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One Year in Hamburg
It just dawned on me that Ken and I have been living in Hamburg for a little over a year! Thinking back, it’s amazing to realize all of the things that we have accomplished, all the trials and tribulations we’ve endured, and the things we’ve learned about each other and living abroad in the past ...
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Wiennese Christmas
Inspired by an Anthony Bourdain episode full of rich sweets, meat, and snow, we decided to embark on a white Christmas/Rachel’s birthday Viennese Style. It would also be our longest vacation of 2012 – a much needed rest from all the excitement over the past year. I was on a mission to walk in Tony Bourdain’s footsteps, ...
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Thanksgiving in Amsterdam
Happy New Year everyone! I know this post is a few months late, and am super sorry about that. I’m going to try to be more diligent about posting events as they happen since Ken and I realized that we will be having a super busy 2013! So…to Thanksgiving… As the story goes…Harry, my brother, ...
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More Berlin…Different Adventures
A few months have passed since we told you what we’ve been up to. Let me summarize: Work! Both Ken and I are good working folk now – Ken with his laser beams and me with my Czech packaging design. But before Ken went to accept any award or I got into a good routine ...
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EPDIC Young Scientist (of the world) Award
Well, I guess now the cat is out of the bag. Between my dad declaring me the best-young-scientist-of-the-world (ever), and DESY putting me on the front of their webpage, everyone seems to know that I won an award for the work I did during my PhD. It is quite an honor for me to get ...
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Ich spreche Deutsch…Quatsch!
Learning another language has been an interesting, frustrating and demanding adventure. I’ve been working for the past month in a German design firm, where it is pretty crutial for me to make as much effort as possible to both understand and speak in German. After a long week of design challenges, compounded by cultural challenges ...
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Schlagermove 2012
Imagine five hundred thousand drunk Germans dressed as characters from “That 70s Show” running around in the rain and singing along to 60s and 70s German pop music (envision the German equivalent to “Love Shack” ) from noon to sundown. That was the experience Ken, Aja and I had at Hamburg’s annual Schlagermove. Germans listen to ...
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Lüneberg
I finally have a yearly transportation pass for Hamburg. Yay. During the week that means I can travel anywhere within the Großbereich zone (which is Hamburg proper). On the weekends, it means I can also travel in Hamburg’s surrounding cities, with Ken, for free. Sweet! Two weekends ago, excited by the beginning of July and ...
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Fußball…Deutschland
I know the Euro Cup is already over and that Germany lost (sadness), but I’ve been meaning to share our adventures amongst the cheering locals. As a young couple trying to assimilate as much as possible to the local culture, Ken and I jumped at the opportunity to cheer on the German soccer team. Since we didn’t know where ...
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Lisa Visited Us
My childhood friend, Lisa, needed to come to Germany for work, and decided to swing by for a fun-filled Hamburg weekend. Not only were we able to see Hamburg and watch some soccer, we also had the chance to catch up on each other’s lives and just enjoy each other’s company. It was a wonderful ...
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Trento, Italy
To finish our May travels, Ken and I decided to visit his old haunt in northern Italy for a long weekend. We took an eleven hour train trip that traversed all of Germany, through Austria to get to northern Italy! I had the opportunity to see many a cow and hill – but also vineyards, the ...
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Boston for the Bros
Back to the land of English, medium-rare hamburgers, endless arrays of beer and the Anscher family! Harry graduated from Boston College last Monday, and Sam had a moving up ceremony in Cape Cod on Tuesday which meant a perfect opportunity to see the entire family. It’s my first time going to Boston as an adult ...