July 22nd, 2009
Filed under: Germany, Moblog, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:47 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 participants to the destination. Read on for the story of the 2009 Alpencross. You can also see a collection of low-resolution photos in my flickr set.
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July 9th, 2009
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 9:21 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, then [...]
June 21st, 2009
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 23:10 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
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 12:53 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 set of Professional S Henckel [...]
June 1st, 2009
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 17:40 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, I [...]
June 1st, 2009
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 9:17 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 really [...]
May 25th, 2009
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 7:21 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
Filed under: Germany, News — Ryan J. Allen @ 8:42 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 is [...]
May 18th, 2009
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 9:37 We have “Czech-ed in” for the day.
May 17th, 2009
Filed under: News — Ryan J. Allen @ 20:18 - 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 [...]
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