Germany Ja!

CONTRIBUTED BY KARI MARTINDALE Why Can’t I Find Anything Online?  And When I Do, It’s in German! First of all, I’m going to tell it to you straight: Most of your small town businesses aren’t online.  Period.  And those that are online, their websites aren’t as developed as in the States; some look like they [...]

Read the full story

CONTRIBUTED BY LINDA MENSCH Top 6 things I wish I’d known BEFORE…. We’ve been in Germany now for 10 days (Wow!  where’d that time go?!)  and I’ve been making little lists in my head for all the things I would do better next PCS…something I’ve always done, but never bothered to write down…until now.  I [...]

Read the full story

CONTRIBUTED BY SARAH FORTE Holidays are supposed to be happy times – Norman Rockwell-esque gatherings with traditions, smiles, and people who love each other. But for those of us living continents away from our roots, holidays can be hard also. More than once I’ve spoken to someone who truly enjoyed living overseas, but struggled with [...]

Read the full story

CONTRIBUTED BY LIFE LESSONS OF A MILITARY WIFE In her last article Life Lessons of a Military Wife told us about how to initiate your internet and phone service. Now she walks us through setting up the router. Here is now you set up your DSL router: • You will be given a small white [...]

Read the full story

CONTRIBUTED BY LIFE LESSONS OF A MILITARY WIFE Yippee, my one “holdout” neighbor finally got internet after many hours on the phone, two trips to the Telekom store, two visits from a technician and one from the engineer!  It seems that pretty much wherever I have lived in Germany, there have been issues with getting [...]

Read the full story

CONTRIBUTED BY HEATHER GELORMINE Skyping Kids When my family and I moved to overseas last summer, our families had warned us ahead of time: We’re not going to be able to make it out there to visit you. It’s just too far. It’s too expensive. The eight months that we’ve been here have been the [...]

Read the full story