Enlivened by the Underground…
Continued from You’re So Vain… The ground above Hitler’s old bunker, where he shot himself after his fall from power, is a parking lot. Good to know. The tour guide joked that Germans now bring their dogs to poo in that lot. Nothing more than a sign flags the historical space. The tour guide informed [...]
You’re So Vain…
Continued from “More Than I Really Cared to Share…” There’s always a duality present when I consider how I’m feeling when I see Thilo. Always. Every time I meet him he seems both so familiar and so unfamiliar all at once. I don’t quite understand it. But, it was comforting to arrive and spend my [...]
Snug as a Bug in Saarbrucken
The plan was to either meet Moritz at the train station… or not. Heh. Moritz had given me the directions from the train station to his apartment and said if I didn’t see him waiting there then I should just head to his place. I didn’t see Moritz when I arrived… so I immediately took [...]
Parisian Magic
Paris is just as magical as this photo looks. I can’t wait to write about it on my train ride to Saarsbrucken, Germany tomorrow! But, just wanted to throw this pic up as a teaser!!
Get To Know Luis…
…a little better. For you family and friends out there concerned about the people I might be staying with, here´s a clue: check out Luis´s old blog about when he just up and left his cozy life to go help war-torn Israel/Palestine for 3 weeks. I have so much admiration for what he did! If [...]
From Köln to Bruxelles
Just one day before I was planning to head to Koln, I sent out a last minute couchsurf request to find somewhere to crash while there. It seemed the moment I had hit send, Luis shot back a warm affirmative… he and his roommates, an Indian couple, were available to host me at such a [...]
Traipsing Through Germany
Deutschland has treated me incredibly well so far… and it’s certainly time to get up to speed. After Heidelberg , our group of “America’s top agriculture editors,” as the German Agriculture Society described us, toured the John Deere factories in Mannheim with our awesome JD hosts Barry Nelson and Kelly Schwalbe (And when I say [...]
Heidelberg’s Rooftop Landscape
The gray sky couldn’t fully mute the reds, yellows, greens and oranges of fall that were sprinkled throughout the rolling hills surrounding Heidelberg today. The colors popped through a lacy mist draped over the valley. The fall hues weren’t the only colors stubborn enough to stand out from the gray haze. “Heidelberg is known for [...]
Deutschland!!
Ahhhh… the feeling of adventure on foreign lands is coursing through my veins once again… finally! It’s been a year since my last trip to Europe! I really can’t describe the feeling of elation that washes over me whenever I embark on a quest to discover new lands, new people and new cultures! I really [...]
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