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Our episode of House Hunters International!
And our secret is out!! About 8 months ago, we filmed an episode of House Hunters International for HGTV in Frankfurt! Of course, it was a hard secret to keep for all these months, taking all the casting process and filming included. A lot of back and forth, paperwork, casting video and getting quite out of our comfort zone. But when we decided to move abroad with everything we owned (Canada to Germany), I joked with Diego about being on the show and he said: “why not?”. Diego and I have always watched the show, still in Canada. We loved the idea of knowing a bit of the cities and…
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Playmobil COVID-19 Mask
Playmobil invented a COVID-19 mask to protect their employees from the disease, and are how offering the same mask to the public. It is a reusable and washable mask, with a very interesting design. And they are donating 1€ from each purchase to the German Red Cross to help combating the pandemic. For those who don’t know, Playmobil is a German company, operating since 1974 and based in Zirndorf, a small town near Nuremberg (and about 230Km from Frankfurt). The Playmobil FunPark also operates in the city, and we plan to visit it in the near future. There are 3 sizes and 4 colors: small in orange, medium in gray…
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Creative activities for kids during the quarantine
I still can’t really believe that we are going through this difficult world crisis, the Coronavirus, or the Covid-19, which to this day has already infected about 300,000 people around the world. Here in Germany, as in several other countries, including Canada, schools are closed and children are at home. And not only that, we are ina voluntary quarantine, but in a few days the “lockdown” can be confirmed officially, basically restricting not necessary errands in order to contain the spread of the virus. Well, having the kids at home 24 hours a day is pretty challenging, you totally know that at this point! Here we are trying to entertain…
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Opel Zoo | Attractions around Frankfurt
Not only because we have children, but unveiling the attractions in Frankfurt and the region is one of our short-term priorities. The Opel Zoo in the city of Kronberg near Frankfurt was a good start. And the possibilities are endless, many of which we have not yet done. Even the Opel Zoo was a visit we did back in May 2019, even before our official move, in our prospecting visit here in the region, in order to make the children familiar with the place. The zoo is in the city of Kronberg im Taunus, approximately 24 km from the centre of Frankfurt, so on average 30 minutes by car (the…
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Health system in Germany | A summary
Of the many things we had to research and learn about this move to Germany, were the various types of insurance (Diego wrote a post about it included) and the health system was one of the most important things, since health insurance is mandatory in Germany. In our many years in Canada, we learned how the system works there and of course, our comparison comes straight from there. In Canada, health is public and you pay nothing on the spot (only in the your taxes, which are high). You have access to the family doctor and from referrals, to a large number of professionals, where almost 100% of the services…
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New York City
I ended up never posting the photos of the trip, although it was difficult to capture all the moments, due to the daughter to the strip and the city totally taken by tourists, since it was a week before Christmas. New York City is always a fascinating place and full of things to see and review, no matter how many times you visit (ours was already the 4th or 5th time). We decided to go at that time of year not just by chance. Diego had an event in town and as we knew of the possible coming to Germany, so a visit to New York City seemed like a…
