Knorr Family Adventures

The most amazing time we had in Ireland was on the Cliffs of Moher.   We opted for a guided tour through Doolin Cliff Walks and did not regret it one bit.   The tour included 5 of us and a young American couple.   The guide was amazing in helping to coral and guide the boys, even holding their hands when it was getting bit too close to the edge. ( The Cliffs rise between 120  meters (390 feet) to 214 meters (702 feet) above the sea level so it's a bit high!) There is really no words to describe the walk but it’s spectacular.   When you turn away from the water, you see this Picnic time- after the guided tour, but still very much on the top

Lately, life is really busy and stressful.  So to explain a bit - it's busy because we have 3 active boys with various levels of needs and desires - here is a break down of my week.  And this is a pretty good week with Chris while working late a couple of days but in town to help with some night time stuff. Monday  Ilya to school by 8:00 (he had to learn a very short Russian "poem"over the weekend) Anton has extra German lessons from 9:35 to 11:15 to which he needs to be taken to and then taken to kindergarten. From 14:30 until 16:00 Andrei has special reading therapy. Pick up Anton and Ilya.   Tuesday Ilya to school at 7:30 Anton to speech therapy by 8:00 Anton to kindergarten by 9:00  Andrei speech therapy from 13:45 to 14:30 Then I rush to get Ilya from school and take Ilya and Andrei together for their math tutoring Get Anton from kindergarten hopefully around 16:30 Wednesday - my peaceful day! Ilya to school by 8:00 Anton's German...

Our current lifestyle is rather interesting.  We are not (im)migrants, we are not military, and we are not fully expats. Our kids do not go to international school, they go to local German schools; we have to deal with German government services yet our knowledge of German is rather limited (we make it work nonetheless). This week we said goodbye to our friends who are moving to Israel by the end of the week.  It sucks for us but we are happy for them.  It took them about 4 months from "we might go" to "leaving on Sunday."  More or less the same time frame our move happened.  Partially because of them, partially because of wanting to have less stuff, we have been clearing our stuff - file cabinet, baby/toddler books, some random stuff.  The question that while is not always on our mind, but comes up regularly enough is how long are we planning on staying here.  According to our original plan, we were not even supposed to be here in Germany as ...