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Cora: a required foodie pilgrimage

August 2, 2020January 14, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Screech of tires. Wait? what is all this fuss about Cora? How do i spell that? Corra, Coreah, Cora. Why is everyone so

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Three years in…

January 5, 2017March 6, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Later this month we will celebrate three years. Three years since our wedding day, and four years since we first met. Two, almost

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Expat or immigrant: being an inbetweener

April 25, 2016February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

The idea of home has been a reoccurring theme of my writing for almost 10 years. What makes a home? what does it

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I am a citizen, therefore I will vote.

March 18, 2015February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

I am a citizen, therefore I will vote. I am back in australia just at the minute. I’ll share more about why I’m

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I say y’all and you can judge me if you like

January 9, 2015February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Judge me. I say y’all. But I am not Texan. I say wee, and call bad fog over the sea a haar, and

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The Green Card Club

September 29, 2014April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

The “you are preselected for a new credit card,” and the junk mail from cable companies are some of my least favourite kind

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Land of the Free?: Meditations on being an immigrant

August 28, 2014April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

A Greencard. Surely, you’ve heard of those. Apparently they are the holy grail for the entire world. Because, it seems, at least if

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When being In limbo is a gift: immigration paperwork

May 28, 2014March 6, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

The last 20 weeks have been a whirlwind. A whirlwind of changes, of immigration paperwork, of realising just how little i understand about

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When the world turns upside down

May 9, 2014February 27, 2021 By Anna Blanch Rabe

In my world, most of the world is north of where I stand. The water is scarce, the sun burns, and the only

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The Murphy’s Law of International Removals

April 17, 2014April 19, 2022 By Anna Blanch Rabe

Some days don’t turn out anything like you imagine or hope. I had imagined ending the day with a feeling of relief washing

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We are Anna & Dwight Rabe.

We live. We Love. We Travel. We Serve. This is Not a Pedestrian Life.

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About Team Rabe

Anna Blanch Rabe and Dwight Rabe are Team Rabe. Team Rabe is also the name we crew under and how we build morale for those friends who kindly support Dwight’s running endeavors! Not a Pedestrian Life is a passion project. We currently live in Germany. Between us, we have lived in 13 US states, 2 Australian states, and 9 countries. We have 9 wonderful nieblings and family spread out over four continents.

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  • PCS Diary: Ramstein Germany to Washington DC April 17, 2022
  • We have news… April 12, 2022
  • 5 tips for traveling gluten free and loving life April 3, 2022
riro i te ora

Team Rabe has a motto, riro i te ora which is maori for “win at life” or “received life” which, either way, works pretty well for us. Winning at life for us means contributing to our community. Life is about way more than a podium finish in an athletic event, but sometimes races help us learn more about who we are and what we are capable. Life is also not something to be selfish about, it truly is a gift. The motto is in maori to celebrate Dwight’s New Zealand heritage.

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