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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 […]

mach’s mit

Auch für junges Gemüse

Young Veggies take note! You too should wear condoms…

So the German Anti-AIDS campaign is in full swing–and veggies are wearing condoms all over Germany as a part of the “Mach’s Mit” campaign. According to my sources, “Mach’s Mit” roughly translates as “join” or “take part.” Careful search of […]

Brilliant

See The New York Times, as read by Conservatives.

Via The Stranger Blog.

Dreams / Träume

Two days in a row I’ve had dreams about traveling and getting through airports.

Friday night’s dream was one of my infrequent, but consistent, immigration and customs nightmares. I had flown into the States and was approaching what I assumed was the TSA checkpoint (The set-up in my dream was reminiscent of international arrivals in […]

My iPod Works!

I never posted it on the blog, but on Wednesday, I was on my way home from the office and I managed to do something really stupid.

It was raining out, something I hadn’t noticed because the blinds in my office were down. So upon leaving, I fished out my umbrella, which kept me mostly […]

Voting Reminder

Just a reminder to all the US expatriates: It’s still not too late to register to vote for the November election.

VoteFromAbroad.org is a free service that will fill out all of the paper work for you and give you a PDF at the end that you can print out, sign, and then fax or […]

Yerevan, Booked!

For those of you who are interested, my basic outline for my trip to Armenia is as follows:

Day 0: Depart Frankfurt late evening. Day 1: Arrive Yerevan (EVN), go… somewhere. Don’t know yet. … Day 4: Go to Yerevan, spend three nights at the Bass Hotel (beware of an annoying mouse-over ping on this […]

Photo Friday: Friend

You can make an instant Friend or two with a camera.

Photo Friday Entry (#79) | elmada.com Home

stuff IS missing

I just updated the underlying software for my blog, upgrading from MovableType 3.2x to 3.31. It was not an insiginificant change, and ultimately I ended up deleting my entire website and starting a new database to hold everything–thankfully the comments were saved!

I did save everything from the old site and I will be reassembing […]

Deutschland: Love it or Leave it

In the past week I’ve read a couple of blog entries that essentially ranted about Germany. J ranted against Germany, going off on a number dislikes that makes Germany seem like the worst place on the planet. Shortly thereafter B. ruminated on her first six months in Germany, passing off interesting bits of advice. Generally […]