First couple of weeks at the European Astronaut Center
Ok so while Rani is out there in the streets dealing with learning all things German and random French SNCF dudes, my life has been much more conventionnal at the EAC. When I first got there the place...
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Commuting
With a 24-25km commute to work on my bike, you can imagine that this is the highlight of my day. In the last two weeks I put in about 500km of riding in, about 250km of those spent completely lost....
View ArticleWhat is this place we are always referring to as paradise?
Finally, a blog about our favourite place on earth - Baden-Baden. We discovered this late in the Strasbourg year with the other students, and I can say without a doubt, that we are all kicking...
View ArticleGerman class
It's week 2 of german sprechen! My class has grown from 4 to 10, with every growth reaping more and more interesting people. There are three americans, all gay, who have found german partners in the...
View ArticleWires crossed
Lisa, our landlady who we live with, speaks english, french, dutch and of course, german. Her french and english are very good, but once in a while, there is a miscommunication.Tonight while we were...
View ArticleGrowth spurts sind nicht Spaß!
So I have noticed that when women are pregnant, belly growth is not gradual but rather comes in spurts. Last Saturday, Axel and I went out with our friend Daria (another ISU student who is in...
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Two nuns walk into a room...
...just got two new students in the class. I snuck in a photo with my phone (I think god will officially strike me down if I wasn't on the list before). My two gayboys then got jealous and made me take...
View Articlefull circle - back in strasbourg
i am killing time at the internet cafe that i spent way too much time in last september while we waited to get hooked up at home. times have changed - it has moved into the new mall which means a whole...
View Articleapparently i'm more than just round...
...I'm also a healer!?!Yesterday the thai girl in my class, who has brought me cherries to take home and always has food and water for me (she's like my backpack of supplies), asked me a question. She...
View Articlemein deutsch Kurs - monnat eins
So we are ending the first month of german and can I tell you how fun and hard this language is? I thought learning french was a challenge. It's like easy math compared to german.Here's why:1. Artikels...
View ArticleParrots of Ehrenfeld?!
For those who have seen this documentary, you may have wished that you also had a wild flock of parrots in your backyard. We did.And now, we do!!!! The park across the street from us has a flock of...
View ArticleLearning a new language with a mix of people, rather than burnt out...
I say this because the demographic of the class is as follows:- 1 x 16 year old Turkish boy who's idea of fun is to try and bum smokes off the guys in the class - 1 x nun from Japan who took a 9 week...
View Articlenot a total bust of a day
Today was my "big" errand day. I had to pick up a train ticket at the main station for my friend Caroline (saved her 25 euros), then go and try to get a part for the bed we currently sleep on because...
View ArticleIt's not a drum solo!
I have been experiencing some pretty funky moves by Pickles this past month. Mostly kicks and turns, but probably once a day, there are hard kicks on one side with really fast movements on the other...
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The wrong day for an ill-fitting shirt
This morning I realized that my favourite shirt has hit maximum stretch and is no longer wearable if I don't want massive cleavage, as my belly stretches it to the limit. But because I was in a hurry...
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Article 9
Last month, our dear friend, Erin, came all the way to Köln go visit us after a greuling 14 hour interview in Heidelberg (Yes she got the job!!). She is the reason why Ax and I are in Europe in the...
View ArticleThe epic weekend begins with a day of 5 cities
This weekend Axel and I went to Berlin to see the U2 concert. This will be my next blog, but I must first tell you about the Friday, the crazy start to the crazy weekend.Axel's colleague's partner just...
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KSD
Last Sunday, Axel and were accompanied by Lisa, our landlady, to the Asian Museum. She really wanted to take us because she thought we would would enjoy it since we know much about Asia (by default and...
View ArticleBanned
It's true. Pregnancy really fills you up with raging hormones that cause you such weird emotions. Yesterday I cried when I read about Sam, the koala that was rescued last year during the Australian...
View Articlewhere to buy a bike in köln...and how to test your german
this comes with a disclaimer that I was only brought to this shop unknowingly. Russian 1 had come to class a bit late way back in June and squeezed himself in the corner of the room next to the window,...
View Articlefor a little blog break...
...we just had pickles! At 6:08 am this morning (Sept 8, yes a month early). It's a girl. Mila (and maybe Mahara...still trying to figure out if this works ok in french), and 2.27 kg (5 lbs almost...
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New town, one-handed
So we've moved...yet again. This time, it's temporarily in Aix-en-Provence, the heart of provence where, oh yeah, thermal spas used to and still exist!!! We officially put our bags into the apt on Sep...
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Fountains
If you have been to Aix, then you know it's the land of the fountain. Every block or two, a fountain has managed to be built, usually in a formidable manner right smack in the middle of a courtyard or...
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Beef, red beans and Edith Piaf
Hmm..this blog is becoming less and less about Strasbourg...this entry is all Kyoto..Japan. So tonight I got a rare insight of life with my mom when I'm not around. Her pal took us out to eat beef....
View ArticleNew blog announcement
Sorry...it's taken way longer to let you all know that we are moving blogs. New location, new career paths, new member of the family have all contributed to the new web address.Please go to our new...
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