Monthly Archives: November 2009

dart station

Day tripping: Sun and rain in Dun Laoghaire

A couple of weeks ago Meltem and I took the chance, jumped on the DART and went to the suburban seaside town of Dun Laoghaire (pronounced Dunleary). The town which has a population of about 23,000 is situated about 12km south of Dublin city centre and … Read More

Paris: Rue Saint Dominique, Eiffel Tower

Autumn trip to Paris – wasistdas art exhibition and friends

Bonjour! I want to leave a couple of words and photos about my trip to Paris from 16 to 20 October 2009. Thanks to the 2nd year installment of the wasistdas exhibition it was a perfect reason to go there, meet a number of friends of the … Read More

denmark, westcoast, sunset

Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus and a number of excellent road trips

There is a lot of stuff to catch up. So: After a busy and less relaxing week at home where I had to get several things done, Bettina and I flew to Scandinavia. Early on 2nd October SAS airlines took us to Copenhagen, Denmark’s wonderful … Read More

nuremberg: rockfabrik

NDS in Nuremberg: Nazi party rally grounds, Altstadtfest and Rockfabrik

After I dropped off Meltem and Ronny at Munich’s Hauptbahnhof, Lincoln, Clay and I hit the Autobahn. We also headed north to Nuremberg, Franconia’s wonderful capitol city at which we arrived 1.5 hours and 160km later. After having a quick bite at Ronny’s we were … Read More

munich, oktoberfest: thomas, clay and miche

NDS Wiesntrip 2009: Munich and the Oktoberfest

This is the first of two posts outlining the events that took place when a selected bunch of fellow NDS coursemates, friends and I went to Germany – actually Bavaria – to discover Munich, the Oktoberfest, Nuremberg and its Altstadtfest. Clay, Meltem flew and I … Read More