June 6th, 2009

Calendar and To-Dos

There are still some things that I want to do before I leave Germany/Europe. These things include, but are not limited to:
– buying some Adidas trainers
– visiting the Canadian Vimy Memorial
– spend a weekend in Berlin
– visit Munich again, hopefully for work
– buying a [...]

June 1st, 2009

Eurotrip Photos

A couple of months ago I wrote to you about my reaching the mid-point of my year here in Germany; now, I have but four months left. Time is going by rather quickly.

The past two months have been incredible. I have been blessed with visits from some of my dearest friends. First, [...]

June 1st, 2009

Lots of Driving, and the Petrol Bills to Prove It

I am currently feeling the sting of the post-vacation credit card bill. Aside from cash-advances in four different currencies in the past two months, in the past one month I have spent a lot of money on petrol. And in fact, I just returned the other night from another business trip that I [...]

May 25th, 2009

Zürich Apple Store

MK, the Brownman, and I deked into the Zürich Apple Store opening on Friday, enjoying the high energy and the free t-shirt. There’s a bit about the store on ifoAppleStore and TUAW.

May 19th, 2009

Yo-Yo Ma

Yesterday whilst sitting on the balcony patio of the Grand Cafe Orient in Prague I called my personal concierge service and asked them to get me tickets to see Yo-Yo Ma’s performance at the NAC this October. After I got home I received an e-mail confirming my itinerary for the evening. The performance [...]

May 18th, 2009

Czech-ing In

We have “Czech-ed in” for the day.

May 17th, 2009

Prague

- Late night dining is virtually non-existent in Prague.
- You can defeat the annoying cabaret workers on Wenceslas Square by speaking French.
- According to The New York Times Bellevue is the best restaurant in Prague.
- One hour of paddle-boating on the Vltava river is approximately 200 Kč.
- Prague II has a ridiculous number of places [...]

May 10th, 2009

Being Away for Mother’s Day is Weird

I would like to write two things quickly: first, it is strange to receive guests and have them be so excited over things that are so normal to you. Perhaps I have been spoiled by being sent to Germany a couple of times for work. Don’t get me wrong: I am excited to [...]

May 7th, 2009

When and Where to see Nine Inch Nails

Dear Internet:

I need your advise. Nine Inch Nails is touring Europe this summer and it the so-called “final tour”; at the very least, it should be the last tour NIN will do for a while. So I would like to see them.

Luckily, Europe is relatively small so I have a few options. [...]

April 28th, 2009

Frühlingsfest

On Saturday night Mr. Orovan, Mr. Scott, and myself visited Munich’s Frühlingsfest (spring festival). The festival is “family friendly” and had a large number of rides, skill games, food stands, and other ways to spend your money. It also had a couple of beer halls/tents.

I was actually quite surprised to see all of [...]