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.
Since Aaron and I had a week of time to kill between finishing up diving in Munising and getting on the boat for Isle Royale in Grand Portage, we decided to spend some time in the UP doing things that we never got around to doing (or had the time to do) while we were attending Michigan Tech. Fair warning...
Read MoreThis past weekend was spent in Munising, Michigan, diving the shipwrecks of the Alger Under Water preserve. For those of you that do not know where Munising, Michigan is, click HERE. There are tons of activities to keep you and your family occupied during all four seasons. We dove with the same exact group ....
Read More'Tis done. Nearly all the contents of the house have been packed into over 400 boxes and are now placed in storage for an indeterminate amount of time.
Read MoreWithin the walls of the Heidelberg Castle is an Apothecary Museum. So, obviously, being the lover of museums that I am (and really cool doors, but that's another story for another day), I insisted that we go in. We breezed through it pretty quickly. There were quite a few people and I didn't spend a lot of time reading the little information ....
Read MoreWith Mannheim explored, the apartment chosen, and some friends made, we had one more day before we needed to head home to Michigan for a few weeks. The small town of Heidelburg is only a few minutes away from Mannheim (seriously, everything is so much closer together in Germany). The two are closer than Ann Arbor and Detroit. All you Michiganders, ....
Read MoreOn Monday, we met with our local relocation expert to look at possible apartments in Mannheim. We had a couple of requirements: a minimum size (approximately 70 square meters), close to the train station or tram stop, already had a fully fitted kitchen, three rooms (not necessarily bedrooms - more on this in a minute), and allowed cats. BASF gives us a stipend to work with and we can either rent a fully furnished apartment, or an unfurnished
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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