Week 4 of Shelter in Place
We are starting week 4 of shelter in place. What can you do, what can your kids and teenagers do while staying home for weeks to come?
Shelter in Place Day 1
The Coronavirus moves fast and has changed our lives very quickly these last few days. Last Thursday, I told my friend to better get some groceries, before people would buy every shelf in stores empty. On Friday, we had a...
Oktoberfest in the Bay Area
It is September, hence Oktoberfest season! Why is Oktoberfest in September though? Oktoberfest starts in September because its final day has a fixed spot on the calendar. The last day of the festival is always on the first Sunday of...
…Jeannette @ Yeganeh Bakery & Kafé Unik
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...
February Link Love
I’m really looking forward to the second Friday of the month when I get to share some links I came across. I keep clipping things on Evernote and after 4 weeks when I come back to my “Friday Link Love”...
Christmas Markets in the Bay Area
It’s the most wonderful time of the year…. and for a German this time is especially shaped by Weihnachtsmärkte (Christmas markets). A Christmas market is a street market associated with the celebration of Christmas during the four weeks of Advent and I’m...
Hike up Mount Umunhum
My weekly ramble #29 If you read my post Q is for… (weekly ramble #26) you know that this was my second attempt to hike up Mount Umunhum. This time we found a parking spot and successfully hiked...
Home is where…
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...
Mission Peak Hike
Weekly Ramble #26 It was time for another weekly ramble. Yesterday I finally crossed off another item off my California bucket list: The hike up to Mission Peak. From my house it’s approximately a 25-minute drive to Fremont (depending on...
Bay Area Summer Activities
Bay Area Summer Activities 2017 We’ve been living in the Bay Area for the last nine years and it’s only our second summer in which we are not going home to Germany. That’s why I made lots of plans what...
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