Adventures in Germany

April 1, 2017 marked one year since we arrived in Germany!  I will never forget how anxious and nervous I was the weeks leading up to when we left the US.  I am a worrier.  I know, worrying really does nothing except distract you and make you feel awful!  However, in those weeks leading up to our move I worried about everything from finding gluten free food for Valerie, making friends, leaving friends and family, our shipment arriving in one piece, learning the language....I could go on but you get the point.  Life here hasn't been perfect, but it's been a pretty great experience, and when I think back on the "stuff" I worried about it really didn't help at all.  God provided what we needed and once again showed me there was no reason I should have worried. Earlier in March we went on an awesome family ski trip to Austria.  We stayed at  Feriendorf-Hochpustertal , an amazing little chalet resort/village.  It was a bit of a drive (abo...

I FINALLY got around to sorting through all of our pictures from various travel adventures this Fall.  I posted a bunch of pictures last week from when my parents visited us.  A week after my parents left, Jesse's parents came to visit!  We got spoiled from lots of Grandparents help for about 5-6 weeks! We showed them around town the first day or so and introduced them to some delicious restaurants downtown.  Then we finished out the long weekend with some traveling.  Our first stop was hiking in Oberstdorf at Breitachklamm .  We hiked here a few years ago, but it's worth it to go again.  It is so beautiful there and we had the perfect weather! After our hike we also went to ride the Alpsee Bergwelt , an apline roller coaster, down the side of the mountain.  This may have been one of our favorite things since arrived.   Here are a few highlights from the hike and our roller coaster ride: Jesse's parents on the walkway above the gorge. ...

I have gotten a bit behind in blogging our adventures....but we've been busy!  As of November 1st we have been here for 7 months!  Kind of crazy.  Don't get me wrong, I definitely enjoy being here, but something this weekend (which was a long weekend due to "All Saint's Day" yesterday) made me a little homesick for the US.  Maybe it's the time of year with the holidays around the corner, who knows.  But, I wanted to just curl up in our house in PA with our dog, the fireplace, US tv shows, and eat things I miss.  Oh, and my piano, play my piano.  I can actually spare some time here to play the piano-for me, and the keyboard is just not cutting it.  Anyways, enough of that. On a very positive note I am happy to report that I can comfortably drive our manual car now.  Towards the end of August, friends that live about 40 minutes away invited the kids and I to come play during the day.  However, I had to drive us there on the Autobahn. ...