed trains is coughing […]
Krakow – Winter Weekend
After living in Germany for almost four months, I really needed a break. I had missed the wedding of dear friends in October in the States, but we hatched a […]
85 Days in Germany and We All Have One True Love
I’m in pretty good spirits I think, despite desperately missing home and my family and friends. I just turned 39 a few days ago and I got to celebrate with […]
I Moved to Another Country 70 Days Ago
Seventy days ago, we stepped on a plane in Portland and got off in Frankfurt. We had divulged ourselves of nearly every person, routine and object that we had relied […]
