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We’re leaving Germany! Weird to say that, but alas, even JPs efforts to secure a visa are basically over. He finally got hold of someone in the local office who said they only grant resident permits inside the country. And to do that, we’d need to provide the children’s birth certificates, translated, and an apostille…
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The rest of the week was pretty low key, but interesting. Elyce managed to participate in a couple of life events (birth of our friends son), and death of friend’s mother. Even from here we have the circle of life, with food in between! And don’t forget the happy little garbage can that could: We…
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Today’s adventure, a big loop, with the rental. Elyce listed several towns within a specific radius, and JP figured out how to make the whole map work. Armed with a sticky note and google maps, we made a route that would get us out of town for the day, and see the “burbs” (the joke…
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One of the joys of travelling throughout the world, and dragging your 4 legged friends with you, is not just getting paperwork done back home, but also getting them a pet passport in the EU. Honestly, the USDA approved vet has to approve your pet, get the paperwork done, and returned to you before you…
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Tuesday was a working day, and originally Mayrav was supposed to be on a flight back to Israel and then back home. But that got all kinds of messed up, so JP figured out logistics to send our daughter home, and rented a car at the last minute. It was cheaper, and faster, to rent…
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Friday was a quiet shabbat filled with a real, 6 person round of Settler’s of Catan! Fights, yelling, bartering, and some drinks made this feel like a family shabbos! For Shabbat we again visited Nuremberg, we davened, JP’s buddy David showed us around kiddush, we ate, we drank, we said our goodbyes, and got home. …
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Knock, knock. Who’s there? Water. Water who? Water you asking so many questions for, just open up! Since Israel isn’t too far away (just a 4 hour flight), and since our daughter had, literally, nothing to do, we asked her to join us, and she said, “Sure!” Elyce left early and met Mayrav at the…
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Ever since we arrived, JP has been pretty insistent on us buying a car. To him, it signifies freedom of movement, investment in a fixed asset with depreciation, and an expense that should recoup something in the future. Elyce has a different opinion in that the money we used could’ve been put towards actual travel,…
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New Year, same old! 1/1/26 (in German that’s read as 1 of January, 2026), we had a quiet day, cleaning the house, taking a small hike around town, and then back home. On 2/1/26, we had new snow! Meet sir fatsalot! A snowball-turned-into-large-representation-of-a-cartoon-character. The girls spent a fair amount of time outside making this “creature”…
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An early morning walk, the last of 2025, led JP through a field, past windmills, into a vineyard, along the town’s hospital’s helipad, past a frozen fountain, and up to a wild rooster. These walks really do cover a lot of random things Being New Year’s Eve, everything is open until about 1400, and though…
Shenanigans Crossing Borders 