Update on the Job Interview & Sunday Tradition
My job interiew was this past Thursday with a company called EMBL. They are a molecular biology labratory, and they were looking for an event assistant for their conferences. I was hoping this would be good event management experience on the more corporate/trade level side, but unfortunately, the position was…
Going for a Walk
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…
Geography and Our Car
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…
Beth Moore: Hairbrush Story
A friend of mine posted this story from Beth Moore a few weeks ago, and I wanted to share it with you all too. For those of you who don’t know of Beth Moore, she is the founder of Living Proof Ministries and has written a number of Christian books.…
Geography and a Question or Two
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
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.…