Eurotweets 2014
As I have done with previous European adventures, I've reposted here my tweets from our trip. Hyperlinks will open the picture that accompanied the tweets that included them.
The first tweets are at the bottom of the page; those at the top are the most recent. And they can be found after the jump
Nov 5
In 5+ years of living in BJ, I'd never seen the Great Wall from the plane. Today saw it. Wow. Felt like an excited tourist.
Nov 5
Learned a new Chinese word. 海牙 = The Hague. Helped a couple of Dutch tourists with entry cards. Visas were issued in 海牙.
Nov 5
@sarahplusone thank you. Arrived in one piece
Nov 4
Eight and a half hours, kids. Enjoy your unlimited Minecraft. Let me read, watch a grown up movie, and sleep, please
Nov 4
Dutyfree shop by our gate only sells FC Bayern swag.
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (waiting to board the flight backstop Beijing from Frankfurt)
Nov 4
@Crumbsey if Luftansa strikes our flight, we may just. Back to Beijing today
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (at the Kölner Dom in the rain)
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (operating the water screw in Euskirchen, her birthday request)
Nov 4
But now I am six And I'm as clever as clever (making her own toast at the hotel)
Nov 3
A visit to St Damien's Leuven crypt to discuss w kids & pray for those treating Ebola patients http://www.bradfordera.com/news/article_6036dc3e-5b21-11e4-a679-eb61fd02c1f4.html?mode=jqm …
Nov 3
Ack! Delays getting out of Belgium. Track is wet and slippery heading back into Aachen
Nov 3
And a quick Julius at my hotel before the train back to Germany
Nov 3
Lunch was at a place that had 2000 beers in bottle and some beauties on tap. Like this one @blackChinahand
Nov 2
Only 24 hours in Belgium this time. I gotta drink bier in smaller bottles if I want to sample as many more
Nov 2
@fishjourner pinyinish
Nov 2
@fishjourner and my kids wonder why I mistake 地方 as a German word, as in Gibt es eine 地方....?
Nov 2
It's a Verkaufsoffener Sonntag here in Aachen. Not quite as crazy as American Black Friday, but still pretty busy
Nov 1
There ought to be a law. My Aachen hotel does not carry the right channels so we can watch Dortmund-Bayern from here
Nov 1
If I am successful in buying a Reus jersey for my nephew on this trip, it guarantees he'll sign with Bayern http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11881/9542673/bundesliga-borussia-dortmund-forward-marco-reus-shrugs-off-transfer-talk …
Nov 1
We all have sore necks from the Aachen Cathedral.
Nov 1
Wow. The tomb of Charlemagne
Oct 31
And what a small world. While we were being cordoned off in Paris, we stood next to an American student whose brother also lives in Beijing
Oct 31
Police cordoned off part of Paris Nord this afternoon. Had to leave for Aachen before we could learn why
Oct 31
@Beaup33p @gr8fulterrapin this one looks promising, tho. 3D animation!
Oct 31
@gr8fulterrapin it is based on a comic book series.
Oct 31
We just saw an ad for Asterix the movie! Opens November 27th in France. Now have to google to see if there will be an English version
Oct 31
Mom, are those Chinese characters on the Real Sociedad kit? (Yes, sponsored by Qbao now)
Oct 30
@Beaup33p absolutely gorgeous. Tho if Randy didn't have something work related here, we'd never come.
Oct 30
@Beaup33p Contxa in Donostia/San Sebastián
Oct 30
@lantaumama I'm waiting to hear science has determined younger firmer bodies come from topless sunbathing lol
Oct 30
Big contrast between us (Americans afraid of skin cancer & sunburn) & the other much less covered beachgoers here
Oct 30
@AuntSnoozie weren't for Mass. Side altar votives. Common in Spain. GIRM doesn't address votive material but USCCB says electric unfitting
Oct 30
Candle lighting not nearly as much fun when it is coin-op. No fire to handle
Oct 30
Ack! Sinoespañol almost made an appearance this morning. In my head I was insisting peño was friend in Spanish. You know, like 朋友 (pengyou)
Oct 29
Piling on the pintxos in Donostia
Oct 29
Kids worked hard on their sand sculptures today. Lack of beach toys makes them resourceful
Oct 29
Checking my beach pictures before I upload them to Flickr or Twitter to make sure all the background people are fully clothed or blurry
Oct 29
We've never seen this beach so busy. Then again, both previous visits (August 2011 & May 2013) it was cold and rainy
Oct 29
We love coming back to San Sebastian. It's even better without rain!
