Happy New Year!
This year is almost over and I really wanted to write one last blogpost. I haven’t written a lot in the last seven months. It’s been a very busy year and I just didn’t take the time to write. I...
This year is almost over and I really wanted to write one last blogpost. I haven’t written a lot in the last seven months. It’s been a very busy year and I just didn’t take the time to write. I...
Today I hosted the first official Cöllefornia-Stammtisch at Ludwig’s German Table in San José. A Stammtisch = German for “regulars’ table”, is an informal group meeting held on a regular basis. It is not a structured meeting, but rather a...
Einladung zum Cöllefornia-Stammtisch in San José Hallo zusammen, hello everyone! I’m calling all KölnerInnen! Du bist aus Köln? Dort geboren, aufgewachsen oder du hast dort studiert? Du hast einige Jahre in Köln gewohnt, deine Kinder sind dort geboren, du vermisst...
It is about time to write again. My last post was end of May and even though I wrote a few articles for Heimat Abroad, I didn’t write anything just for myself. I’ve missed blogging, but life was very busy here,...
Kinderhotels – Entspannter (Heimat-)Urlaub für alle Die Sommerferien stehen vor der Tür! Sommer break is right around the corner! Schon Pläne für den Familienurlaub bzw. Heimaturlaub gemacht? Did you already make plans for your family vacation? Dann könnte dieser Artikel...
Meditation makes my day complete. I’ve been using meditation apps for more than a year now. This post has been sitting in my draft folder for a while now and it is time to be published. Last May I took...
Finally! It’s been more than a month since my last blog post. May has been crazy busy. It was filled with end of the year school events, concerts, decluttering, a birthday party, our 10-year Caliversary and an Instagram expat challenge...
Last week I had another coffee date with a fellow German expat woman. Monique Menesi lives in Portland, Oregon and that’s why it was a virtual meeting. I went to Barefoot Coffee in Campbell, had a Mexican Mocha while FaceTiming...
My weekly ramble #33 Mesmerizing Beauty Last month I rediscovered the glory of Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. The park is located just four miles South of Carmel-by-the-Sea. The purpose of a State Natural Reserve is to preserve native ecological...
Articles English 10+ Hilarious Reasons Why The English Language Is The Worst You might have a better sense of self when you travel a lot or even live abroad. But How much otherness can we take? Living abroad is...
Courage isn’t having
the strength to go on –
it is to go on when
you don’t have the strength.
— Napoléon Bonaparte
I’m Kathrin, a German who’s been living the last 12 years in the crazy world of the Silicon Valley. Even though I love our life in California, I’m still missing Köln (Cologne) and the German lifestyle. On this blog I share some of my stories and ruminate about what home really means. I’m a mother of two girls and the wife of an iSlave, a teacher, a social introvert and very passionate about the things I do.
I’m glad you’re here! Schön, dass du hier bist!
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