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On Being A Monk

So today is Sunday, and I thought I would write about the religious aspects of my trip to Armenia.

It’s kind of funny that although I don’t really pay a lot of attention to religion, I sure spent a whole lot of time inside churches and other religious sites while visiting Armenia. I did this, […]

Historic Weimar

During my recent stay in the States, I chanced upon a book written in 1929 by one E. M. Newman entitled “Seeing Germany.” The book was one in a series of books by the same author, including “Seeing Italy,” “Seeing Russia,” and “Seeing Egypt and the Holy Land.” (Implicitly there are other books as well.)

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Wandertag 2006!

Today was this year’s Wandertag.

Wandertag is a school and corporate tradition in Germany where armies of coworkers are encouraged to go out and have fun on a hike!

This year’s Wandertag was a trip to Saalfeld, a city located in southern Thüringia. After our early start and early arrival, a local guide took […]

Gay Bloomington, Revisited

Yesterday’s Gay Bloomington posting might have accidentally given the wrong impression about Bloomington, Indiana.

The problem with the article in outTraveler isn’t that its information is wrong, but rather the information it provides is more geared to the question, “Would a gay/ bisexual/ queer/ lesbian/ transgendered person want to live in Bloomington?” This is a […]

Weimar Tourism

Today was Weimar-Day for my sister and me.

We hit the Goethe Haus, the Schiller Haus, the Listz Haus, the Haus am Horn, and the Bauhaus Museum.

Basically, if it was a Haus, we visited it.

It’s funny, it always takes somebody visiting from out of town in order to make one appreciate everything one’s […]

Berlin, Germany

What can I say about Berlin… it is truely an amazing place with lots to do… unfortunately I am exhausted after my trip to Berlin and while I have lots to say, the pillow also calls.

I did, however, among the highlights:

1) Go up the TV tower and eat in the rotating restaurant. 2) […]