Frankfurt - Post Report Question and Answers
But don't forget your:
you must buy several portable air conditioners for summer. It gets HOT here for a couple months, and the cheap ones the Consulate gives you don't even cover one room (as you have to stick these vent tubes out of each window which really doesn't do much). You can buy those on base and anything else you need though, so it's like having our own Walmart here. - Jun 2024
Cold weather and rain gear. There is a lot to explore if you have the ability to venture out to do so. Hiking, biking, traveling is all very possible. I know many people that thrived at this post. - Oct 2022
-Deutsche Bahn card: the single best purchase anyone who is wanting to travel by train can make! Bon voyage! -Bicycle: public transportation is great, but it's also a very bike-able city! -Picnic blanket: there are parks all over, many with their own (very affordable) food stands, and they're gorgeous! If you have kids, they all seem to have huge playgrounds, too! - Feb 2022
Google Translate. - Oct 2021
Patience if you live on the Siedlung. We are all in this together and it is a fishbowl community. - Mar 2020
Earplugs. - Mar 2020
Patience for being scowled at. - Feb 2020
Credit card as you can buy it all here. - Sep 2019
Sense of humor about not knowing how to do things "the German way" at first. - Apr 2019
Portable A/C unit, and passports to travel everywhere! - Jan 2017
You can get just about anything you need here. - Aug 2016
American style breakfast sausage (you can buy it at the base commissary). Bring an umbrella. Bring two. - Feb 2016
Ski gear. Incredible ski opportunities and International schools get a ski break in February. - Dec 2015
Bicycle and all the attachments: You will need a front and back light and a bell/horn to be legal here! - Mar 2014
Don't forget your hobbies, camera, and hiking shoes. - Nov 2013
Warm clothes and rain gear (and bike). - Mar 2012
Winter clothes. - Oct 2011
Allergy medicine. - Feb 2008
Snow sled, skiis, and camera. - Jan 2008
