I didn’t expect to take a break of two months from blogging at all. Unfortunately, the stress of the end of the school year paired with us buying an apartment turned out to be a bad mix for most other Read More …

This week New York City fully reopened (I mean minus the tourist crowds and still with a mask mandate in place for many situations like in stores and on public transport) – and everybody is enjoying this relaxing of regulations Read More …

This week was rather stressful. Sometimes I am not sure why we felt the need to apply for my Green Card pretty much at the same time as to buy an apartment. And deal with Arti’s regular pet hospital visits Read More …

Today we got up at 7.20 a.m. Way too early for my liking on a Sunday morning. Esp. since our new coffee machine hasn’t arrived yet. So I sipped one cup of instant coffee before our friends picked us up Read More …