Sunshine

It has been unusually bright outside today. There is something bright in the ski that we don't see often. It normally does not give us much warmth during this time of year. The sun finally came out to play for a day!!! It sure was a bright and sunny day, reminded me of being back home in Arizona well somewhat. I wish some warmth came with it, but I know all too well that in a few short months I won't want the warmth here!

The deep blue clear sky from this evening



Pretty colors off to the side



I see the sun peeking through some trees! This is what we see outside on our balcony :)

Welcome

Hello and welcome to my blog. Feel free to stay as long as you want. Hopefully you'll become a follower and travel with my husband and I through Europe.

I started this blog to keep in touch with our families while we travel and enjoy as much as Europe as we can. We have been in Germany for just over a year and have two more years here. I currently am a stay at home wife. I do all things around the house to keep it running. I have several hobbies that I love aside from traveling. They are scrapbooking, crafting and photography.

My husband is currently in the Army and serving here in Germany. He loves to Scuba Dive, anything in the water and outside. He is currently taking college classes to further not only his career but hopefully to finish a degree while he is here in Germany.

We have some of the best friends here and have made them family. We are very lucky to have the chance to be over here. Feel free to look around and stay a while :)

Enjoying a nice cold beer at the top of the Zugspitze. Which is the highest peak in Germany (The Alps).



Visiting the castle in Heidelberg, overlooking the town.

Nuremberg part 1

Here are pictures from our first trip to Nuremberg, almost a year ago. Here is my original post on this.

The first picture is that of a fountain in the middle of the town square. This has awesome details and tons of little parts to it.



Here is one of many churches in downtown. Unbelievable on how many there actually is!!!



Trip would not be complete without Starbucks :)



One of the bridges that is downtown.

Rothenberg part 1

We have been to Rothenberg many times now. It never gets old going to this town!

Here are some pictures from our trips down there.

The pipes :)



From the new altar looking down into the church







The Old Altar, from the 1400's I believe ( I could be wrong...)



The new altar



One of the streets of Rothenberg



Pretty neat building!



Some of the center of the town :)



Town Hall



Me with the Nutcracker



Brian with the same Nutcracker!



Pretty Arch in the wall



Part of the wall! We walked up there for a little while



Us in the wall walking around. Not made for tall people



Looking inside of the wall town from up in the wall.



And more



Even more :)



Wine bottles on a wall of a building.

New house pics

Here are pictures of our newest apartment when it was empty. I'll try my best to get pictures of the new apartment furnished and complete this week!


Our bedroom closets, the four doors on the left have room for hanging clothes with a shelf on the bottom and on top. The last two doors on the right hand side have shelving in them.



Our bedroom



the other wall across from the closets



Our bathroom, toilet is behind the door on the right, then is the shower/bath. On the left hand side we have our washer/dryer and the double set of sinks!



linen closet



Spare Room, see how tiny it is?



Spare room closet/window. Door on right is shelving and the other two have a hanger section with 2 shelves.



Standing in the hallway looking into the spare room



One section of our living room. See the ugly ugly pillar?



Other half of the living room



Half of our dinning room and looking into our kitchen, excuse the mess!



Other half of the dinning room with our back door



Coat closets behind the front door. Right one has shelving but is very shallow, left two doors have the hanger section and 2 shelves again



Our kitchen part 1, a little bigger



Other half of the kicthen



our balcony

update on life

So there has been a lot that has happened since my last posting. I got offered a few jobs, took the one that would hopefully offer the best options and provide me with something to do during the week. Boy the last part of that is a huge understatement! Brian is wondering sometimes where his wife went and why this hard working woman came home instead. I'm teaching at the local CDC in a Pre-K type classroom. Not my first choice, but out of the options I had last month it was the best because it is teaching!

We have been to many different places since our last update. We went to the Nuremberg Volksfest, the real Oktoberfest, Brian went back to Austria, Rothenberg. In two weeks we will be heading back to Garmisch to stay for a long weekend so Brian can scuba dive and I can go get pampered at the Spa.

Aside from working tons, Brian and I are trying to settle into everyday life yet again. No real word as to where his work 'home' will be or when he will be going there. It is all up in the air like normal around here. Things seem to be settling down around here which is good. The holidays are coming up quickly! We both are very excited to be here in Germany for them. The different markets and shopping areas will be a lot of fun to visit!

I'll be back sometime to post pictures of our latest adventures... It's harder than one would think to sit down and post on here!!

flower picking German style

Brian and I went to dinner to celebrate my new job. Even if I haven't started it was still nice to go out and not cook dinner at home. On the way home I told him we should stop and pick some flowers. I've been giving him a hard time the last week or so about how I never ever get flowers lol. They grow fields of self-pick flowers all over the place. Normally you see a sunflower patch and then a huge gladiolus field. They are only 60 Euro cent per stem you pick. Pretty cheap for what you get :)

Here are some pictures from our flower picking experience tonight. All in all I think we did well :)

The wonderful trusting sign... Oh how I love it over here!

Look at how cute he looks holding up a stem of flowers :)

Just a view of how long the field of sun flowers are... Huge I tell ya!

Look at how pretty the colors are... Oh so pretty I tell ya! Corn field in the background...

Anyone want a green stem of gladiolus flowers

More view of the one field

Our flowers once we got home and got them in water. Excuse the mess!

So there ya go pops, an update on your children. As far as I know we both are still alive and doing well! Love you and miss you all
Jess