Part two: Aachen Following on from part one. April 2023. [Photos all my own] As I said in my last post, I’ve been seeing signs
Part one: The history of my name Who or what is Charlemagne? [Image: my own from my trip to Aachen, April 2023] Charlemagne. [ (shahr-luh-main)
(Drafted in April 2023 and completed and published in June 2023) [Image: Ancestry DNA results Map] I’m sitting at my laptop, my phone pinged a
Do you ever have those days where everything just goes tits up? I mean, where nothing goes right and you just want to stop, crawl
(Photo taken by yours truly in 2006 when I first arrived. This Karl Marx Monument measures 13 metres high and weighs 40 tonnes and is
With parents who were and are loyal fans of the US with a flagpole in the back garden flying the American flag, a dad who
Heimweh or Fernweh? Wanderlust and why I just can’t seem to find where home is [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] This week my
Is the grass really greener on the other side? [Photo courtesy of EBM Photography: thanks Emma!] It sounds so exciting telling someone you are moving
