Seen in the Street
5
I have my next German course test tomorrow. As I spent time trying to study grammar and the more than 500 new words from the last 2.5 weeks of class, I realized I would only have time for a quick … Continue reading
Category Archives: Photo Gallery
Every old house is new again
We live in the Altstadt (literally, “old city”) part of Tübingen. Our building dates to 1513, although it was remodelled last year just before we moved in. I call our building one of the “rock stars” of the neighborhood; on … Continue reading
Scenes from an exhibition
Last night’s opening of my Reflections photography show was great fun and as promised, today’s post has the photos Chris took of the exhibit and the opening.
Lamplight
Here’s a photo is of a phenomenon that Chris noticed while I was snapping some other shots in Verona last week. The sun happened to catch the lamppost globes in just the right way that it “lit” the lamppost lights, … Continue reading
Stella!
Happy January 6th! It’s a holiday here in Germany, so just a short post today, since I’m technically on vacation. 😉
Starting the year off with a bang
At midnight on New year’s Eve in Verona, they set off fireworks above L’Arena, the 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre. We’d never seen that before, but timed our visit right this year to check it out. The fireworks lasted for a full … Continue reading
Reflection in Tübingen
New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, which means that today will be my final post of 2011. So, let me be the first to wish you Guten Rutsch! That’s the expression we’ve heard people say around here to … Continue reading
Christmas: Day 2
Hope everyone had a good first day of Christmas yesterday. How’s Day 2 treating you? 😉
Up on the roof
We had snow for several days in a row this week, but now the weather has turned a relatively balmy mid 40º F/6-8º C. So, the snow is all melted.
Let it snow
When we moved to Vancouver a few years back, people there told us “It never snows here”. But in fact it actually snowed in Vancouver.