Today was a beautiful Sunday with sleeping in, family breakfast, a bike ride with my guy, decluttering the garage, baking a Mohn-Streuselkuchen (poppy seed crumble cake) and some shopping. I realized that it’s only seven more weeks to Christmas! And […]
Three Word Thursday #24 Yesterday I found an interesting facebook post in a group of “Germans in San Francisco and the Bay Area”. Someone posted the question: “Are here any Germans who came to came “for ever” but eventually moved […]
Deutsch für Kinder im Ausland: Sprachspiele Heute stelle ich einige Sprachspiele vor, die Spaß machen und mit denen der deutsche Wortschatz spielerisch erweitert werden kann. Ich habe die Spiele in Karten-, Brett- und Interaktionsspiele eingeteilt, wobei manche Spiele in mehr […]
Three Word Thursday #23 Here’s my random ranting on this beautiful Thursday. I don’t even know where to start. Yes, I do. ξ First of all, I want to apologize to all my subscribers and facebook followers. I had to change my […]
My weekly ramble #28 This morning I met up with three women from my meetup group. We went hiking in Los Gatos and had lunch at the Purple Onion Café after. Jo and her Monday walks have inspired me to […]
Arbeitshefte Deutsch Wie schon im Einführungspost meiner Blogserie “Deutsch für Kinder im Ausland” erwähnt, wird es mit der Zeit immer schwieriger, die deutsche Sprache bei Kindern, die längere Zeit außerhalb Deutschlands leben, zu bewahren. Nicht alle Kinder haben die Möglichkeit […]
Three Word Thursday #22 My weekly wool gathering is again linked up with Amanda’s Running with Spoons. Hop over and check out other interesting arbitrary ideas. ξ There was an earthquake on Monday 6pm PST and we […]
German Apple Crumble Cheesecake Today I’d like to share one of my favorite cake recipes with you. It was passed on to me by my mom and it’s become kind of legendary in our family. It’s easy and the cake […]
Help for Puerto Rico I absolutely love Instagram and the way it connects me with people all around the world. Like with Tina, a German teacher, a mom of four and sewing queen, who lives in California, too. Last week she […]
Repatriation means the return of someone to their own country. As part of my series “Repatriation Interviews” I talked to Tina Busch, a German writer, translator and mother of two. After living the expat life in the US for several […]
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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