Back to the Weinachts Markt in the shadow of the great Cathedral. The Fruh beer hall is just 200 meters from there. It was crowded. .21l glasses were only 1.6 Euro. A band was playing on the other side of the square. And Herr Ober kept coming back to our
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We have been really out and about. Ghent, Brugge, Brussels and Antwerp. Oh yea-we stopped in Maastricht on the way back to Koln today. So its been a busy but productive couple of days. That have not left much time for posting. I have some great observations about life and
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Something I have long suspected: It's very simple why women don't like her as much as men. Women saw through Sarah Palin and we saw through her quickly. Men are literal and are more likely to say what they mean and mean what they say. Women are more nuanced and better able
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Well, the internet connection has turned out to be about as lazy as your average Frenchman-thus the posts have been lacking. Also truth be told-we have been covering a lot of territory between our first destination and our current one. As Paul guessed we were in Bonn for a day
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Big breasts shall not be abridged. I'm agreeing with my Canadian Counterpart here and going to the trenches. " We draw the line here!" I'm frankly exhausted by explaining how wonderful the US Constitution is to people who give me a polite hearing, and then tell me that they have
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Please forgive the lack of posts. Internet access was spotty in the hotel-while the beer in bar downstairs was quite reliable. Now in a different city-with better internet. Here are the clues for round one: Beethoven was born here. The UN has a headquarters here This city was the site
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Out of pocket from Shopping Mall at the end of this week-as the S.O. and I go on a vacation over the holidays next week. Stay tuned for upcoming instalments of "Where's Waldo?".
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And how much most Americans do not know about one of their most important allies. Item 1. The bow that has the citizens of greater wingnuttia so upset. Here’s a dose of reality from our British cousins: They were nothing of the sort: the handshake, though not strictly necessary, has
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I’d do it myself, but it appears to have already been done for me: Anyone who has watched enough early morning Sunday TV will recognize some of the appeals to dog-whistle listeners within: Palin wants to be a celebrity and was willing to act out what she understood to be
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From an email making its way around Wall Street this morning: Our Chairman, Who Art At Goldman, Blankfein Be Thy Name. The Rally’s Come. God’s Work Be Done On Earth As There’s No Fear Of Correction. Give Us This Day Our Daily Gains, And Bankrupt Our Competitors As You Taught
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