I haven’t updated this blog in far too long. Life got busy when I sent my 5 year old off to kindergarten and rejoined the workforce on a more permanent basis. Photography and my personal self-reflection time took a back seat, and also in that time my family made a life-changing decision of enormous proportion.
We decided to move to Germany.
We knew it would be an amazing opportunity to expose ourselves and our son to a life of travel and other cultures. There is so much to the world that can’t just be put off for our retirement years. We wanted to experience it all as a family, so we said yes and made it happen.
We arrived in Wiesbaden, Germany on March 20th, right as the EU was beginning to shut down borders and block travel from outside the EU in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that has changed our lives and the world. The experience getting here requires a blog post on its own, as does our experiences self-quarantining and living lockdown life in a new country.
I have decided I will post these updates in a “story time” format over the next few weeks. It’s not so much for the purpose of sharing them, but more for the purpose of me remembering them years from now. That’s the beautiful benefit of blogs and social media. Not only can I share my life with my loved ones (and anyone interested enough to follow along) but I get the perk of remembering it.
But until then, here are a few images from the past 3 months in our new home. I’m very glad to be here.
View from my back window of our little German house.
Searching for tree spirits in Steckeschlääfer-klamm im Morgenbachtal
At Neroberg, overlooking the city of Wiesbaden, Germany
A lovely hike outdoors that led us to Burg Eltz.
With all the stress of moving and changing our way of most things, I’m feeling pretty relaxed considering all that’s happening in the world right now. That’s a miracle.