Daegu, South Korea, became my home away from home. I spent years cafe-hopping through stunning, open-air spots with mountain views, laughing with locals, and exploring vibrant festivals like Chimac and the Lantern Festival. It’s a place that feels familiar and welcoming—one you should visit if you love genuine, everyday moments.
Tag: Military Home
Military Families: Supporting your partner through PTSD
Supporting your partner through PTSD is vital. Learn how military spouses can help their loved ones navigate PTSD and other mental health challenges.
Decorating Your Military Home Even When You Move Often
Military life is colorful, but military housing is not! Your rental or on-base housing will most likely pair light beige carpeting with white walls to create a 360-degree panorama of ho-hum. The typical military family moves every 3 years so it makes sense to develop a method for decorating military…
Hosting Relatives While Stationed Abroad in Europe
Hosting Relatives While Stationed Abroad When we left the United States last year, a dozen people promised to visit us in Europe. So far, only one has — my mom. I understand that flying halfway across the world is a significant investment in both time and money. So, when friends…
Ranking Military Bases– Baumholder Germany
Baumholder has been my favorite duty station in the 23 years we have traveled with the military. Forty minutes from the French border, the Weinstrasse (wine road). It was less than 90 minutes from Frankfurt, central to a lot of cute towns like Idar Oberstein and less than an hour from Frankfurt Hahn, an international airport and Ryan Air. And Baumholder was in the middle of it all.
Welcome to My Apartment in Baumholder, Germany
Don’t get me wrong, I loved our little apartment in Baumholder, but that town was well-known for its contrary weather. We fondly and not so fondly referred to it as the rock. We lived in an old stone mansion that had been renovated into four large apartments. We shared the second floor with a retired German officer. The first floor was split between a US Major and his wife. Across the hall was a 90+ year old German widow.