by amiemccracken | Aug 5, 2014 | about me, Germany, travel
Sitting in a Berliner currywurst shop, the rain pouring outside, thinking that I have to catch a train at 8 the next morning, I had the strongest urge to cry. This was the last time I’d see Berlin for who knows how long. I’m leaving Europe. I had this...
by amiemccracken | Jun 24, 2014 | about me, Detroit, Germany, travel
I’ve written a few posts on my feelings through this move already. (Here and here.) Things are clearer now–we are definitely moving to Detroit, Michigan–but we still don’t have an exact date. On the 12th I drove down to Stuttgart to supervise...
by amiemccracken | Jun 19, 2014 | about me, Germany, travel
My husband compared my tea drinking habit (maybe four or five cups a day) to his car buying habit. I had to laugh. They do correlate, that’s for sure. Between the two of us we’ve owned ten cars. We love them. They are our hobby. We’re planning on...
by amiemccracken | Mar 6, 2014 | book review, books, Germany, travel
The first book I read when I moved to Germany was The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. One of the last movies I’ve seen while living in Germany was The Book Thief. I wrote a book review when I read the book, simply because I was so emotionally effected by reading a...
by amiemccracken | Mar 4, 2014 | about me, Germany, travel
I’m in limbo. In a place that isn’t really my home but where I have to stay for a month, two months, I don’t really know how long. I’ve just left a city I spent four and a half years in. A place that was 5,000 miles from home but became my...
by amiemccracken | Feb 25, 2014 | photo, photograph, photography, portrait, travel
One of my best friends, and definitely one of my oldest (in time that I’ve known her, not age, lol), just got engaged. On the Rockefeller ice skating rink no less. Did you know they kick everyone off during engagements so the ice is completely empty?...
