Yearly Archives: 2012
Truth in advertising?
1
At the risk of your wanting to murder me, that murder mystery on the British trains I promised yesterday just isn’t coming today. Tomorrow for sure, really. You surely know how it goes when a day just doesn’t go as … Continue reading
A Distinctive Diddly-dum
So it turns out that if you were postal worker on that Night Train I mentioned a while ago, you’d know when to pick up or deliver the mail as you rode the train through each station by listening to … Continue reading
Gallery
Waves
This gallery contains 11 photos.
Well, more time spent today trying to track down the source of the still-incoming moths. The invasion is now down to just a trickle, which is good, but a couple still appear each day, which must mean I’ve not yet … Continue reading
Puddle World Revisited
Quick update on the moths: I have now bought and burned a lavender candle in the apartment. I saw one lone moth limping along on the floor, which probably had nothing to do with the candle. Unless he was allergic … Continue reading
Of moths and memories
Well, the planned post from the National Railway Museum has been postponed, in favor of a little story about how I spent my day today in Tübingen.
Gallery
Randomly Roaming in York
This gallery contains 4 photos.
Today, October 3, is a holiday here in Germany: it’s the official day that celebrates the reunification of East and West Germany, back in 1990. I bring that up as my excuse for not getting a proper blog post written. … Continue reading
Keeping Watch
Over the weekend I was reading an article online about the predicted demise of watches. I like wristwatches, although not the expensive ones they talk about in that article. But still, the article caught my attention: I commented to Chris … Continue reading
A little historical reconstruction
So there we were on Saturday in Stuttgart, standing in front of the Rathaus (city hall). According to all the information Chris had found on the Internet, the Rathaus in Stuttgart is the building that has a most unusual elevator, … Continue reading
This is the Night Mail
York, England is home to the National Railway Museum, celebrating the history of rail travel, mostly in Britain but also beyond (they have a Japanese bullet train on display, among other non-British trains). We’re not talking about model trains … … Continue reading