Travel
Laura’s Parents Visit Europe – Easter 2009
On Good Friday, Laura and I woke up early to head to the airport in Düsseldorf to welcome her parents, Barney and Donna, for their week long visit to Europe. I’d been sick for the week leading up to their arrival (*very* bad stomach bug) and was a little unsure about whether I’d be able [...]
Catching Up… Switzerland in September
Waaay back in September – Sep 19-21 to be exact – Laura and I left work early on a Friday afternoon to take a train into Switzerland. A friend of ours from college, Justin, had been living in Neuchatel, Switzerland as part of a temporary work assignment and invited us to join him for some [...]
Weekend Trip to Paris
After a few stressful weeks at work and some weekends of bad weather and bad luck (including my bike getting stolen) in Düsseldorf, Laura and I were ready to do some traveling again. We spent the last weekend (Aug 8-10) in Paris and had a wonderful time. The weekend began early on Friday morning, with [...]
Back from a trip to Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc (The Netherlands)
We picked up our rental car Friday night, as well as a new bike rack, and by 10am on Saturday morning, were on our way to The Netherlands. Düsseldorf is approximately 91 km from the Germany/Netherlands border and a trip to Amsterdam – the first stop of the weekend – is less than two and [...]
Pushing buttons
I’ve spent the past few weeks since arriving here in Germany playing with my new favorite toy – my Nikon D40 DSLR camera. It’s been almost ten years since I played with a camera with more than a push-button point-and-shoot mode. The advent of cheap consumer level cameras with the types of advance features and [...]
Working finally…
Well, I finally started work this week after a full month (actually 5 weeks) of waiting for my work permit to be approved by the Düsseldorf City office. I'm working as an 'environmental manager' at the Corporate Center. I really had no idea what all that entailed until showing up for work on Thursday. I'm [...]
Weekend trip to Köln (Cologne) and Bonn
Laura and I took a trip to Köln (Cologne), Germany on Saturday since the weather was nice and we had some free time. Köln is about 30 minutes south of Düsseldorf along the Rhine River. We purchased a Schönes Wochenende (Nice Weekend) train ticket, which would allow us to travel to any other town within [...]
We’re Here!
Well, we’re here now – have been for right at 2 weeks now – and we’re finally settled in, so I thought I’d catch everyone up. Obviously, the last 15 days have been pretty crazy, starting with the the 7 of our 8 checked pieces of luggage *not* making it on the plane from Louisville [...]
Moving to Germany
Well folks, things are finally going to get interesting around here. Laura has accepted a position with her company's (E.On) corporate center in Düsseldorf, Germany. Obviously, this is quite a unique opportunity that's been presented with us, and after much deliberation, stress, worrying, prayers, and a huge leap of faith – we decided we're making the [...]