Thread:Dagoberta/@comment-29954643-20160929204040/@comment-29954643-20160929224006

Ah, western Germany. My family is living in Schonungen, which seems to be east of Frankfurt, and northwest of Nuremberg as I've just discovered on Google mags :-)

Well, here the weather is indeed glorious, but the cost of living is incredibly high. As a NYer, which is also crazy expensive, I wasn't too surprised, but as a semi-retiree, I find it more difficult. I've been here since 1979 and I loved being able to play all of my outdoor sports mostly year round. I remember one February day in the 80's when I drove a couple of hours south and spent the day catching some rays at the beach on Coronado, Got home to find a call from some friends to see if I wanted to go snow skiing, which I did (only 1 hour north).

But now, weather iisn't as important to me. The ungodly traffic may just send me off my  rocker.:-)