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Game on!

February 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Last weekend was my ‘game weekend.’ It started out on Friday night when I hosted ‘game night.’ I had been craving to play games recently, so it seemed like a good time to do this. A number of friends from work came over with the games and I made a lasagna and salad. (clockwise): Emil, […]

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Tags: Germany · Life · Potsdam · Ultimate Frisbee

B^4 (Bob’s Birthday Bowling Bash)

February 3rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

For my birthday, my co-workers took me bowling yesterday afternoon. I rode my bike there with Paul, Emil, and Finn. The sun was out and I was able to wear the sunglasses I had bought back in October for the first time! The sun was short lived as it actually began to snow while we […]

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Tags: AWI · holidays · Life · Potsdam

The Prison Sex Show

January 27th, 2008 · Comments Off

Last night I went to the English Theatre Berlin to see ‘The Prison Sex Show.’ With a title like that, how could I go wrong??? The English Theatre Berlin (formally known as the ‘Friends of Italian Opera’) is a cool little theatre that seems to be randomly placed off some random street in Kreutzberg (a […]

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Tags: Berlin · Culture ? · Life

New Life in the Wohnung

January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off

A couple weeks ago, Konstanze (friend/co-worker at AWI) brought me a new plant for my Wohnung (apartment). I have been talking about getting one for a while now, but I have resisted as I have never been so good with keeping these things alive. Anyway, I am happy to report that not only is the […]

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Tags: Life · Potsdam · weather

What a difference a day makes

January 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Today the weather FINALLY broke a bit with much warmer temperatures and sunshine. A very welcome relief. Today was also my first sighting of canadian geese returning. I also went to ultimate frisbee training (which is also good in itself) and a few team mates went to a pretty cool pub afterward. Germany instituted a […]

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Tags: Life · Potsdam · Uncategorized

Getting soft ….

January 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off

So I am VERY cold. It has been cold here since New Year’s Day when it started raining snow. Since that time, the temperatures have dropped and the wind has picked up. A very damp, windy, cut through your clothes sort of cold here. While the temperature was only -4°C, with the wind chill it […]

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Tags: Germany · Potsdam · weather