by amiemccracken | May 27, 2010 | Germany, photography
One of our medieval towns here around Stuttgart is called Esslingen. We took my family there for a stroll on the cobbled streets and ended up in a park so my niece could swing. (She loves to swing.) There was a pair of swans nesting that the city had built a wall to...
by amiemccracken | May 26, 2010 | Germany, photography
I’ve never lived somewhere that’s so wet. Colorado is as dry as bone. I’ve never seen mold, I’ve never experienced being wet hours after I’ve dried off. (Well, except on vacation.) When my parents basement flooded we didn’t worry...
by amiemccracken | May 25, 2010 | Germany
Yep, family is the answer. Here’s mine at Bodensee. We had a lovely long trip traveling around the southern parts of Germany and some of France. We dipped into Austria so my brother-in-law could say he had been there. I’ll blog more about it when I have...
by amiemccracken | Apr 27, 2010 | Germany
Yep…it’sbier! Or beer if you prefer English spelling.We went to Frühlings Fest two weeks ago, well and last week too, and we’ll go again next week…anyways. It’s just like Oktober Fest only for spring. (Frühling means Spring) We took...
by amiemccracken | Apr 22, 2010 | about me, Germany
Sometimes I’m a good Hausfrau (housewife) and I make dinner. I provide a beer for my husband and we sit on the patio watching the sinking sun. This is fried rice with peppers. I chopped red, green, and yellow peppers and sauteed them in butter. Then I cooked the...
by amiemccracken | Apr 13, 2010 | design, Germany, Jane Austen
We went to the Stuttgart Flea Market, or Flohmarkt, on Saturday. I’m used to flea markets being kind of shabby. I don’t know if it’s the small town I grew up in or that Colorado just doesn’t have old stuff like New England or Europe does. We...
