I gather in a circle of people with my hand placed in the middle on top of strangers’ hands. In unison we let out a group cheer “Mu—-Seum!” we yell in our soft ‘museum voices’ as we lift our hands in the air in unison. It’s a Friday night when I meet this group of […]
I’ve been around German products my whole life thanks to my German heritage. But I didn’t really know the history behind them or what part of Germany they were from. When I decided to go on a Germany road trip, I wanted to educate myself about all of these well known (and some lesser known) […]
The table is filled with drinks: pints of beer, German diesel (beer and coke), and glasses of wine. There’s music in the background; it sounds familiar to me as it echoes throughout the empty bar. My brain suddenly places it – Edelweiss from Sound of Music – a grin creeps across my face as I […]
They appeared to glide around the small space as if they had been dancing together for years. Each knowing the other persons next move; it was beautiful fluid movement however it wasn’t accompanied by the typical German waltzing music. There was no music at all; the only noise was clanking pans, ovens slamming shut, and […]
I just celebrated my birthday bitching about how much I hate my 40s. I might not be okay with aging, but there is someone who is. No, I’m not talking about the dancing 106-year-old woman who met the President and Mrs. Obama; I’m talking about the US National Park System. Our National Parks Have Turned […]
Time flies. Time travel. Time to go. What time is it? Have you ever thought about the origin of time? When did we start to care about time and why? When was the sun no longer good enough to tell time? “You can explain how time is measured when you understand how a cuckoo clock […]
What better place to start a Germany road trip than the automotive capital of Germany? Every 4 people who live in Stuttgart are in automotive industry. Not only do you have a Mercedes Automobile Museum, Porsche museum and track, and Mercedes plant that is the size of a small city, but you also have plenty […]
As I drove down the autobahn in Germany I kept seeing cars passing me pulling tiny ‘bubble campers’. Many of them were old little caravans that were only big enough for a bed. I thought about the tiny house movement and mused to myself wondering what it would be like to actually camp in one […]
Whomever said your 40’s are great are full of shit. We’ve all heard and read it – “40 is the new 30”, “40 and Fabulous!”, “Age is Just a Number!”, and the list of magazine headlines that prop you up go on and on. I’m going to call bullshit on them all. I hate my […]
Every evening at 5:30, it happens…the aroma starts to waft through the streets of San Agustin Etla, my temporary home for a month. My olfactory senses take over, and I’m walking up the hill just so I can get a whiff of one of the best smells in the world. Bread. The little local bakery […]
