Posted on August 27th, 2006 in Europe, Family | 3 Comments
Summer starts high school tomorrow. I’m opening the photo studio to shoot DA photos starting tomorrow too. We will be in our house Friday! We can’t wait! Our lives are beginning here, we can feel it.
The questions that I’m writing about now are, “When do you feel like you are no longer a ‘tourist’ and become a member of the community?” “Is it over time? How do you measure that? Can you?” I feel small changes taking place. Work and life begins, I’m becoming familiar with the area. I see less and less of the Tom-Tom. I know where things are, what food is good, where to buy my favorite pastry, things like that. Things are changing.
Tags: new life, re-inventing yourself
Posted on August 24th, 2006 in Europe | 2 Comments
We’ve been very busy lately. Summer starts school Monday, Jean and I have been in a “cultural immersion” class in Heidelberg all week and we moved to a different hotel. Internet connections aren’t as easy to get here as in the states, hence the delay in posts, emails and general communication. We’ll get better when we get in our house and get settled!
We are now staying at the Alexandros Hotel & Restuarant in Kaefertal. It’s MUCH BIGGER than our previous places. We have our own rooms and the shower is huge! The best part is that there is authentic Greek food a few steps from our door!
Here is an abstract Autobahn and Beer Bottles video. FYI: 170 kmph equals 106 mph. The idea here was the these beer bottles that I had rolling around in the back of the car, kept tipping over and almost breaking. It’s all about the autobahn and beer here, okay?
(6.6 MB WMV Movie)
Tags: The Autobahn and Beer Bottles
Posted on August 20th, 2006 in Europe | Leave A Comment
I am playing with the idea of doing some video this semester (along with still and writing). I’ve complied a small 1:30 video about the media and some of the sounds, scenes and things I deal with on a daily basis… (click to see video)
(7.8 MB WMV Movie)
Tags: Misunderstood... Language Barrier
Posted on August 20th, 2006 in Europe | Leave A Comment
This is the longest German word (37 letters) I have ever seen. It was one a truck at a market. It also has one of the MANY great street names in Viernheim (our adopted village), Beethoven Straße.
“Food Retail Trade Company, Viernheim, Germany”
August 20, 2006
“Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz” won a special award as the longest German word of the year. The monster word consisted of 63 letters, 20 syllables, and ten individual words—all to express a law having to do with British beef (Rindfleisch) and the so-called “mad cow disease.”
Tags: The Longest German Word...
