Contel Darmstadt

The beer and Valium may cause a slightly hazy navigational experience while trying to catch my next flight. This will in no way cause me to actually avoid these drugs, but rather it will simply push me to do a bit of extra planning while still state-side.
I'll look up the map of the airport.
I'll work out my route from one gate to the next.
I'll look into specific landmarks to help jog my potentially foggy ...

... poetry, so I was rushed through. The truth be told, even I got bored after an hour of Nibelungen lore.

Before heading home, we all stopped at a local bakery to get a hot drink and a pastry. The décor was pleasant, but the deserts left much to be desired. Tracy pointed out the fruit flies covering a crumb cake of some sort in the display case – one to be served to customers. There is no way the employees did not know; fruit flies on food must not be ...

... Well here's the story:

After having met a bunch of design students "by chance" (still don't believe in chance though ;) at a party,

[to be continued]

I reckon this trip will help me to make some awesome pictures.

... their walls, not to mention some German candies.

Unfortunately it was time to call it a trip, so we all piled in the car and Flo kindly drove us home on the ultra-efficient Autobahn where nobody drives slowly in the left lane.

Auf wiedersehen! It was a great trip!

Pam and Glenn said:

Pam’s first observation of her old high school alma mater town of Frankfurt was that it had not changed much. From the Bahnhoff down ...

... of course), as the passer and receiver for each score took a little swig of either some fire whiskey (think cinnimon fireball candy) or honey rum. This was followed by some margaritas at a Mexican restaurant where the team went to have dinner (although it was a 30 min walk).

It was good fun, and I should be looking forward to my next tourney just 5 days away on the beaches of the Netherlands!

... I noticed many, many people on bikes. Even many people in their 70s were riding around on bikes. In Germany, it seems people shop, go to work, and do everything on bikes when they can. After the park, we walked down to see the "Hundert Wasser" Building, a strange modern apartment building that Christiane describes as looking like something out of bedrock! It is curvy and colorful, and every window in it is different. I have definitely never seen an ...

... park. It was actually such a beautiful day that day. It was 17 degrees! That is unheard of for Winter. At this time of the year it is usually -17 in Germany. I decided that this was the first day I didn't need to wear a big bulky jacket and decided to travel light. THat would have been fine... but, generally when one thing goes wrong, more things will also. Remember my pathetic dinner and ballet night? Or hamburg and getting sick? SO, they say things ...

... was an area that was like the main "quad" for lack of a better word, with tons of students hanging out and chatting, presumably waiting for their next class. There was a student union and student cafes, all packed to the gills! After some coffee and exploration, we hopped on the subway to the old town area. Frankfurt is unique to the other towns for many reasons, but one of the main ones is the vast number of museums all situated on the riverfront. You name it; there was a ...

I've been in Frankfurt several times, mostly checking out the gift show in my capacity as a trade show geek in general, promoter of my frog line in particular. So I know the town a bit. But this time we merely pass through, in the middle of the night, right through the center ...

... Ko Si Chang, which we enjoyed very much, due mainly to the absence of traffic. We stayed two nights in Naklua, at the north end of Pattaya, which is far enough away from the hordes of tourists to allow us to enjoy the local scene. We went into Pattaya to have an international buffet at Lek Hotel (nothing great) and a very nice dim-sum buffet at the best Chinese restaurant in Pattaya. (They say so themselves.) A common sight in Pattaya is a Western man (young or old ...