Friday’s high is 47 and the low is 31. Yikes! Now, before all you Texans say you’re jealous and you wish it was like that there, just remember — German winter is as monotonous as Texas summers. Plus, we don’t get to see the sun much during the fall and…
Last week I asked you to define what geography is without looking at a dictionary, and y’all did really well. The people I talked to before I took my class tended to think I was taking a class where I would learn where countries and their capital are. Geography is…
First, I have a question about our trip to Baden-Baden that remains unanswered. Saturday night we were out on the balcony and around midnight, these glowing objects appeared to be rising off the lawn at the bottom of the hill (in front of the casino) and travelling up over the…
I forgot to mention our brief excursion into France while on our trip to Baden-Baden. On Sunday, the day we went to the horse races, we were very close to the French border. Iffezheim is right on the Rhine, which is the border between Germany and France in that area.…
The Thursday before Labor Day weekend, John and I decided to head to Baden-Baden for the weekend. John had Friday off as well as Monday, so we decided to leave in the morning. We spent the weekend in a hotel without a television or alarm clock and it was great.…
I hastily compiled this video of our resort today in between trying to do research for my upcoming class. Enjoy: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTwFPr4f5ao&hl=en&fs=1]