Today I am in full recovery mode from a very busy, and very good, weekend. The weekend started out on Thursday night after work with Konni and I going to the Abenteuer Park. It was a lot of fun and very challenging (both muscles and nerves). We made it around three different loops in the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Friends'
Busy weekend
August 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Friends · Life
Back in Germany
July 21st, 2008 · Comments Off
I am back in Germany and finally starting to catch up on my sleep. I am now in the home stretch of my stay here – busy trying to finish up things with work and beginning to really plan the next steps forward. I am also trying to figure out how to do all the […]
Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Friends · Germany · Life · politics
Back in Fairbanks
July 7th, 2008 · Comments Off
It has been a while since my last post. Life has been more than a bit busy lately. Now I am in Fairbanks and it really feels good to be back. I have been here for the past week or so for the NICOP conference hosted by UAF. The conference was good, but the highlights […]
A week of contrasts
May 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
Last week, my friend Mareike (engineer I met on Svalbard last summer) and I spent a week wandering around Romania. Romania is situated in the far east of Europe bordering on the Black Sea. It is a country that underwent a bloody revolution in 1989 and is appears to be building its way back out […]
Tags: Friends · holidays · Travel
European Hopping – Easter weekend in Zürich
March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Last weekend I spent the long (4 day) Easter weekend in Zürich, Switzerland with Ryan, Hil, and Sophie. Yep, two weekends in a row hanging out with these guys. I am pretty lucky. Two great weekends back-to-back! I arrived early Friday morning (after a late night out with Konni watching the Blue Man Group in […]
Tags: Friends · holidays · Life
Beach ultimate in Barcelona
March 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Last weekend, I met up with Ryan, Hil, and Sophie in Barcelona to play some beach ultimate frisbee with Strange Blue (from Cambridge, England). I had a fantastic weekend! By far the best I have had in a very long time. It was a great weekend that was good for my soul. Getting to Barcelona […]
Tags: Friends · holidays · Life · Ultimate Frisbee
Heather in the Black Forest
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
Heather Best, a friend from Fairbanks, made the long flight to Freundenstadt, Germany (located in the famed Black Forest) to compete in the World Winter Triathlon Championships. The winter triathlon combines running, biking, and skiing – supposedly all on snow. Paul and I ‘road tripped’ down to watch to her compete. The conditions were less […]
