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Writing Jul 29, 2008

From CET to CDT

Memory is really strange. On the one hand, I’m amazed at how fast the last three years of my life has gone by. I remember walking into my hotel room on the day I landed in Stuttgart, a full month before Rebecca …

Writing Mar 5, 2007

Stuttgart's Besenwirtschaften

Stuttgart has these wonderful little hidden little charms that make it a really great place to live. One of our favorites are the Besenwirtschaften, which are traditional Swabian wine houses. They’re operated by …

Writing Jan 24, 2007

Surfing in Munich.. in the winter!

A few years ago a good friend and I were walking through Munich's famed Englischer Garten when we came across some guys surfing in a fast-flowing canal. It was really amusing to see these guys surf back and forth for a …

Writing Jun 16, 2006

Deutschland wins!

It took 91 minutes, but Germany managed to pull it off in the end, and Stuttgart explodes in celebration. Within moments, thousands of cars all over the city were all honking simultaneously, congratulating each other on …

Writing May 21, 2006

Esslingen Wine Hike

Rebecca and I had a great time today in Esslingen at the annual Esslingen Weinwandertag, an annual wine hike through the vineyards surrounding the town of Esslingen. We started off in Esslingen and wandered up a path …

Writing Mar 18, 2006

Stuttgart's Staatgalerie and the Wilhema

Rebecca and I joined another couple and went to the Stuttgarter Lange Nacht der Museen event earlier tonight, and I'm happy to report that we had quite a lot of fun. The basic idea is that for €12, you have a free pass to all of Stuttgart's museums, including other sites like the famed TV Tower and the Wilhema zoo …

Writing Jan 8, 2006

A New Year

2006 is here, and for the second year in a row I’ve spent the beginning of the new year in Europe. Last year it was Paris, and this year it was Stuttgart, and our Stuttgart experience was about 100 times more pleasant than it was in Paris. Rebecca and I just had a quiet night and watched fireworks from our living …

life
germany

Writing Dec 17, 2005

Christmas in Stuttgart

It's amazing to think that I've now been in Stuttgart for 4 and a half months. Only 6 more weeks and I can claim the 6 months mark. Four and a half months doesn't sound too long, but when I put it in terms years - half a year - it suddenly becomes a much bigger amount of time. Four and a half months brings me to the …

life
germany

Writing Aug 6, 2005

My New Favorite Chinese Restaurant

I was searching for food earlier this evening along Stuttgart’s Koenigstrasse, and as I was just congratulating myself for walking by McDonald’s without giving into the temptation of a quick, familiar meal, I saw a sign for the China Garden. The sign was right on Koenigstrasse, and it said to go up to the …

food
germany

Writing Aug 4, 2005

Two weeks later

Tomorrow marks my first full week of living in Stuttgart. It has seemed much longer than a week, and I’m surprised as I write this that it has only been that short of a time period. It’s been quite a busy week with all of my admin stuff as well as trying to catch up to speed with everything going on at …

Writing Jul 19, 2005

Another week

Today marks the last week that I’ll be in Charleston before leaving for Germany. In some ways I was glad that things were slightly delayed because I got to spend time with friends whom I won’t be seeing for a while. This is going to be a hectic week as I have to start packing and finishing up a ton of stuff …

life
germany