[Insert happy giggling here] I talked to Caitlin today on the phone for the first time and now I’m even more excited to come to Chicago than I was before. I was actually nervous calling, because it seems so weird to call a person you only know from the internet, but then it must be […]

Woo-hoo! We did it! Hey, all of you Great Lakes States… Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and what-not. This fall we will come, see and conquer. Are you excited now, too? And now, please excuse, while I start to worry about all the things that could go wrong. I can get insurances where, again?

Because blondelibrarian did it, I had to as well: Your travel type: Culture Buff The culture buff needs to see a museum, an art gallery, a 16-th century church every day during his holiday. When he travels he is always well prepared. He has read history books, speaks a few words of the lingo, knows […]

The bright side of my husband going to Munich for two days is that I will be at the airport two evenings in one week. I LOVE the airport. Big letter love. One time when we were coming back from a friend and knew we had to change trains anyway we decided to get off […]

I’m not even totally kidding. I had no expectations of Darmstadt at all, for me it was just a name of a city south of Cologne and I was surprised how beautiful and interesting it was, or at least those parts of Darmstadt that Anke and Berndt showed us. I’m still amazed. Anyway, it is […]

I’m leaving the office in about 20 minutes and we’re going to Darmstadt. This is like the furthest I’ve been away in the last four years or so. Pity me, please. (Only that it’s completely my fault, since my priorities are ‚Stuff First, Voyages Second‘.) So no time for a long post and no promise […]