2013 was a big year for The Wife and I. After living in the States together, we moved to Hannover, Germany! Now, I’ll be real honest with you: it was scary at times (there may have been tears). I dropped everything, including a house, car and job, and moved across the globe to a country in which I did not adequately speak the language. Meanwhile, my wife scrambled around finding us an apartment here in Hannover, moving everything in and launching her post-university career. Jesus Christ, I think I’m going to have a panic attack just thinking about all that stuff again. Yep. It’s on. “Honey, call the Krankenwagen; my thunderous American heart has finally given out.”
2013 was also a big year for our blog. In addition to our usual denglish posts, I began writing about life as an American expat in Germany, and the culture shock and linguistic misadventures which ensued. I also started making videos and posting pictures from our travels around Germany, which brought in a lot more new readers. We were featured on The Local and several other expat resource websites. On top of all that, one of our posts was ‘Freshly Pressed’ on WordPress.com. Our readership just exploded over the past year, and as of the writing of this post, we’re about to pass the 10,000 subscriber mark!
We would like to sincerely thank you for reading our blog and invite you to take a look at some cool information from this past year, including:
- Silly Statistics
- Our Most Popular Post Ever
- Where Our Readers Come From
…and of course… - Our Top 5 Blog Commenters
Here’s an excerpt:
The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 320,000 times in 2013. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 14 days for that many people to see it.
Click here to view the 2013 blog stats from Oh God, My Wife Is German!
Oh God, My Wife Is German. 
Nice Lederhosen, bro. ;)
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If only I actually owned a pair! (Sons of bitches are expensive.)
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Kenn’ ich mich schon aus. I wanted to buy a Trachtenanzug in Austria, but it was way out of my price range.
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Totally. I think it’s the leather. Even the cheap ones are way over €100. More like 2 or 3 hundo.
How did you like Austria?
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An incomparable two years. I’d live there in a heartbeat if I could afford it. The Austrian devotion to Gemütlichkeit makes for some fine living, and the scenery is hard to beat no matter what part of the country you’re in (although the Linz area up north is kind of like Germany’s Rührgebiet).
Just do a search on my blog for Austria and you’ll see a number of articles I’ve posted… more are sure to come.
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Right on! My heart is in Switzerland for our next travel adventure, but perhaps we’ll jot over there too.
It’s very cool to hear you had such a positive experience.
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Also lived in Neuchâtel for 6 months… Switzerland is awesome as well, despite some real cultural peculiarities.
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What is the first peculiarity that comes to mind about people in Switzerland?
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Rigid adherence to social custom. If you put your trash out 5 minutes before the appointed time, expect a visit from the neighborhood rep. You’ve got to blend in and “be Swiss” if you want to get along.
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Dammit! You’re destroying my awesome Jason Bourne fantasies here; I want to roll into Zurich and pretend my wife is my hostage and drive around in a little red car really fast.
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Money covers a multitude of sins. If you’re rich, the Swiss may roll their eyes but they’ll treat you well as a client.
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I enjoy reading your posts because its nice to see someone so enamored with their spouse. God bless!
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Thank you Chichina. Keep up the great work with your blog!
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