Oct 29
Add to that list the word for apple juice. While I know how to say it in Germa, but learned it from eating at German restaurants in China
Oct 29 Things I never learned in Spanish or German but know in Chinese: ATM, My kid dropped it, iced latte, playground
Oct 29 We request no feather pillows when possible in hotel reservations. I wish I could specify no tucking in the sheet at the end of the bed
Oct 29
One more pic from Gorizia. Actually Nova Gorica where we paid our respects to the last Bourbons, including Charles X
Oct 28
@amywelborn2 her pics are what pushed Randy to Verona over Venezia....tho we were just checked in to hotel & he said we'd really need a week
Oct 28
Checked the weather forecast for Donostia. Will be the warmest we've seen there. Previous visits in August (!) & May
Oct 28
Kids love standing here, one foot in Italia & one in Slovenia
Oct 28
Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Gorizia Castle
Oct 28
My kids discuss Legends of Chima like their Dad and uncle discuss Game of Thrones
Oct 27
Falling asleep in Italy while the Steelers are winning at the half. #sweet
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas seriously. Ridiculously awesome. So glad we weekended there but really needs a whole lot more time
Oct 27
Was little worried about our train to Gorizia tonight. Monfalcone has no Platform 4.
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas I seem to remember an old DVE thing about how living in Pgh means not needing to travel, with Verona and (North) Versailles
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas umm sure. Looks just like this
Oct 26
Verona: Surprises at every turn and too much to see in 24 hours @amywelborn2
Oct 26
Even McDonald's looks better in Italy
Oct 26
I still have *some* of my arena pictures
Oct 26
Ugh. I got a cute picture of the kids in front of the Arena in Verona at night, but my camera appears to be broken.
Oct 25
@fishjourner agree!
Oct 25
Switzerland really knows how to send you off on your way to Italy.
Oct 25
As much as I would enjoy extending our stay in Switzerland through the weekend, it's on to Italy today
Oct 24
Woman at the fondue restaurant even remembered us as the American that lives in Asia.
Oct 24
This is the post I did last year on the fondue restaurant we ate at tonite http://www.jenambrose.blogspot.com/2013/06/our-best-meal.html?m=0 … same experience tonite, minus Bryan Ferry
Oct 24
Wii Hüsli lived up to my expectations and memory. This fondue still one of the best meals I've ever had
Oct 24
It is with some trepidation I venture out for fondue for supper. Same restaurant as last May, remember it as one of my best meals ever
Oct 24
At lunch Myles asked me what Spätzli was. I told him. Waitress overheard us and tried very hard to pronounce it with a Bavarian accent
Oct 24
Dude! Zürich (way out there in the distance; trust me)!
Oct 24
First trip, no lunch. Second trip awful, Swiss-priced lunch. Today, my challenge!
Oct 24
Our third trip to Dielsdorf, in the Canton of Zürich. Let's see if this time I can figure out how and where to get a decent lunch
Oct 23
Dude! The Rheinfalls as seen from our train this afternoon.
Oct 23
Restaurant where we ate lunch had 24000 litres of seating
Oct 22
For the feast day of Pope St. John Paul II, here's a picture from last week in Krakow, at the Krakow Cathedral
Oct 22
When we were in Krakow last week, I saw posters at the churches with JPII's pic & today's date. Only now I realize it's about his feast day
Oct 22
Kids' menus in the US often include Pizza, regardless of cuisine of restaurant. At this Pizzeria in Villingen, includes Schnitzel.
Oct 22
One of the fun parts of travel is playing on equipment that would likely be prohibited on most US playgrounds ;-)
Oct 22
This 16th century lectern depicts the crucifixion. And an itchy dog. I imagine centuries of kids distracted by Fido
Oct 22
Woke up to 2 deg C here in the Black Forest. Really glad I packed long underwear for the kids
Oct 21
Last time we were here, in May 2013, it was cold and rainy with a few snowflakes flying.
Oct 21
Wind is really whipping around & the temp is dropping. Sure sign, I'm sure, that we have arrived here in Villingen.
Oct 21
Me: So I met this family at Legoland. They're from Shandong. And their kids-- Randy: You really can't resist can you? (sometimes I cannot)
Oct 21
One of the fun parts of Legoland was going through Fabrik, showing the kids how injection molding works, how the stripper plate moves, etc
Oct 21
On a mission to learn wie sagt man auf Deutsch "Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of a team"
Oct 20
Train doesn't leave for another thirty minutes, but it is warm and dry in here. And did I mention the power outlets?
