Meet Aaron and Meghan - scuba diving, traveling, and recovering expats! They just moved back from Germany, where they lived and worked for two years and are now making their home in the great state of Texas, quite a change for these northerners! Follow along as they dive and travel all over the world.
Last week, we had our "Look and See" trip to Mannheim, Germany. The purpose of this trip was to find an apartment for when we move over there in a few (short) weeks, and to decide if living in Germany was something we would like (in short, I'm pretty certain we will). While technically, this was "vacation time" for me, it was a lot of work. For the first couple of days, we explored Mannheim and a little bit of the surrounding area.
Read MoreSaturday left us mentally taxed. What to do to remedy it? Go diving! Isn't that the answer for everything?! Well, I guess it may not be for some (although it should be). And the best part of diving this weekend? We got to dive with Jill, a friend of ours that had to be dry (i.e. she couldn't dive) for the past two month! It was awesome! We joked that there were two groups there to dive this weekend - the Windsor Skin and Dive Club from Canada and the "I want to dive with Jill" group. The "I want to dive with Jill" group was bigger :)
Read MoreThis whole moving half way around the world thing is starting to get crazy (not to mention fill up our schedule)! This weekend we had German Culture training on Friday and Saturday evening and a German (language) lesson on Saturday morning. Needless to say, I think we are now fully cultured and ready for out debut into German society. Now we just need to figure out the whole language thing so that we don't make bumbling idiots of ourselves. Some things we found interesting about the German culture:
Read MoreThey say that communication in a relationship is key, right? Well then, how does that work underwater, and how can it be good for a marriage if you can't actually talk to the other person (unless you have a full face mask equipped with communication)?
Read MoreYou're sitting there on the boat, in between two dives. You're relaxed, enjoying your surface interval, perhaps grabbing a snack and some water, talking about the dive you just finished, when suddenly, another diver pops up, flailing and yelling for help. What do you do?
Read MoreAfter our German lesson on Saturday, we headed to White Star Quarry for some diving and camping during the long weekend. First up was a night dive on Saturday. After a quick dinner at the local bar/restaurant, we geared up and hopped into the water at dusk.
Read MoreI feel like this month has been very educational. It started with our rescue diver class (which finishes up this week - yay!) and then continued with German language class (which shall continue for the foreseeable future).
Read MoreIn the summer of 2014, the Oaks' packed up their life and moved to Mannheim, Germany. Now they live in Texas! Follow along as this former expat couple travels the world with the two girls, doing some scuba diving along the way!
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