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Because of some unplanned problems with my travel, I spent an hour exploring Antwerp’s new central train station.
It’s spectacular: they took a stunningly beautiful building and somehow made it more beautiful and in many ways more functional.
Due to the renovations, starting Sunday the high speed Thalys train will no longer stop at some […]
Back when I was busy watching Firefly, I noticed that the future lacked Wal-Mart.
And such absence is not limited to just Firefly. Even in Star Trek, whether the Enterprise was visiting a wild frontier outpost or a modern star-base, Wal-Mart was not in evidence. Communities and commerce center on street markets where people competed […]
As you may recall, next weekend I planned to be in Berlin, buying (used) underwear.
Well, my plans have changed.
The apartment where I was planning to spend three nights was double booked for first night, and although the owner offered to put me up in a hotel for that night, the idea of having […]
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TQE : That Queer Expatriate I'm an American living in Berlin, Germany -- which makes me an expatriate, not an ex-patriot. Before landing in Germany, I've lived in Denver, Colorado; Laramie, Wyoming; Bloomington, Indiana; and Weimar, Germany. If you want to write to me, feel free! The username is elmadaeu on the gmail.com service.
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