Wir sind nach Deutschland bewegen!

It has been almost two months since I have posted. It’s a lot easier to post pictures on my photography blog than it is finding time to write.

Well our trip to Cambodia was amazing... definitely needed since India didn’t go so well. The people are so friendly and welcoming. The staff at our hotel are people we will never forget. Of course the food was amazing and so were the sites. (There are photos on my photography blog and facebook page.)

We also recently traveled to Vietnam. We stayed in Hanoi and then sailed through one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, Ha Long Bay. Hanoi had great shopping a lot of sites to see. Again our hotel was fabulous as was the staff. Ha Long Bay was amazing. It wasn’t sunny and bright it was actually very foggy and misty but it made for some neat looking photos. (Photos to come soon.)

Sometimes I can’t believe all the things we are getting to do at such a young age. We are trying to cram things in though. We’re just not sure when we would ever make it over to this side of the world again.

Next week Ryan leaves for the Middle East on a business trip. He is stopping in Doha, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi to visit his customers. I wish I could go but unfortunately time just does not permit it. In three weeks we leave for New Zealand and Australia, I could not be more excited! We are actually doing a road trip across both countries… not a big deal at all EXCEPT they drive on the other side of the road. How did I let Ryan talk me into this??? I’m sure it will be fine once we get used to it and for the most part both drives are on one major highway just going straight.

It also hit me the other day we only have about three months left here and I’m actually going to miss it. Well parts of it. There is some food I know I won’t be able to find back at home or where we’re going next. I won’t ever live in another city as clean or safe. I do know I won’t miss the crowds. But what I will definitely miss are some of the friends we have made here, people I know we will keep in touch with.

So I guess it’s time to announce where we are headed next…. If the title of this post didn’t give it away (well I hope it did, I used a free online translator, I hope it says what I think it says) WE ARE MOVING TO GERMANY!!!  We are so incredibly excited! It’s a small town called Friedrichshafen on the border of Switzerland right on Lake Constance. I’m excited that it’s central Europe, I’m excited that it’s a small town (Singapore has cured me of ever wanting to live in a crowded city ever again), I’m excited that it’s on a beautiful lake, I’m excited that the fabulous Swiss Alps skiing is only four hours away, I’m excited that I’m half German and will be seeing part of my heritage (as is Ryan), and last I’m excited that the weather will start off cool and then get really cold (by the time we’re done with Singapore I will have had a full year of hot and humid summer, I’m ready for some cold weather!).  Now it’s time to start researching places to live and things to do. Germany is one place where it’s really hard to get a visa to work. Most likely I will not be able to work (darn! ;)) But since I’m getting there a month behind Ryan and since we’ll have lots of visitors it’s probably best that I can’t work. I would love to take German lessons if possible and I would love to love to start working out (we’ll see about that one). Other things on my to do list, TRAVEL. Places we want to see include but are not limited to:

• All of Germany
• Czech Republic (the other half of my lineage)
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Hungary
• Croatia
• Romania
• Poland
• Ukraine
• Pretty much East Europe, we’ll do the west when we’re in England