Sadly my upcoming trip to Mexico City will preclude my participation in the Des Moines marathon a week from today. It does not, however, keep Deb and I from marathon cleaning and laundry sessions yesterday and today. And it opens up the possibility of maybe running the Disney marathon in January. We’ll see.
In other news: I’ve [...]
“Obama didn’t do anything for German unification … That’s not a criticism, but as a result there is no reason to grant him such a privilege.” So says Erwin Huber. Chancellor Merkel has made similar comments about the Obama campaign’s desire to have their candidate make an appearance at the Brandenburg Gate.
Apparently I’m forgetting the [...]
In the past five years I have been home for Independence Day one time: last year. This year, of course, I’m in Germany. Two years ago I was in Kenya. The year before that I was in Germany, and the same goes for the year before that.
So I’m home for July 4th 20% of the [...]
Three hours is not a whole lot of time in a new city. It almost seems a waste, really; if not the time, then the money and effort spent getting there.
Szczecin seemed interesting, from what little I saw. Train station in a bad part of town, perhaps, but that’s not entirely surprising. And, like Prague, [...]