The adventure begins!

Hello and welcome to my first post! It is finally starting to set in that we actually live in Frankfurt. Needless to say, whenever we step foot outside our apartment, we are quickly reminded of the fact that we are in Deutschland, surrounded by signs and speech all in German! I am trying to learn as much German as I can, but I highly doubt I will be fluent by the time we leave... I am definitely gonna try to learn as much as I can though during our time here. And now I know how all of the English Language Learners in my class felt... for one thing, I have no doubt this whole experience will help me become a better teacher!

While it can be quite intimidating to live in a different country, I am grateful that we live on a compound with all the American families who work at the consulate here in Frankfurt. The neighborhood we live in is called the siedlung, which means "settlement" in German. There is a restaurant, a small shop for buying everyday essentials, and playgrounds for all the little kids running around... so we basically have our own little piece of America here, which definitely helps it feel more like home. Everyone here is very nice and seems as excited as we are to enjoy the experience of living in Europe.

So Daniel has definitely been quite busy with his new job, but thankfully it should slow down a bit by next week... and we will finally get to spend some quality time together. Needless to say, I am looking forward to that! But he has become quite the jet-setter since he arrived here in April... so far he has visited Rome and Milan, Italy; Bern and Geneva, Switzerland; The Hague, Netherlands; Luxembourg; Garmish, Germany; Brussels, Belgium; & Oslo, Norway... and last week we were in Paris and this week he is in London! He has actually spent very little time in Frankfurt so far, but we look forward to exploring our new hometown together in the coming weeks... and I look forward to telling you all about it! Well, thanks so much for reading my first post, and I will be adding a new one about our trip to Paris very soon! Until then.... God bless!