December 2008
18 posts
“happy new year!!!”
– hello from normandy [as seldom as it has been said know that recountings are soon to be had.]
this is a soon to be packing, scrambling, working, travelling, leaving in paris for new years rosemary saying something via blog that can’t be said in person.
let’s hear it for another year...
the nites →
the other night we had these boys come down from england and play at the park.
the two boys michael and antony had quite a trip to get here… they played a gig in london the night before and drove straight here from there.
now if you know your european geography like a good american should you should know that there is a bit of water separating the two countires and that most cars would...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAYLA you bring JOY to me and so...
i hope it was golden.
love you.
miss you.
cheers.
lubeck [dec 2....7]
seven in the am we went to the schnegan train station coming full circle from when we first got to germany a month ago except we had picked up another traveler on the way. slyvie, bunde and I were invited by reh-nah-tah, a nice lady that lives up north in a town called lubeck. she said that we could come and stay with her for a bit when we would like to so we decided to take a mini holiday...
“the time has come,” the walrus said, “to talk of many things: of...”
– -lewis carroll
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMILY CHRISTINE POTTER! [one day late]
i hope you had a good one and know that i look forward to the next time i see you when i can give you a birthday hug i have on reserve.
happy birthday jess!!!
although my little homeage to you was a few days late, i’m glad that you were right on time.
so glad you were born- you are wonderfull. glad to hear that you had a good one:)
love you. miss you.
le mont saint michel →
yesterday morning claudia and i woke up at 8:30 in the am and were off to a, at that time, secret destination.
later on i came to find out that we were going to the le mont saint michel. it is one of the most visited sites in normandy and that was evident by the number of tour buses and the size of the gift shop inside.
we got there after driving through fog as thick as italian hot chocolate...
[the] english
even though i am in france, i am staying with an english family that started this business here in france five years ago.
here is some of the vocab that is prepping me for my time further [yeah, i know it’s not the best time of the year to be going there…] north.
till: register
smart: lookin’ good! [well dressed]
kip: nap
lorrie: big truck | semi
mucked up: messed up
...
a bill gates in the making →
this is the site that nathan made. he is smart with many every-thing and this is a good example of the computer and the creative and the game[r] all wrapped into one. you should try the games. i did and needless to say, i clicked away defeated. you should give it a go if you have some free time or curiosity.
“formulat[ing] the relationship this way: without beauty, truth becomes legalism...”
– -Msgr. Lorenzo Albacete
this quote was sent by one katy dornbos and i wanted to share it with you. i am currently working out how i feel about it but i think it is interesting.
france via england. [dec 7]
to preface: i travelled from lubeck|hamburg. germany airport to london|stansted. england, to dinard. france, with my 15 kilo bag and wearing the other 10. this is part of my story of getting from point germany to point france.
I talked to joe [munich] for too long- when he told me the first time that it was two thirty also known as the about a half an hour after when I should have started to...
coming soon
tales of the adventures in lubeck and news from normandy.
happy birthday sharon!!!
hope it was a good one:) miss you.
thank you december 7th. →
the link is to an article talking about the closing of stansted airport outside of london which is where i flew through yesterday. if i would have been there one day later my flight would have been cancelled, i would have been without food except for my bag o german trail mix and i would have been sitting | standing | fuming along side many other travellers.
i feel for the people that are stuck...
from france.
as of december 7th you are soley getting one side of our european adventure.
i am currently in:
Bellefontaine Park Chemin de l’Eglise Bellefontaine 50520 France
from december 7 until december 31.
and bunde left today for berlin and down to vienna, austria where she will be staying with her friend paige for a bit, going to prague, then venice and down to rome to meet up with her the...
dear loved.
for the next 5 ish days we are staying with a wondrefully welcoming woman who lives in lubeck, germany. but as it would seem internet at her place is connect the phone or connect the internet. so, we are taking a break from the world wide internet as well as a break from raking, dishwashing on a large scale and work in general. we look forward to telling you about our time here after the fact. ...
day one hundred.
after raking the soggy leaves, in the soggy grass, on a soggy day, beth and i came up to the room and beth said, let me check something, i asked her, what are you checking on? and she said:
“yup, just like i thought, we’ve been travelling for 100 days today.”
this isn’t a half way point by any means, which is are usual tradition to bust out two snickers bars and delight...