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Time to get away from it all

August 30, 2008

We’re setting off tomorrow morning for a two week vacation, starting at Lake Garda, Italy, and ending in Istria, Croatia.  I’m bringing my laptop along, but I doubt I will have internet access, because I never have before when I’ve gone away and brought my laptop.  How does that work for other people, but never [...]

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Just how privileged are you?

January 30, 2008

I got this meme from Barbara over at Home in France.  It was developed for a research project (and copyrighted) by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University (see their project’s website here).  They ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright if you use this meme. Bold the [...]

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Vacation, Teil 2

May 11, 2007

After part 1 of our vacation, we headed into the Czech Republic. The first thing you notice upon crossing the border, is that the Czech Republic must be where Germans go for cheap gasoline, prostitutes and Gartenzwerge (a.k.a. garden gnomes, which apparently originate from Gräfenroda in Thuringia, Germany). I expected the gas stations, brothels and [...]

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Conjunction junction, what’s your function?

October 16, 2006

This post has been updated to include new information and make that information clearer! I just discovered the Schoolhouse Rocks! website. Had fun in Regensburg this weekend, but now comes the hard part. How do I pick a new abode? I need advice, so I thought I’d ask my friends in the Blogosphere. Anyways, here [...]

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