Monthly Archives: August 2005

This weekend we continued our attempt to see as much of Germany as possible before we head back to the States (more on that in the coming weeks).  So, we headed north into the state of Schleswig-Holstein, visiting Eutin, Flensburg, … Continue reading →

Just over eight years ago, I tried to visit the Lutheran pilgrimage site of Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, the town where Martin Luther first rebelled against Rome.  However, I was distracted by a couple American women with a bottle of wine, so I … Continue reading →

Last Thursday, we took some time from my studying and Jenny’s work to see something in Hamburg that we’d been unsuccessful in seeing for quite a while: Hamburg’s Rathaus (Town Hall).  We’d tried to take the English tour several times, … Continue reading →

Yesterday, we took a day trip to Lübeck, an old Hanseatic city not far from Hamburg.  We had talked about a longer trip to Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Copenhagen, or Stralsund (a resort town on the East German coast of the Baltic), but … Continue reading →

This should be a quiet weekend, the quietest in a while.  I think it will be the first weekend since mid-June that we are not either traveling or hosting a party.  It’s not going to be quite that calm for … Continue reading →

We had a nice weekend in Prague, particularly once we got there.  Prague is a charming and historic city, with a unique energy that, despite having faded since its mid-90s peak, is still enchanting.  Assuming of course that you get … Continue reading →