Sunny, with a chance of closed umbrellas
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Over on the top of the right-hand column of this blog you’ll find a link to a website where you can see the local weather forecast for Tübingen.
Category Archives: Daily Life
Supply lines are getting longer
That’s all you need in life, a little place for your stuff. George Carlin The comedian George Carlin had it right: life is just a series of episodes where you’re accumulating and dealing with your stuff.
Sleeping on Roasted Coffee and Noodles
So we quickly realized the key piece of furniture we needed to buy before we can move into the new apartment is a bed. There are a couple of big furniture stores in a neighboring town, and last Saturday, one … Continue reading
Ready for that personal touch
As I mentioned last week, our new apartment came unfurnished, down to the light fixtures.
Willkommen, Meine Damen und Herren
My language class started yesterday, and it’s off to a good start. It’s an interesting mix of nationalities in the class: 3 Americans (including me), 2 Italians, and 1 person each from Cuba, Greece, Kosovo, Korea, Australia, and it’s fun … Continue reading
Everybody in Germany speaks German
If I had a euro for everytime someone has said to me “Everone in Germany speaks English,” I could probably pay for several nice dinners by now. It’s a myth that has become an accepted fact, I guess, sort of … Continue reading
After two weeks in Tübingen…
We’ve only been in Tübingen two weeks, but we’ve managed to make quite a dent in the usual startup stuff that’s required when you move to a new city and/or a new country. I think in large part we’re getting … Continue reading
21st century medieval apartment
During our first few days in Tübingen, everybody — and I do mean everybody, said that it is very hard to find an apartment in Tübingen. This was not a reassuring thing to hear as newcomers hunting for an apartment.
Fog creeps in on little spider feet
On Saturday some fog rolled up the hill and engulfed the whole area in front of our apartment temporarily.
Moving up
Our temporary “vacation” apartment here in Tübingen is quite nice: lots of light, modern fixtures, pretty comfortable bed. There’s even a dishwasher in the kitchen, something we didn’t have in our 3 years in Bolzano.