An Expat’s Guide to Germany

It’s time for us to pack up and head deep into the Rocky Mountains.  Yippee!  But before we do, I’ve got something to share with all of you.  I get a lot of emails from people moving to Germany for the first time.  It’s very exciting to read about their plans and try to answer their questions as best I can.  It also brings back a lot of memories.  When Martin and I decided to make Germany home, I started searching for American bloggers in Germany.  Just hearing them talk about life as an expat brought me comfort.  I was nervous, scared, excited.  In a word: overwhelmed.

Perhaps you have felt the same thing when big changes are approaching?

Today, none of the bloggers that I followed still live in Germany, but I haven’t forgotten what they’ve done for me. That’s why I want to pass on something to people planning future moves overseas.  I can’t offer advice on visas and legalities.  As you all know, we did pick up quite a few other skills (like mastering the quiet hour laws).

kite-flying-germany

Stuffed with links and suggestions, here it is:

An Expat’s Guide to Life in Germany

I’m tucking this little guide in a couple of places so you can always find it without it getting in the way for people who aren’t necessarily looking for a guide to life in the land of beer and bratwurst.  You’ll find the lovely linky:

  1. Below our Berlin Tour for anyone heading our way, and
  2. On the Contact page

It’s a work in progress, so you can be sure it’ll have plenty more as my expat knowledge grows.  Hope you can let me take a raincheck for today’s Simpler Life post.  Time got away – either while packing or eating Mexican food one last time in Denver.  I really can’t say which.

Tschüs!

(Image by Katie for Making This Home)