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It’s Expat Carnival time again!!!


Click on over to annaoverseas.com to read entries about expat holiday experiences from all around the world.
All expats are welcome to participate.
Check annaoverseas.com every thursday for a new topic. Write, post and email Anna with your blogs name and address, entry title and trackback if you have one. It will be posted by tuesday along [...]

Safty first!


Naked Airlines
The slogan is that flying has never been safer.
I am sorry but this is just to much!!!
Why in the world would you want to sit in an airplane with no clothes on? Some people really worry me! And the seats?-yuck! Not even thinking about sitting there!
I will not provide a link to the site [...]

Christmas in Strasbourg


Sweet Bear and Petite Clown loved the “marche de Noel” last year. Strasbourg was full of lights and small Christmas trees. The Christmas Market of Strasbourg is the oldest in France and the Christmas tree is said to have originated here in Alsace. There are records of Christmas trees being sold at the Christmas market [...]

Technology is fantastic!


I just found a nice little thing on Google. Did you know that you can translate a website from one language into another? Check it out here!
If you knew that already, then, “Aren’t you just the smarty-pants!” :p
Really, I did not know and would not be surprised if there are other clueless people out there [...]

TV5 is a great way to learn French


TV5 is an International French television station. The TV5 website is full of various things such as french music, world news in french, etc. You can spend a good half hour on this website each day! There is a word translator built into the site as well. This is great for people like me who [...]

First winter snow in Strasbourg


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Snow Day!


We officially have snow in Strasbourg, France! My mother told me yesterday that it had snowed in Ohio. Great. She just HAD to share the snow, right!
Really, I am happy to have snow. As I opened the shutter in the girls room this morning I saw a light cover of white [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Day!


Happy Turkey Day! Gobble, gobble.
I am a little sad today because every Thanksgiving and Christmas of my life in America had been spent with my entire family. My mother and father are divorced but still spend holidays together with us, “kids” and the “grandkids”. It is so my brother and I do not have [...]

Peanut butter and jelly


I enjoyed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich last night. I must have had such a look of glee that even my french husband who swore he would never try that awful sticky stuff just had to try it! And, he admitted it was not so bad if I did not put so [...]

Too cold for me


It was freezing cold in Strasbourg today when we went on an errand in the city. Normally, I love visiting Strasbourg for any reason. Not today! I wanted to get back home as soon as I could. The nipping cold air is no fun when you are not used to it any longer. Besides I [...]