Since that is probably the most asked question right now, here is a short summary of where we stand at this point (it turned out to become a rather not-so-short summary in the end 🙂 )
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A (parting) tour of our apartment
Something a little more light-hearted. Nina giving a tour of our apartment, documented for future generations. The video is in German, but I went through the painstakingly long procedure of close captioning it. Uff …
leaving (… a lot behind)
by Erwyn van der Meer – cc by-nc-nd 2.0
We already have a lot of stuff. Oh boy, a LOT! Today when I get home, there will be two large boxes waiting for me. In those boxes are 40 moving boxes, 500m shrink wrap, 50 m bubble wrap, silk paper and other packing materials. We hope that’s enough to pack everything that is not sold, gifted or thrown away.
But even if it is, then we still don’t now where to store the stuff. Continue reading
Do we need an agent?
by Sidereal (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
The one thing I loathe (as you might imagine) is the paperwork. Especially the immigration stuff makes your head spin. But as it is on our lovely little world, with the right amount of money – there is always a solution for you! In this case, help comes in the form of immigration agents. We’ve been in contact with two of such kind and I must confess: they were most helpful.
Still, we are not sure. Continue reading
different realities
The Rant
Today I went to pick up my international and my new EU driver’s license. There are several things about this experience that made me think. I mean, it all went rather smooth, but still. Most state epmloyees I’ve encountered are so caught up in their day to day stuff, that the very seldomly stop to think. That makes them rather hard to reason with.
So I went in with the notifiation and my old german driver’s license. This was my first mistake. I didn’t know what would happen with the old license – I should have checked beforhand. Instead, I asked the lady behind the counter wheather or not I might keep it. She asked my why I would want to keep it. There was my second mistake – I answerd honestly. To put it in a second wallet to give away to thieves and less-than-honest officals.
“Why would you do that?” – “Well, you know: There are border officials who might keep your stuff to put you in tight spot …”
“Why would they do that?” – “Ehh .. they might earn 100 € a month, if they are payed at all – the are looking for a bribe”
“But that is illegal!” Continue reading
Finally – a BLOG!
Ok, it is finally done. We have put up a blog. Hopefully after this first step, there will be content to back this one up 🙂
Horizons Unlimited Germany Spring Meeting 2012
At this meeting, very unexpectedly Flo became the guide for the Fridays ride out. In the end, it was great fun though. Staying true to HU and true travellers spirit, you make the best of what you get. We ended up not going into the museum but chose a nice cup of coffee and german cake instead. Eight riders, seven bikes, six nationalities. We love those meetings!
Trip to Sommerach
This week we visited Florians dad and his partner in Sommerach on Main. We took our time – on sunday we rode the northern route through the Spessart. On Monday, we made our first forays south of the Main.
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