Manuel drew me a map. Of Italy, which is supposed to look like a boot, but the way he draws it, it looks more an inversed mallet with quite a bit of its head in pieces. I note, wryly, that he wrote: . NAPOLI = PIZZA . Good thing to know, if I’m ever there …
Gawd, I’m crazy. Can’t believed I did the Alps today. Or, well, part of it, anyway. Let me just tell you I’m real glad I bought my hiking boots with Blue Mike last night. My feet would have been dead without them. I’ve been looking forward to this hike for sometime so I wasn’t about …
Met the Japanese kids at Marienplatz last night. Took them out for dinner, then headed to the Rathaus and the surrounding area. Next was Odeonsplatz, the Hofgarten, and lastly the Residenz. All within two hours, which was all they could spare. But I think they were pretty happy about it. Blue Mike joined us, which …
Met a group of Japanese engineering students today. They were part of the whole Museum of Siemens tour. Which did not mean that they were tourists. Far from it. Poor souls had to visit factories and such all day , for the entirety of their trip here. I suspect their mean-looking Professor. (But then, I …
I read this piece from my Sommeruniversität guidebook with great amusement: please don’t drink too much beer – German beer is mostly stronger than the one you’re used to drinking (especially at the Oktoberfest !!!!) Note the FOUR exclamation marks. They must really mean it, yes? I mean, one I can understand, two I will …
Today we went to Dachau, the site of the first Nazi concentration camp. A tad bit depressing, for obvious reasons. All these horrors, caused by a spectacular “failure of the imagination”, as someone put it.But today, Dachau’s a perfectly decent town, whose people have to suffer the ignominy of being associated with the horrendous tragedy. …
Tonight everyone was supposed to make and bring food from their respective countries. Hadi brought humus, which was a nutty paste served with olive oil. Good appetiser. Unsure what Thor, Apostolos or Sadok did. David apparently tried making an omelette before throwing the results away. The Italians made pasta, of course. The Americans bought exotic …
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