On our First Year
Immigration drama, searching for the kids' schools, and a chronicle of the waiting foretold ...
Note: This is a repost of an article that originally appeared on my blog on July 15, 2023. It has been updated.
Sunday marked the first anniversary of our arrival in Germany.
A quick recap of that adventure: My two kids and I flew from Atlanta to Berlin (connecting through Paris) at the exact same time our two dogs were taking a live-animal cargo flight from Atlanta to Amsterdam.
My husband took a six-hour train trip to pick them up in the Netherlands and bring them here, leaving my sister-in-law to meet us at BER and help us get to our apartment.
(You can read all the crazy details here, if you’re interested.)
What we expected to happen: We would land in Berlin about 8 p.m. local time. Carol would help us get to our apartment in Mitte. My husband would bring the dogs back from Amsterdam via train, arriving early the next morning.
What actually happened: Our flight from Paris got delayed by four hours. Then, after taking off and flying half way to Berlin, a mechanical problem forced the pil…
