Beginning August 16, 2018, Joshua, ME, HR, GE, and I will be living in an apartment in München (Munich).
We welcome visitors, although our stay is shorter this time and we would like to keep the craziness of visits to a dull roar, so if you're seriously thinking about coming to see us, let me know. Below is a shared calendar for anyone interested in coming, so you can see when others are already visiting. Please consider coming any other time besides September and May. :)
Click on the link: Shared Visitors Calendar (Google Calendar).
For those of you who are curious: Joshua is going to be working at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. He is going to be researching and writing his next book about how the law can keep up with technology in an age when social media, like Facebook, is killing democracy (his words). Some of this will intersect with European law theory which is why he wants to be in Europe to attend conferences and toss his ideas around with other deep thinkers.
While he's doing that, I'll be taking care of everyday stuff: household needs, supporting the kids, running along the Isar river, biking everywhere (no car - YAY!), and hopefully doing a lot of singing... The kids will be going to school: Grace will be in 4th grade, the last year of their elementary school (Grundschule), and Hannah and Maggie will be at a secondary school (Gymnasium) in 7th and 10th grades, respectively. I'm excited to hear their German language skills explode and grow over the year.
We are working out the rental agreement for an apartment and, if all goes well, it will be in the Glockenspielviertel of Isarvorstadt on Kapuzinerstrasse just south of the old city (Altstadt) and just a few minutes from the Isar river. [Map] There are grocery stores and drugstores nearby, three Gymnasiums within easy biking/walking distance to choose from and a great local elementary school, Tumblingerschule, just a few blocks away. Plus it's just a short walk to the Isar with walking and biking paths along it's shores...
More soon...
