Thanksgiving Cold Turkey - Heidelberg
Posted on November 23, 2005 - Filed Under Germany, Audio, Holiday | Leave a Comment
Heidelberg Castle ©Russell Johnson
Thanksgiving: Cold Turkey
Brrrrr
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5:20
I’m sure, if you are over 18 you have spent some holiday season away from home. A few years ago I flew to Frankfurt, Germany the day before US Thanksgiving for a 1/2 hour business meeting. The meeting was a bust and alone, in a terrible mood, on a […]
A Beerless Oktoberfest and the Secret Life of Fleas - Podcast
Posted on September 15, 2005 - Filed Under Germany, Audio, Food & Wine, Video, 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 […]
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 […]
