by Robin | Mar 1, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Family, Kids, Memoir, Mom stuff, Parenting, Personal, Teens & Tweens, Travel
It's her beauty mark. Just to the right of the center of her nose and an inch below viridian pool. She chooses the color of her eyes (just one of her super powers), flashing from smokey steel to azure dagger to silent sea. They dance...
by Robin | Feb 29, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Travel
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks Munich is masterpiece, a city in living color. I could tell you about these sights, but I think the pictures speak j u s t f i n e for themselves ~ No...
by Robin | Feb 28, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Top Ten, Travel
You could say the first city I visited in Germany was Munich since it's where our plane landed. As airports go, it was impressive–stylish, modern, A-list retailers and easy to navigate. But it was hardly the Munich I'd get to see when...
by Robin | Feb 21, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Faith, Memoir, Personal
Every time I walk out of my front door alone, I am afraid. It's not that I fear for my safety, nothing like that. Leaving my little apartment, the one place I know in a foreign country, means journeying among the unknown. It's uncomfortable. It's...
by Robin | Feb 20, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Europe, Favorite things, Field Trip, Nature, Personal, Photos, SNOW, Travel, Videos, Wow!
It has occurred only twice in one hundred years, during the winter of 1911 and again during this winter. The first was in a non-violent protest of sorts; the second a celebration and commemoration of the first. SchneeKirche, translated in English, Snow...
by Robin | Feb 17, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Food and Drink, Travel
Before arriving in Germany, the only experience I had with a local butcher was Alice's long-term love interest, Sam, on the The Brady Bunch. He visited many a Friday night during my tween and teen years. But drive through the Bavarian countryside,...