Oct 20
Sitting on an agilis train that has power outlets! Whoo hoo
Oct 20
Now trying to make our final destination by midnight. My relaxing ride through the countryside has turned into sweaty chaos.
Oct 20
At Hof got back on another Nüremburg bound train departing minutes after we got back to Hof. What a crowded mess.
Oct 20
All I understood was "Something something Gleis."
Oct 20
Oh dear. Something caused our train to stop at Marktleuthe. Now we've reversed directions back toward Hof. And going so fast
Oct 20
And then we roll past places like this
Oct 20
Like this, somewhere southwest of Zwickau
Oct 20
Exactly what I needed after a few hectic but enjoyable days. Four hours rocking and rolling thru German farmlands
Oct 20
Almost boarded the wrong half of the train at Dresden. I feel less stupid when I see Germans making the same mistake
Oct 20
@Crumbsey please do! We will be I'm Schwarzwald later this week...,
Oct 20
Love the train ride Usti to Dresden. We keep calling these cliffs the valley's gods of old in petrified imprisonment
Oct 20
Good misty morning, Usti nad Labem
Oct 19
Bracing myself for telling Myles tomorrow that the castle he loves in this small Czech city is closed tomorrow.
Oct 19
@davidpetron heh. Randy was trying to remember it based on other events around that time. I was all, I got this
Oct 19 Talked with kids about Prague Spring while in Václavské náměstí today. Left out how I remember the year based on Jagr's sweater number
Oct 19
Speaking of Prague as Eastern Europe's New Orleans, a Dixie Jazz band was playing on Old Town Square
Oct 19
@lantaumama it is so cool. Myles remembers it but Brigid does not, so we have to go see it this morning
Oct 19
@pdemarte it's crazy adventure time. Prague until this afternoon. Then a small city in north Czechia, then Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc
Oct 18
Me to Randy: Seriously, some people act like Prague is New Orleans of Eastern Europe (slurping lunch's Aperol spritz)
Oct 18
Dude! Prague!
Oct 18
Me to Randy: I don't want to be one of those people who treat Prague like New Orleans (buys hot wine on the street before lunch)
Oct 18
@fjrsally anything you want a pic of for your archives?
Oct 18
@fishjourner no but the hairstyles of these fellow guests are firmly from there
Oct 18
Couldn't get a room in our usual Ibis. Staying in a chain hotel, full of American tour groups & river cruises. Lobby smells of hairspray
Oct 18
Things I love about Prague: Myles and I went out for coffee this morning and we bumped into the Powder Tower
Oct 18
@AdamMinter thanks! Time just keeps rolling.
Oct 17
In a cab in Prague tonight, I misheard Randy, thinking he said "City of Heartbreak." I now don't care what he said; that seemed to fit
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (eating Serbian food in Prague), now is it?
Oct 17
@Crumbsey Danke Schön! Wir haben so viel Spaß
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (on an IC bus), now is it?
Oct 17
Passed thru Hanau, where, in the words of one of my former VAC co-workers, they forge gods.
Oct 17
@sanverde it was instructive, tho, to show the kids the difference between fog (can see the top of) and smog (seems endless)
Oct 17
Our Lufthansa pilot king of understatement in English. "Frankfurt has some rain and some clouds" causes delay. Actually a gorgeous thick fog
Oct 17
@gr8fulterrapin can't find the portkey
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (in a German train station), now is it?
Oct 17
It's not everyday yer young man turns 11 (at 5:30 am in the Krakow airport), now is it?
Oct 16
In 2 days in Krakow, only encountered 2 tourists speaking Mandarin. They were from Taiwan.
Oct 16
@amywelborn2 it really is. And of course, 2 days hasn't been enough time.
Oct 16
New book idea, Krakow edition: Don't let the Pigeon drink your pivo
Oct 15
Dude! Krakow!
Oct 15
Basic Polish vocab podcasts I used to prep for this trip covered proszę, dziękuję & toaleta but not this crucial word
Oct 14
Heading to krakow tonite after this layover in Frankfurt. Me to Randy: please tell me the streets are paved in pierogi
Oct 14
Brigid: Mom, you have to stop speaking Chinese and focus on speaking German. FOR US
Oct 13
Listening to Basic Polish podcasts to prepare for upcoming trip. Trying to remember "dziękuję" I think "这 酷 亚."
