Archives: 2010 March
It’s that time of the decade: I’m reinstalling Debian
March 30th, 2010, 7 Comments
My main home workstation (previously named katherina, after a distant ancestor) was originally bought a few years ago — probably 2002 or 2003. Since then, it’s had its motherboard upgraded twice, new hard disks, and then even was moved to a completely new machine back in January. Throughout all of that, it’s still running the [...]
Trip part 7: The Journey Home
March 30th, 2010, 2 Comments
March 21 was a day of sitting. We ate breakfast in our hotel in Prague that morning, which was pretty similar to an American hotel breakfast, save that the rolls contained black olives and that the all-you-can-eat buffet didn’t have people take a new plate on their second time through. Anyhow, we made it to [...]
Trip part 6: Prague
March 29th, 2010, 6 Comments
Note: this post written on March 20-21 and posted after our return. (two women looking into the crypt at St. George’s Basilica) We’ve had a good couple of days in Prague. The city definitely feels more, well, foreign than Germany — and that is perhaps accentuated by the fact that I don’t know any Czech [...]
Trip part 5: Leipzig
March 28th, 2010, 5 Comments
Note: this post written on March 19 for posting after we return. We arrived at Leipzig — surprisingly — about 5 minutes late on Wednesday morning. My friend Brad was at the Leipzig Hauptbahnhof (central stration) to meet us. As we walked through the city with him, he commented that I hadn’t yet tried Currywurst, [...]
Trip part 4: Berlin
March 27th, 2010, 8 Comments
Note: this post was written on March 16 and posted after our return home. Also, I took no photos in Berlin, reasoning that I could leave my camera at the hotel so as to not worry about it, since I’m sure there are enough photos of the Brandenburg Gate in the world already. Photos on [...]
Trip part 3: Lübeck
March 26th, 2010, 13 Comments
Note: This post was written in March 14-15 and posted after our return. When I think about Lübeck, the first thing that strikes me is the feeling of history underfoot. It struck me most when we set foot inside the Marienkirche. I had never quite felt a wave of a feeling of stepping back in [...]
Trip part 2: Flight to Hamburg
March 25th, 2010, 2 Comments
Note: This post written March 13, and posted after our return. Yesterday was a day of travel. We said goodbye to Jacob and Oliver in the morning. We had thought a lot about how to tell Jacob what was happening and when to tell him. Ultimately, he doesn’t really understand time or distance very well [...]
Review: Travel as a Political Act by Rick Steves
March 24th, 2010, 9 Comments
Rick Steves is known for writing books, and producing public TV shows, about travel to Europe. He encourages people to get out of their comfort zone, advocates staying in homes instead of hotels, and giving yourself permission to struggle to communicate in a land of unfamiliar language. That way, you get to experience not just [...]
Trip part 1: Kansas to Indiana
March 24th, 2010, 1 Comment
Note: This post was written March 12, and posting was delayed until our return home. This is the first part of our trip: driving from Kansas to Indiana with Jacob and Oliver. From Indiana, we’ll be flying to Germany while the boys stay with their grandparents. We normally don’t like long road trips. Our preferred [...]
Numerous Updates
March 10th, 2010, 1 Comment
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted some family/home updates, so here they are, sorta random-like… Jacob is 3.5 now, and Oliver is about 8 months old at this point. Jacob Jacob has a few trends going on lately: pretending to be a cat, and inventing new games to play. He has one game he likes [...]
