View from the Edge

One of the things that I was most unsure of before going to Europe, turned out to be one of the best and simplest aspects of my time there. I’d never really ridden trains before. As a very young child, there was a day-liner that ran from our small…

August 30th was my day to catch the interesting stuff I’d seen all over town that I still didn’t have pictures of. I new I was leaving that night, and wasn’t yet sure how I was getting back to Munich on the 6th, so I was trying to be sure I had a picture […]

I had 2 main objectives on Aug 29, 2005 … the first was to check out the Tower on Charles Bridge, and the second was to get some shots from the Strana Hill after dark. Though it wasn’t quite as many steps as the St. Nicholas Church tower from the previous day, […]

My colleague Susan had to leave early, and by the morning of the 28th, she was back in Munich awaiting her flight back to San Diego. I decided to spend a few more days before heading on to Warsaw, as there were a few things I still wanted to see. One of the best […]

Last week, I wrote some comments about the IAU discussions to expand the definition of planet to include not only Pluto, but its moon Charon, and other, smaller bodies. The actual vote has occurred, and rather than expanding the definition, they’ve chosen to restrict it further by creating a new term, dwarf planet. […]

The 26th and 27th kind of ran together for us … we did a LOT of walking around, trying to see what there was to see.  Most of my day on the 26th was spent taking pics of flowers … not sure why, but that day the flowers were really grabbing me.  […]

10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed
Many thanx to my friend Edb from New-Continuum for sending me this link. Some of the reasons are funny, some are silly, some are serious, and some are insightful … every one I’ve read has made me think though :). For the record, you knew I had to add […]

The overnight from Munich was uneventful. As we were late getting our tickets, we got a normal ticket, rather than a sleeper car … for the record, sleeping in the normal seats on a train is not terribly fun, and after spending an evening looking for and finding the Hofbrauhaus, neither Susan nor I […]

By the 24th of August, we were finished out work, and my colleague Susan and I decided to travel a bit before coming home. We both were interested in seeing Prague, but Susan had a rental car she needed to return in Munich, so that was our first stop. After returning the car […]

While working at nearby Graf, we stayed in Weiden at the Hotel Post. It was a nice little place, and the owner/operator Marcus was a wonderful host. Not only were the meals always excellent, but Marcus went out of his way to ensure we were happy, including staying open late and preparing us […]