I got a chance (work-related) to visit Israel, and it was an incredible experience. Most of the time there was spent working about 14-16 hour days, but since our Israeli partners don’t work on Friday or Saturday (due to Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest), we got a chance to take a couple of tours […]
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Driving through the rain today, watching the miles slip by, on my way back home again from another TDY, Started thinking somehow of my life, where I’ve been, what I’ve been through. Tomorrow is my birthday, and I’ll turn 42. I’ve seen Dixie in the springtime, and Paris in the fall, watched moonlight on the […]
Three times a year, Heidelberg has a castle lighting event. The Heidelberg Schloss is lit up to look like it’s on fire, in memory of the three times in history (1689, 1693 and 1764) when the castle actually was on fire (twice under attack, finally destroyed by lightning). It seems that thousands of people converge […]
Wonderful, wonderful Copenhagen! We followed in the path of H.C. Andersen, leaving Odense for Copenhagen. To get from Odense to Copenhagen, you have to cross a large body of water called the Store Baelt (remember the movie where they were going to Copenhagen on the ship?) Now there’s a huge bridge spanning that waterway. They’re […]
Our Fairy Tale Road took us out of the country of the Brothers Grimm, and into Denmark, the country of Hans Christian Andersen. We decided to go to Copenhagen via Odense, partly to see the city where Hans Christian Andersen was born, and partly because you can get to Copenhagen this way via bridge (we […]
In Germany, the “Fairy Tale Road” winds through a collection of towns and areas where fairy tales took place. The Brothers Grimm traveled around this region collecting tales and stories. We didn’t really follow this road and visit all the places, but we did sort of make our own Fairy Tale Road with our trip […]
Our Memorial Day trip was to the Black Forest area. We stayed in a nice little bed and breakfast type hotel called Hotel Moosgrund, and from there we went to Titisee-Neustadt to spend the morning at Lake Titisee, and then to Triberg, one of the most popular destinations in the Black Forest. Related Images:
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For Memorial Day weekend, we decided to see a few things inside Germany. Our first stop was Europa Park, Germany’s largest theme park. Related Images:
The last stop on our spring break trip was Cologne. The two main items on our agenda here were the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) and the Chocolate Museum. Related Images:
Day 5 of spring break–we left Amsterdam and stopped in Haarlem on our way to Cologne. Haarlem is the capital of the province of North Holland, and from the little we saw of it, it’s a really pretty city. Our main reason for the stop was to see the Corrie ten Boom museum. Related Images: