Archive for July, 2008
Taking a break
London Eye. Those little pods can hold 25 people! No, I’ve not been on it. Roxi has, though. Just a quick note to say I’m taking a break from blogging. We’re going on holiday bright and early on Friday morning and there’s laundry to be done and other things take care of. See you in [...]
Mad King Ludwig’s Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein Castles
Wake up early if you want to visit “Mad” King Ludwig’s castles. From Munich, they’re a little more than two hours via train and bus. Oh, and prepare yourself for the crowds, though I must admit in June they’re not horrible. We took the 7 AM train from Munich to Fussen. That really doesn’t seem [...]
Kids Week in the West End
We have Roxi’s friend “H” from Texas here for the next couple of days. But I just wanted to stop in to say, if you’re going to be in London August 15-29, and you have a child, AND you both like musical theatre, you can take advantage of Kids Week in London. The deal is [...]
Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site (warning: grim)
I almost didn’t write this post. I procrastinated, mainly because every time I thought about it, my stomach clenched and I was unsure of what I wanted to say. It’s a tough subject. So then I made a deal with myself that I would only show a few pictures and include a link to the [...]
Dear London,
I had such a nice time with you yesterday. Wasn’t the weather wonderful? No rain and not too cool nor too hot (well, except in the underground). I was going to send you photos of our day, but I can’t find my camera cable anywhere! I’ve been working in three different rooms lately, so I [...]
To the city!
Big Ben and Parliament just a few weeks ago. Roxi and I are off to the city to meet some friends from Texas. Roxi and the friends will go one way, I’ll go another… More tomorrow :-)
Documentation Centre and Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg, Germany
Our trip to Germany included some stops that I must admit wouldn’t have been on my list of things to see had it not been for Mr. DJ’s interest in the First and Second World Wars. If it were up to me, we’d be in museums and cafés. If it were left up to Roxi, [...]
Driving in England takes aaaaaaaages
I took Roxi to her friend Y’s house for a birthday sleepover today. Normally, we would go by train, but today I drove because we were running late. Their house is only 11 miles from ours. Care to guess how long it took to drive there? Forty-five minutes. And that is without traffic or construction. [...]
Thoughts becoming things*
Sweet flowers in a meadow not far from my home. England. This post is inspired by my blogging pal Alyson of New England Living. She and I had a short exchange in my comments section yesterday about voicing our dreams and “putting things out there” for the Universe to help with. It reminded me of [...]
Oom-pah Bands and Buskers in Munich and Salzburg
Germany really does mean huge beers, sauerkraut, grilled sausages, and strudel. And music? Well, at least in Bavaria, it’s toe-tapping oom-pah. It didn’t matter that we couldn’t understand the words (though I am sure we missed something good because the locals were laughing a lot). We just swung our glaskrugs around when everyone else did. [...]
