#Europe

Farewell to the A's

For the month of August, we had some super awesome visitors staying with us: the A's. These two individuals are Avi and Amy, who flew out from San Francisco…

August 28, 2012 · 3 min read

Gravensteen – Castle of the Count

I have always loved the rich histories of the European cities I've traveled to; this is largely due to the fact that given the short tenure of America's…

August 24, 2012 · 3 min read

Date with IKEA*

Considering I am in Sweden, and considering that IKEA is pretty much the most modern widespread Swedish pop culture reference, and considering that there is an…

January 13, 2011 · 3 min read

Snowy Sverige

January 9, 2011 · 1 min read

Downtown Göteborg

January 8, 2011 · 1 min read

Swedish Music

Swedish radio is a bit of an anomaly to me. Not only is the programming quite different from how it is in the states (stations that play songs our mainstream…

January 7, 2011 · 2 min read

Fun with the kids

I woke up this morning to the sounds of a lot of xylophone and a little harmonica. Which, I must admit, was quite nice, compared to the usual morning screaming…

January 7, 2011 · 4 min read

Leaving Schland.

Sunday night was my last in Berlin, and spent in the company of my CouchSurfing host, Matthias, and three of his friends. He went to Hanniball earlier in the…

January 6, 2011 · 3 min read

Berlins Silvester.

On Friday morning, I awoke just after 7 a.m. in order to get ready to catch my train to Berlin. It left just before 10 a.m., so I made certain to be at the…

January 5, 2011 · 3 min read

A day in Düsseldorf.

Although I will not be the first to acknowledge that Düsseldorf is one of the most uninteresting places I have visited in Germany, I still wanted to spend some…

January 3, 2011 · 3 min read

Mittwoch in Köln.

) On Wednesday morning, I woke up after a long and perfect night of sleep (thanks largely in part to Nyquil). Surprisingly, the infamous bells of St.…

January 2, 2011 · 4 min read

Schland!

On Tuesday morning, after nine hours of sleep, I woke up and had coffee and orange juice for breakfast, since I don’t travel well on a full stomach. We (me,…

December 30, 2010 · 5 min read