by Mari K Eder | Jan 3, 2023 | Newsletters
In December, I took a long-overdue trip to Germany and visited holiday markets in Austria, Slovakia, and Hungary. This trip was planned for December 2021, but surging COVID cases across Europe last year caused holiday markets to shut down, and the trip was postponed.... 
by Mari K Eder | Sep 7, 2021 | Newsletters
Twenty years ago I was living and working in Germany. I’d just been back to the states for two weeks, to complete the national security studies program and graduate from the Army War College, despite a boss who didn’t want me to make the trip. Thankfully I didn’t...