Amazing Day in Köln, Germany! Starbucks AND the Zoo

My wife and I went to the Zoo and to Starbucks on the very same day. Out of control. It was her birthday.

Cassius Garten: Eating Well in Bonn, Germany

Having lived in Bonn, Germany for seven years, I've had the chance to try out lots of the retaurants. Cassius Garten, located across from the main train station downtown, is one of my favorites. It is both a...

BarCamp Amsterdam ROCKS

Imagine a bunch of geeks, whipped to a frenzy by a whole week of high energy tech talk AND nightlife in Amsterdam, locked in a media company with nothing but beer, WiFi, Indian food and the heat from their...

Secret Service Suggests Self-Censorship: Bush and Guns Pics

Bush and guns. Seems like a natural fit, like hangman and noose, or bomb and crater. Not to the Secret Service, however. Mixing photos of guns and Dubya will earn you a visit by the S.S. and all of the joy that...

Bonn Vegetable Market

The Marktplatz in the center of Bonn is always very lively during the day. It is full of vegetable carts and people selling their goods. It is also loud, as the vendors try to advertise their special offers...

Google Summer of Code 2005

Google has set aside up to $1,000,000 in stipends for students who want to contribute to open source projects over the summer. They have compiled a list of mentoring organizations and each organization has compiled a list of ideas which students could choose to work on....

World Games in Powerlifting, 2005

The World Games, 2005, will be held in Duisburg, Germany, from July 14 to 24. Featured will be power sports like powerlifting and weight lifting. http://www.worldgames2005.de/en/

Powerlifting German Championships

The German Championships in Powerlifting took place on April 1 an 2 in Rüsselsheim, Germany. Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka took 3rd place in the weight category

Help Germans quit smoking. Identify ways to keep cigs away from kids.

Germans stink. No, I really mean this. The average German smells like an ashtray because he or she just came from some public place - restaurant, store, train station etc. - where masses of people were smoking....

Street musicians in Europe

I'd like to see examples of street musicians throughout Europe. I know in Bonn that we get great performers all the time. It is part of what makes living here so much fun.

Spring (and loud birds) has come to Germany

Ok, so I'm a nature lover, right? I like trees, mountains, green grass, sunshine, and birds. Most of the time. The bird-loving bit ends though, around 4:45AM every morning from Spring until Fall because of one...

Starving people = doctor assisted death

As much as I would like to have the choice to end my life should it become intolerable due to disease, I can't imagine I would like being allowed to starve to death as a means of ending my life. This is what is...

Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka in Jackson, MI - Grieg Concerto

German pianist Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka will be in Jackson, Michigan this week to perform the Grieg Piano Concerto with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra.

Nintendo promoting Dual Screen (DS) in Belgium

Nintendo had hoardes of DS gameboy toting kids running through the trainstations in Belgium in a country-wide effort to promote their newest product. Curious travellers had the chance to participate in...

Drupalcon 2005, developer code sprint

Drupal (drupal.org) developers from around the world converged on Antwerp, Belgium, today to discuss the future directions of the project and exchange ideas. High on the list of priorities were creating a...
 

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