Cold Turkey in Heidelberg: Audio Story

Posted on December 17, 2009 - Filed Under Audio, Germany, Holiday | Leave a Comment

Heidelberg Castle ©Russell Johnson

What do you do when you are alone during a holiday, stuck in a place that doesn’t celebrate it?  A few years ago I flew to Germany the day before Thanksgiving for a 1/2 hour business meeting. The meeting was a bust and alone, in a foul mood on a bone-chilling afternoon, [...]

 
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A Beerless Oktoberfest and the Secret Life of Fleas – Podcast

Posted on September 15, 2005 - Filed Under Video, Audio, Food & Wine, Germany, Misc. | Leave a Comment

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Oktoberfest starts in September, this weekend in fact. I went to Oktoberfest a couple of years ago and did not have a beer. Nope, not one biermadchen’s tear of frothy brew, a sacrilege for which I will surely rot in some Faustian teetotler’s hell. But I did witness something that I had read about but [...]

 
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Holiday for Gearheads – CEBIT in Hanover, Germany

Posted on April 9, 2005 - Filed Under Germany, Places | Leave a Comment

Happy Birthday Lithuania!
No it is not Oktoberfest, even though this beerhall is as big and as
festive as the suds and sausage emporiums of Munich. I am at CEBIT,
the yearly monster expo of technology in Hanover, Germany. It is so
big, it is like a city, with grocery store, pharmacy and quite a lively
beerhall catering to [...]

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