The best therapy for the soul is to get out there and get exposure to something other than yourself. The posting wraps up a series of posts about my ‘adventures in Deutschland.’ Often people in life take shit for granted, I’m probably one of them. Often people get caught up in mundane details in life, [...]
I read the departure time wrong on the flight so another night in Berlin. I’m walking the streets disgusted with myself for missing the flight, but after a few hours I settle down and take in all the scenery. I love Berlin, the people, the feeling, the vibe. This was home base for me, Alexanderplatz, [...]
For the last time this round in Germany, I ate some killer BBQ, this time with Franzi and Marco, in their hometown of Lehnin. The night before I ate some killer pizza with Frazi and her parents. The crew for that evening, Marco and Leipold, Franzi, Patrick and his girlfriend, and Christin. Earlier in the [...]
This would be my last day visiting friends in Neunkirchen. Frank, the long haired dude, and Martin’s (who used to be long haired, but now looks a lot different) mother had her 70th year birthday party. In Germany the 70th year is a big deal, there is a big house party, and all the friends, [...]
Friends always tell me, you go to small town in Europe, and soon you will be talking about American Culture, Miami Vice, the Chicago Bear, stuff in Minnesota, Las Vegas, etc, etc, etc. On this night we hung out with the locals at K-Zwei, Mike and I were sitting at the bar by ourselves, and [...]
On this day, we took a day to Luxembourg to check out the scenery, and ummm, to say I’ve been there? They are one of the most socialized nations on the planet, and they seem to be going thru an identity crisis, they speak German and French, and their own language ‘luxemburgee’ or something like [...]
From Munich I head to Neunkirchen, which is a stretch across the country from East to West to visit some old Shiner friends who have relocated to Germany. Trip trip is a few hundred miles, and I go thru places like Mannheim, Heidelberg, and Homburg. I haven’t seen Mike, Jim and Tina in about 5 [...]
Stories are stories, and here’s one of the things that stand out, a train ride from Prague to Munich. The ride starts in a creepy rail station, in a beat up old train. I had a crummy window that kept banging open and closed for the tenure of the trip. I rode in a compartment [...]
Prague is an amazing city, no one can deny that. However, under the surface there is a lot of social tension, as the fall of communism leaves a blurry form of capitalism, where tourism runs rampant, and the exploitation of cheap prices and the mockery made of communism leaves a bad taste in my mouth. [...]
Germany I suppose is well known for disco and house music and innovative DJ’s and such, and I’m glad to have had a proper experience. ‘Prong 3′ of the evening featured a band of DJ’s, 4 to be exact, meddling with all sorts of gadgets strewn out all over the table, and a sitare player [...]