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 […]
I love movies and miss to be able to go to German movie theatres. German movies are so different from the stuff that comes out of Hollywood. Don’t get me wrong, there are so many very good American movies, but […]
Last week I met Nicole Jacobi for coffee. She is one of the co-owners of Ludwig’s German Table. Nicole is from Northern Germany and came to the Bay Area 16 years ago. This is Nicole’s story of how she opened one […]
I can’t believe that it’s already March! 2018 is flying by and it’s time for my March Link Love. Books I actually did not read much so far. Right now I’m reading Outlander, but I’m not hooked yet. These are […]
Summer Camps in den USA – Eine Fülle an Angeboten Jedes Jahr im März geht sie wieder los: Die Suche nach den passenden Summer Camps. Vor allem berufstätige Eltern müssen sich rechtzeitig um die Anmeldung bei guten und erschwinglichen […]
This is Interview No. 5 in my series of Repatriation Interviews. Last year, I had the pleasure of meeting Paalke aka Paula Dittrich on Instagram. We followed each others accounts and back then, she was still living in Kansas City. […]
My first coffee with… Two weeks ago I met for coffee with Jeannette Weedermann. She is the first one in a long row (I’m hoping) of wonderful expat women living in the US. Jeannette is a fellow German who […]
I’m pleased to share with you that my blog was named one of the top five blogs in the US and Cöllefornia is “Blog of the Month” February 2018! Expat.com is one of the leading websites to make the […]
Words of the day
Courage isn’t having
the strength to go on –
it is to go on when
you don’t have the strength.
— Napoléon Bonaparte
Hi! Hallo!
I’m Kathrin, a German who’s been living the last 16 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.
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