The first tweets are at the bottom of the page; those at the top are the most recent. And they can be found after the jump
Nov 5
In 5+ years of living in BJ, I'd never seen the Great Wall from the plane. Today saw it. Wow. Felt like an excited tourist.
Nov 5
Learned a new Chinese word. 海牙 = The Hague. Helped a couple of Dutch tourists with entry cards. Visas were issued in 海牙.
Nov 5
@sarahplusone thank you. Arrived in one piece
Nov 4
Eight and a half hours, kids. Enjoy your unlimited Minecraft. Let me read, watch a grown up movie, and sleep, please
Nov 4
Dutyfree shop by our gate only sells FC Bayern swag.
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (waiting to board the flight backstop Beijing from Frankfurt)
Nov 4
@Crumbsey if Luftansa strikes our flight, we may just. Back to Beijing today
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (at the Kölner Dom in the rain)
Nov 4
But now I am six And as clever as clever (operating the water screw in Euskirchen, her birthday request)
Nov 4
But now I am six And I'm as clever as clever (making her own toast at the hotel)
Nov 3
A visit to St Damien's Leuven crypt to discuss w kids & pray for those treating Ebola patients http://www.bradfordera.com/news/article_6036dc3e-5b21-11e4-a679-eb61fd02c1f4.html?mode=jqm …
Nov 3
Ack! Delays getting out of Belgium. Track is wet and slippery heading back into Aachen
Nov 3
And a quick Julius at my hotel before the train back to Germany
Nov 3
Lunch was at a place that had 2000 beers in bottle and some beauties on tap. Like this one @blackChinahand
Nov 2
Only 24 hours in Belgium this time. I gotta drink bier in smaller bottles if I want to sample as many more
Nov 2
@fishjourner pinyinish
Nov 2
@fishjourner and my kids wonder why I mistake 地方 as a German word, as in Gibt es eine 地方....?
Nov 2
It's a Verkaufsoffener Sonntag here in Aachen. Not quite as crazy as American Black Friday, but still pretty busy
Nov 1
There ought to be a law. My Aachen hotel does not carry the right channels so we can watch Dortmund-Bayern from here
Nov 1
If I am successful in buying a Reus jersey for my nephew on this trip, it guarantees he'll sign with Bayern http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11881/9542673/bundesliga-borussia-dortmund-forward-marco-reus-shrugs-off-transfer-talk …
Nov 1
We all have sore necks from the Aachen Cathedral.
Nov 1
Wow. The tomb of Charlemagne
Oct 31
And what a small world. While we were being cordoned off in Paris, we stood next to an American student whose brother also lives in Beijing
Oct 31
Police cordoned off part of Paris Nord this afternoon. Had to leave for Aachen before we could learn why
Oct 31
@Beaup33p @gr8fulterrapin this one looks promising, tho. 3D animation!
Oct 31
@gr8fulterrapin it is based on a comic book series.
Oct 31
We just saw an ad for Asterix the movie! Opens November 27th in France. Now have to google to see if there will be an English version
Oct 31
Mom, are those Chinese characters on the Real Sociedad kit? (Yes, sponsored by Qbao now)
Oct 30
@Beaup33p absolutely gorgeous. Tho if Randy didn't have something work related here, we'd never come.
Oct 30
@Beaup33p Contxa in Donostia/San Sebastián
Oct 30
@lantaumama I'm waiting to hear science has determined younger firmer bodies come from topless sunbathing lol
Oct 30
Big contrast between us (Americans afraid of skin cancer & sunburn) & the other much less covered beachgoers here
Oct 30
@AuntSnoozie weren't for Mass. Side altar votives. Common in Spain. GIRM doesn't address votive material but USCCB says electric unfitting
Oct 30
Candle lighting not nearly as much fun when it is coin-op. No fire to handle
Oct 30
Ack! Sinoespañol almost made an appearance this morning. In my head I was insisting peño was friend in Spanish. You know, like 朋友 (pengyou)
Oct 29
Piling on the pintxos in Donostia
Oct 29
Kids worked hard on their sand sculptures today. Lack of beach toys makes them resourceful
Oct 29
Checking my beach pictures before I upload them to Flickr or Twitter to make sure all the background people are fully clothed or blurry
Oct 29
We've never seen this beach so busy. Then again, both previous visits (August 2011 & May 2013) it was cold and rainy
Oct 29
We love coming back to San Sebastian. It's even better without rain!
