by Robin | Mar 23, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Europe, Travel, Winter
Angry splotches of purple with irregular, banana-esque edge, my three week-old bruises confirm what I hate to admit: snow skiing ain't my thing. But it's how my husband wanted to celebrate his birthday, so off to the Austrian Alps we went. ...
by Robin | Mar 22, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Travel
The first time I went to Burghausen’s Weekly Open Air Market, it was single digits and my camera froze shortly after arriving; but not before I captured a few of the sights– I’m not sure if it’s an octopus or a squid (I’m thinking the...
by Robin | Mar 19, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Art, Travel
There was no way to know when the decision was made, but we couldn't have chosen a better time to agree to a job change that would take us half-way around the world. First, there was , a phenomenon so significant and an undertaking so grand it has occurred...
by Robin | Mar 4, 2012 | Adventures in Germany, Memoir, Personal, Travel
I’m in Austria. I’m in Austria drinking a Franziskaner Weissbier and people-watching on the deck of an Apres-Ski. Vanilla-iced mountains and mounds are dazzling fortress, shielding me from the real world; my real world, anyway. I’m writing a...
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...