Archive for April, 2008
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 [...]