We are moving back to Germany!

It has been about 6 and 1/2 years and 3 more moves since the last blog post, but we have some news to report.....WE ARE COMING BACK, GERMANY!!! 

In October we were offered the opportunity to relocate back to Germany, this time to the Baden-Württemberg state instead of the Rhineland-Palatinate state where we were before.  This is on the east side of the Rhine River (a definite favorite area of ours) about an hour or so from our former town of Enkenbach-Alsenborn.   Dave will be working out of the Mannheim area and we will be looking for a house in the Mannheim/Heidelberg area.  We are really excited about this opportunity and can't wait to see what is in store for us.

Previously this was our European Adventure Blog, for sure.  It still will be our adventure but I'm just not sure how it is all going to play out as we are bringing over a few items that we didn't have last time.  These new possessions would be Evie and William, our kiddos 👦👧😊.  No doubt this is going to be another adventure but I see myself documenting more than our typical plane, train and autobahn adventures.  I'm thinking about the adventures and everyday trials and tribulations of taking our kids to a complete foreign (to them) place as well as the actual vacation type adventures of course.  We will see how it goes.  I feel like technology has expanded so much in the past 6 years and my brain hasn't caught up so please bear with me and my basic blog!  Maybe I'll get fancy but I will most likely be looking for the easiest and quickest way to get my posts done.  If you have suggestions please comment!

I'll be bringing our trusty guide Rick everywhere we go to help navigate and RE-navigate through Europe.  Certainly, he will be as helpful as he was before.  We're excited to visit and revisit places we were before, show the kids castles, castles, and more castle! Ride the trains, dine outside, walk through the forests and the markets & fests!

I'm bringing back my mad German speaking skills - right, haha - but I'm sure a lot of it will come back when we get there.  When we first got word of this move my brain started translating EVERYTHING into German, I started listening to some German podcasts and I try to review a little bit of stuff everyday as a refresher.  The kids will pick it up.  We were fortunate to have the kids in a Preschool where the teachers spoke and taught basic skills and sang songs in German!  Before starting their Preschool in Iowa they ran one in Germany for 10 years.  It has been wonderful for Evie and William and we are very thankful!

Our first step in the process will be a quick house hunting and school visit trip in early December.  Since this will be a "new" area to live for us it will be great to get a lay of the land and look at the logistics of the Bahnhof, Aldi and groceries, schools, work etc.  From there we will have a better idea of what lies ahead.  

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Bis zum nächsten Mal! Tschüss!