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August 17th, 2009
Oi, mates. It was off to Stuttgart yesterday as planned. I got there in great time, as traffic was fine and the unrestricted areas of the autobahn did allow me to hit my car’s top speed of about 210 km/h. (Aside: I’m driving the new VW Golf with 2.0L TDI diesel engine, due to [...] August 16th, 2009
Two weeks ago I was returning from Madrid; why does it feel like two months have passed? I am not sure if it’s just me, or if this is “normal”, but for me time passes pretty quickly (usually) but my mind extends the feeling of time since an event occurs. If I was talking about [...] August 12th, 2009
After I returned from Madrid my manager here in Germany made a comment to me along the lines of “that distance is like a day trip to a Canadian”. Yes, he was exaggerating the truth a little bit but the premise of his point is correct: North Americans are more accustomed to travelling long [...] August 4th, 2009
Here’s a flickr set of some Madrid photos. It was hot, but nice. The metro is awesome. The food is okay, but not the best–maybe I just didn’t know where to eat. Though I will say the seafood was really good. An old city with some good history. And [...] July 31st, 2009
I write to you from my Superior Room with Castellana Ave. View in the luxurious Hesperia Madrid. I am enjoying a complimentary Granny Smith apple (they literally have a bowl of them by the elevator on each floor) as I draw my second bath of the evening. My comfort is maximized by the [...] July 30th, 2009
I am sitting in Frankfurt Airport waiting for my flight to Madrid. For some reason I booked a train that arrived really, really early and I have multiple hours to kill before my flight departs. I am writing with two hours before take off now. I have killed time by first trying to fly [...] July 22nd, 2009
A trying week of highs and lows, cultural understanding, pain, destruction, and triumph: the Alpencross was a great success. Eight brave people began a quest from Oberstdorf Germany to Lago di Garda over seven days. Though we only arrived seven in numbers our early departure was expected and we successfully delivered all willing [...] July 9th, 2009
And I’m off: going to pay my taxes, then to Karlsruhe for a train to Oberstdorf. Tomorrow morning we leave for seven full days across the Alps though Austria and Switzerland to finish in Torbole at the North of Lago di Garda at the end of next Thursday (expected). In Italy until Saturday, [...] June 21st, 2009
Today I had a little bikescapade to the famous Hornisgrinde. Hornisgrinde is the name of the tallest mountain in the Northern Black Forest. Hornisgrinde’s height is 1164 metres, shorter than the legendary Schrofenpass that we will cross on the first day of the Alpencross, but still tall enough to present a challenge. Verena and [...] June 6th, 2009
There are still some things that I want to do before I leave Germany/Europe. These things include, but are not limited to: |
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