American Girls in Germany

One very cool thing about being an expat these days is blogging and meeting other expats.  I cannot imagine what living abroad was like 20 or 30 years ago – no way to crack the code for finding brown sugar in a new world or locating the best Mexican food in Berlin.  I know I certainly wouldn’t have be yacking on the phone so much with my family back home, if really at all.

The internet has made it possible not just for expats to connect within their  new communities, but anywhere in the new country!  My friend, Juliette, is the perfect example.

We’re both Americans who love to bike while wearing insanely bright red coats in Germany while everyone else wears black.  And we both especially love our German husbands.

We both happen to blog.  My blog, as you clearly know (!) is called Making This Home.  Her blog literally translates into Home.  I think the best experiences you can have abroad are when you chose to make the place your home and embrace it for what it is.  Juliette does a fabulous job of this!

She just interviewed me on a whole slew of topics – from living abroad and living in two countries at once without going crazy or completely broke, to my favorite anyone-can-do-it green tips.  Thanks Juliette!

I hope that if you all get the chance, you go swing by and check out the interview.