Oct 29
Add to that list the word for apple juice. While I know how to say it in Germa, but learned it from eating at German restaurants in China
Oct 29 Things I never learned in Spanish or German but know in Chinese: ATM, My kid dropped it, iced latte, playground
Oct 29 We request no feather pillows when possible in hotel reservations. I wish I could specify no tucking in the sheet at the end of the bed
Oct 29
One more pic from Gorizia. Actually Nova Gorica where we paid our respects to the last Bourbons, including Charles X
Oct 28
@amywelborn2 her pics are what pushed Randy to Verona over Venezia....tho we were just checked in to hotel & he said we'd really need a week
Oct 28
Checked the weather forecast for Donostia. Will be the warmest we've seen there. Previous visits in August (!) & May
Oct 28
Kids love standing here, one foot in Italia & one in Slovenia
Oct 28
Chapel of the Holy Spirit at Gorizia Castle
Oct 28
My kids discuss Legends of Chima like their Dad and uncle discuss Game of Thrones
Oct 27
Falling asleep in Italy while the Steelers are winning at the half. #sweet
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas seriously. Ridiculously awesome. So glad we weekended there but really needs a whole lot more time
Oct 27
Was little worried about our train to Gorizia tonight. Monfalcone has no Platform 4.
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas I seem to remember an old DVE thing about how living in Pgh means not needing to travel, with Verona and (North) Versailles
Oct 27
@Russell_Lucas umm sure. Looks just like this
Oct 26
Verona: Surprises at every turn and too much to see in 24 hours @amywelborn2
Oct 26
Even McDonald's looks better in Italy
Oct 26
I still have *some* of my arena pictures
Oct 26
Ugh. I got a cute picture of the kids in front of the Arena in Verona at night, but my camera appears to be broken.
Oct 25
@fishjourner agree!
Oct 25
Switzerland really knows how to send you off on your way to Italy.
Oct 25
As much as I would enjoy extending our stay in Switzerland through the weekend, it's on to Italy today
Oct 24
Woman at the fondue restaurant even remembered us as the American that lives in Asia.
Oct 24
This is the post I did last year on the fondue restaurant we ate at tonite http://www.jenambrose.blogspot.com/2013/06/our-best-meal.html?m=0 … same experience tonite, minus Bryan Ferry
Oct 24
Wii Hüsli lived up to my expectations and memory. This fondue still one of the best meals I've ever had
Oct 24
It is with some trepidation I venture out for fondue for supper. Same restaurant as last May, remember it as one of my best meals ever
Oct 24
At lunch Myles asked me what Spätzli was. I told him. Waitress overheard us and tried very hard to pronounce it with a Bavarian accent
Oct 24
Dude! Zürich (way out there in the distance; trust me)!
Oct 24
First trip, no lunch. Second trip awful, Swiss-priced lunch. Today, my challenge!
Oct 24
Our third trip to Dielsdorf, in the Canton of Zürich. Let's see if this time I can figure out how and where to get a decent lunch
Oct 23
Dude! The Rheinfalls as seen from our train this afternoon.
Oct 23
Restaurant where we ate lunch had 24000 litres of seating
Oct 22
For the feast day of Pope St. John Paul II, here's a picture from last week in Krakow, at the Krakow Cathedral
Oct 22
When we were in Krakow last week, I saw posters at the churches with JPII's pic & today's date. Only now I realize it's about his feast day
Oct 22
Kids' menus in the US often include Pizza, regardless of cuisine of restaurant. At this Pizzeria in Villingen, includes Schnitzel.
Oct 22
One of the fun parts of travel is playing on equipment that would likely be prohibited on most US playgrounds ;-)
Oct 22
This 16th century lectern depicts the crucifixion. And an itchy dog. I imagine centuries of kids distracted by Fido
Oct 22
Woke up to 2 deg C here in the Black Forest. Really glad I packed long underwear for the kids
Oct 21
Last time we were here, in May 2013, it was cold and rainy with a few snowflakes flying.
Oct 21
Wind is really whipping around & the temp is dropping. Sure sign, I'm sure, that we have arrived here in Villingen.
Oct 21
Me: So I met this family at Legoland. They're from Shandong. And their kids-- Randy: You really can't resist can you? (sometimes I cannot)
Oct 21
One of the fun parts of Legoland was going through Fabrik, showing the kids how injection molding works, how the stripper plate moves, etc
Oct 21
On a mission to learn wie sagt man auf Deutsch "Everything is awesome. Everything is cool when you're part of a team"
Oct 20
Train doesn't leave for another thirty minutes, but it is warm and dry in here. And did I mention the power outlets?
