The Germany photos are up! Just click here to see them. Specifically, we were in Hannover, Hamburg, and Berlin. All three cities were quite unique from each other, but I enjoyed them all quite a bit. Hannover is a pleasant city of about half a million, where I felt comfortable riding a bike around the …
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Ireland Photos & Thoughts
Yes, that’s right — the photos from Ireland are up! And you can view them by clicking on Dublin and Howth. We had a lovely time in Ireland. Mein Schatz‘s conference was held at Trinity College, so we spent most of our time in Dublin, though we were able to travel to the small coastal …
Twenty-Nine
Thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes (though my nephew wins the prize for cutest greeting)! I did indeed have an enjoyable birthday — spending the day at the National Gallery and the Famine Memorial and spending the evening at a play and dinner. Today we headed out of the city to the town of …
Baile Átha Cliath
I realize I’ve been in Dublin for two and half days and haven’t even told you about what I’ve been seeing yet! To start, here’s a bit of Wikipedia background on the city for you: “The earliest reference to Dublin is in the writings of Claudius Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy), the Greek astronomer and cartographer, around the …