Oma and Opa is Coming to Town

After 10 days from date of application, my parents got their passport back with a visa valid for 1 month. During this month, they will NOT just stay in our house the entire time and do household chores or look after grandkids. That will be too boring. And they are not their nanny or our…

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Dual Citizenship in Germany

Almost 11 years in Germany and still a pinoy. Either I am too lazy to work on all those papers or did NOT see the reason for it until I read this news: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65180538 So everything might be okay now but you just never know in the future when I am a bedridden oma and…

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Travel Insurance for Schengen Visa

Travel Insurance is a requirement for schengen visa and there is only a limited insurance company approved. Mom called me at 4:30 am german time because insurance agent has some questions. They wanted a flight reservation. So I looked for flights available, made a screenshot and send it to my mom. After 3 hours, my…

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2024 Summer Plans

Planned road trip this summer if my parents get their visa: Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Germany of course. I like this plan better than Mann’s original plan of Uckermark. Can you imagine my parents having a picture with nothing but cornfield to cornfield and going to FKK where people swim and go…

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