Oct 20
Sitting on an agilis train that has power outlets! Whoo hoo
Oct 20
Now trying to make our final destination by midnight. My relaxing ride through the countryside has turned into sweaty chaos.
Oct 20
At Hof got back on another Nüremburg bound train departing minutes after we got back to Hof. What a crowded mess.
Oct 20
All I understood was "Something something Gleis."
Oct 20
Oh dear. Something caused our train to stop at Marktleuthe. Now we've reversed directions back toward Hof. And going so fast
Oct 20
And then we roll past places like this
Oct 20
Like this, somewhere southwest of Zwickau
Oct 20
Exactly what I needed after a few hectic but enjoyable days. Four hours rocking and rolling thru German farmlands
Oct 20
Almost boarded the wrong half of the train at Dresden. I feel less stupid when I see Germans making the same mistake
Oct 20
@Crumbsey please do! We will be I'm Schwarzwald later this week...,
Oct 20
Love the train ride Usti to Dresden. We keep calling these cliffs the valley's gods of old in petrified imprisonment
Oct 20
Good misty morning, Usti nad Labem
Oct 19
Bracing myself for telling Myles tomorrow that the castle he loves in this small Czech city is closed tomorrow.
Oct 19
@davidpetron heh. Randy was trying to remember it based on other events around that time. I was all, I got this
Oct 19 Talked with kids about Prague Spring while in Václavské náměstí today. Left out how I remember the year based on Jagr's sweater number
Oct 19
Speaking of Prague as Eastern Europe's New Orleans, a Dixie Jazz band was playing on Old Town Square
Oct 19
@lantaumama it is so cool. Myles remembers it but Brigid does not, so we have to go see it this morning
Oct 19
@pdemarte it's crazy adventure time. Prague until this afternoon. Then a small city in north Czechia, then Germany, Switzerland, Italy, etc
Oct 18
Me to Randy: Seriously, some people act like Prague is New Orleans of Eastern Europe (slurping lunch's Aperol spritz)
Oct 18
Dude! Prague!
Oct 18
Me to Randy: I don't want to be one of those people who treat Prague like New Orleans (buys hot wine on the street before lunch)
Oct 18
@fjrsally anything you want a pic of for your archives?
Oct 18
@fishjourner no but the hairstyles of these fellow guests are firmly from there
Oct 18
Couldn't get a room in our usual Ibis. Staying in a chain hotel, full of American tour groups & river cruises. Lobby smells of hairspray
Oct 18
Things I love about Prague: Myles and I went out for coffee this morning and we bumped into the Powder Tower
Oct 18
@AdamMinter thanks! Time just keeps rolling.
Oct 17
In a cab in Prague tonight, I misheard Randy, thinking he said "City of Heartbreak." I now don't care what he said; that seemed to fit
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (eating Serbian food in Prague), now is it?
Oct 17
@Crumbsey Danke Schön! Wir haben so viel Spaß
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (on an IC bus), now is it?
Oct 17
Passed thru Hanau, where, in the words of one of my former VAC co-workers, they forge gods.
Oct 17
@sanverde it was instructive, tho, to show the kids the difference between fog (can see the top of) and smog (seems endless)
Oct 17
Our Lufthansa pilot king of understatement in English. "Frankfurt has some rain and some clouds" causes delay. Actually a gorgeous thick fog
Oct 17
@gr8fulterrapin can't find the portkey
Oct 17
It's not every day yer young man turns 11 (in a German train station), now is it?
Oct 17
It's not everyday yer young man turns 11 (at 5:30 am in the Krakow airport), now is it?
Oct 16
In 2 days in Krakow, only encountered 2 tourists speaking Mandarin. They were from Taiwan.
Oct 16
@amywelborn2 it really is. And of course, 2 days hasn't been enough time.
Oct 16
New book idea, Krakow edition: Don't let the Pigeon drink your pivo
Oct 15
Dude! Krakow!
Oct 15
Basic Polish vocab podcasts I used to prep for this trip covered proszę, dziękuję & toaleta but not this crucial word
Oct 14
Heading to krakow tonite after this layover in Frankfurt. Me to Randy: please tell me the streets are paved in pierogi
Oct 14
Brigid: Mom, you have to stop speaking Chinese and focus on speaking German. FOR US
Oct 13
Listening to Basic Polish podcasts to prepare for upcoming trip. Trying to remember "dziękuję" I think "这 酷 亚."
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