Shenanigans Crossing Borders
This might sound crazy
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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…
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Pre-dawn frost, JP walked the dogs up a steep hill, seeking out the local putt-putt facility and indoor basketball court. With a lovely walk, a hilltop pre-dawn view of the city, and a quick run through the woods, JP returned for a quick bite, then we headed out for Nuremberg. It’s a holiday week, and…
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In JP’s opinion, one of the best ways to get acquainted with a city is by taking advantage of early morning dog walks. Fresh, crisp, cool air, sunrises, hidden trails, cityscapes, unmarked paths. All great ways to build a sense of direction and a mental map of the town. Honestly, the city is decently sized,…
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We arrived in Kitzingen on Christmas day. Frohe Weihnachten (Merry Christmas)! We are now in Bavaria. An area of Germany where people are known to either be warm, welcoming, gregarious, and out-spoken (how JP sees them). Or, conversely, loud & overbearing (how Elyce sees them). Either way, our family should fit right in. As Elyce…
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Lützelbach is a tiny town, population ~6500, spread out through a lot of land. Our host has several ponies (Flint and Merlin) that our girls met, groomed, and rode. The house is on a main thoroughfare, with a grocery ~100M away, an elementary school directly uphill (and it’s not an easy hill to walk up),…
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Sabbath the way you want it! Ever been a stranger in a brand new city, not knowing anyone, walking around, no cell phone in site, four people expecting to be wherever you’re leading them to, any minute? Ok, most people don’t know that feeling But if you’re JP, you’re not most people…and getting lost in…
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A new day, a new adventure. Today we visit the legendary Botanischer Garten. Even though our children believe we were born before Great Grandpa Kurt (GGK) worked here nearly 100 years ago, it just goes to show we have aged well. Our guess is GGK would have been thrilled to see how this Garten is…
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Yogi Berra once said, “Baseball is 90 percent mental. The other half is physical”. And Vince Lombardi even went so far as to say, “Winners never quit, and quitters never win” And a wise man (JP) once said, ”Only users lose drugs” While most people would call it quits after walking all over the northern…
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The saying goes something like, “A journey of 1,000 miles begins with a single step”. And then there is the saying, “One does not simply walk into Mordor”. Either way, we just traveled a crap ton. A metric crap ton. That’s far. And voila! We are here, in Europe, chilling on another continent. 3 children,…
Shenanigans Crossing Borders 