A day in the life

In case you didn’t believe me about the sun having gone missing from the sky, here’s a pic from my lunchtime walk. My, how my scenery has changed from my lunch outings in Santa Monica. There are rumors of another walkout of the train employees later this week. So, I’m trying to figure out a […]

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Bahnstreik

For fear of this turning into a travel–or a selfie–blog, I thought I’d post about getting back to life in Frankfurt. Yesterday’s vocabulary words from German class: Streik – strike Umleitung – alternative route Fahrplan – timetable fällt aus – to be canceled Haltestelle – station Ersatzverbindung – backup line Wartezeit – waiting time einen […]

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A Snippet of Berlin

Brandenburg Tor When I finished up work on Sunday, I had a couple of hours of free time before the event that night. I had made a very ambitious list of sights I wanted to see and had to narrow it down to only a couple of places. Brandenburg Tor was only a few blocks […]

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