Not so new to the boards, but thought it might be time to officially say hello
The nick on here says "Amanda+Stephen" but it's me, Amanda, that posts on the boards. I'm the USC, and my fiance is from the UK. The fun twist to our story is that he is from the UK, but currently lives in Germany. So of course I like to hang out and read the UK threads, and I'd love to read the Germany threads, but I'm the unfortunate one who took six years of Spanish
Anything that can be provided on the Frankfurt experience would be greatly appreciated!!! Better yet, I'm getting ready to go to Germany for the first time -- we've spent our time together either in the US or the UK thus far -- and I'm having my little bit of worries over going to a country where I won't be able to understand most people! Nor speak to them! **maybe I should go out and buy a German/English dictionary** 
Any great places I should go see while I'm in Germany? I'm going to be there for 2.5 weeks, and I'd love to squeeze in some cool experiences when we can! Between his work and my work, not sure that will allow for much, but it's worth a shot! Any and all ideas welcome!Anyhow, I currently call Cary, NC my home (suburb of Raleigh) although I have lived in Indiana, Texas and New York. We haven't decided if NC will be our permanent home, but it will be for a time being!! There's lots more important paperwork to fill out than run around trying to figure out our final destination!
And thanks to all the people who have already been helpful. This place is great -- it's great having people who have been through the process, or are going through the process providing wonderful insight.
Had I not found this sight months ago, we probably would have sent out our application in complete disarray, with it missing most of the required elements 
~Amanda
