DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
What a great house to celebrate the day of the dead. Part of the charm of our 450 year old house is the traditional Bayern ceramic wood stove that usually straddles two rooms. It’s angled, multi-layered, and perfect for hosting candles. I’m sure Luis,...
AMERICA IN DEUTSCHLAND
I chuckle when I see the examples throughout Deutsche society. The American influence. Can’t call it white bread. Can’t call it plain bread. So why not call it American bread. I suppose the origin comes from the fact that backereis...
AS IF PENNIES WEREN’T ENOUGH
In many ways moving to Europe is like moving back in time. As in, ‘what are credit cards’? As in, always hearing a jingling in your pocket as you walk down the street. As in, always having to check your seat as you get up to pick up any and all...
TWO CONFIRMED KILLS
There are many things I love about our 450 year old home but the mice are not one of them. After three confirmed kills the previous week, I heard the little buggers racing through the walls above me as well as chewing the wall next to where we sleep. Enough so that...
BAYERN 2019 PHOTO SHOOT
27 OCTOBER 2019 So the children came back from school with their school photograph proofs earlier this year. Julia loved them. What we didn’t like was the price. Crazy isn’t it? I believe in compensating professional photographers...
THE RIDE HOME
Not sure when it’s going to wear off, but still appreciating the drive between post and home. There were so many things to love about living in Pinehurst and North Carolina (and the kids will tell you what those are every day), but one thing that brings me much...
AUTUMN IN EUROPE
OCTOBER 21, 2019 We arrived 15 July and this was the first day the entire family was able to ‘take it easy’ (okay, it was the first day Jules was able to take it easy with the rest of us). We took advantage of the lazy day by taking a ten mile bicycle ride...
SCHOOL DAYS
Deutschland represents a number of firsts for our family. Among them is the first time Hunter, Eva, and Acadia have attended a Department of Defense school. Like all schools there is both good and bad. Hohenfels Elementary School is reminiscent...
OKTOBERFEST 2019
Spoiler Alert…..the Munich Oktoberfest takes place primarily in September. So if you are planning to do Oktoberfest in Munich, keep that nugget in mind. The day before we went to Oktoberfest it was beautiful. It was sunny and 75 degrees. One of my friends...
WRITER
Scot lives with his wife Jules & their three children Hunter, Eva, & Acadia in the Cville area of Virginia.