Like nomads, but with more stuff

I took myself to Köln for the day today (Cologne, for the not-German-speaking).  It is well known for its totally crazy Carnival celebratio...

When we hired our nanny when I started A-100 we jumped through a million and a half hoops to be sure we were paying all the taxes we needed...

I've been in Frankfurt more than three months,and although I have been back to the USA twice and taken another trip by plane within Eur...

[DISCLAIMER:  Terry has not seen or edited any of the photos shown here. He is not to blame for poor quality] My days are not normally q...

Frankfurt reminds me of Philly. There is the downtown with skyscrapers, but much of the housing is 5 stories or less. Lots of green, lots o...

As usual for an in-the-USA July 4, we headed up to the cabin for the long weekend. It is not news that I love the cabin and everything ther...

I've been here about 10 days now, more or less, and so far everything is both exactly as I expected and totally different. There's ...

The car is on its way. The house seems bigger with so much less stuff in it. In the last few weeks I said "so long" to friends an...

A couple of weeks ago we had a very "eh" kind of weekend. We had a lot of chores to do after having neglected the house for sever...

For the first time that I can remember, there were no illnesses or previous commitments, yet we did not spend the long weekend at the cab...