Monthly Archives: September 2010

Europe 2010: Screwed Up Captions

We landed yesterday evening, we’re back in the States. The trip was amazing! Yesterday we relaxed and spent time with the cat; today is unpacking, errands, chores, etc (and the first Redskins game!). As I’ve mentioned, I also want to blog the trip and get photos up soon, before I get caught up in other [...]

Europe 2010: Update

We ate a traditional Swiss meal tonight and then went bar-hopping/ sight-seeing along Zurich’s Niederdorfstrasse tonight. It’s almost 2am, we’re back at the hotel (we leave tomorrow), I can’t sleep, and I’m polishing off the last of a Doner Kebab. All of which makes it a good time to pontificate. We’re on the juxtaposition of [...]

Europe 2010: Day 7

I’m marking this post for future publishing because I need to catalog today’s events for posterity. Hopefully the timeline works out in the end. Today was our prescheduled day for a day trip within decent range of Stuttgart. M33p suggested Garmisch, and after a little research I agreed- I’ve been hoping to see more of [...]

Europe 2010: Day 4

Day 4 consisted of heading back to AMS airport, meeting M33p at Stuttgart airport, dropping our stuff at his place, and heading to Wine Fest to meet a bunch of his friends. Here are the Day 4 photos. Amsterdam’s airport (AMS, in case there are multiple) is laid out well, with an almost industrial architecture [...]