While in Vienna over the weekend, I definitely used my cell phone charger, because my phone is my only timepiece. I unfortunately had forgotten to load up on credit for my prepaid phone, so I couldn’t Twit like crazy while sipping Viennese coffee, climbing cathedral towers, prowling through used book shops, and drinking till I … Continue reading
Back home from the weekend’s adventures. We ended up skipping over Salzburg, as we were too tired to really do anything, and headed straight to Vienna. A few days were spent there, and spontaneously on the way back to Salzburg (to transfer to Munichbound train) decided to hop off at Melk, which made for a … Continue reading
It was spontaneously decided among myself and some friends that this weekend (a holiday weekend here) is to be spent traveling. We shall hurl ourselves onto a train in the early morning to Salzburg, spend the morning there, then hop back onto a second train to finish the journey—a grueling seven hours—to Vienna. photo by … Continue reading
I’ve been working on getting a scholarship to study in Taiwan for Fall 2008. Of course, I’ll definitely need to brush up on my Chinese before I go. Back in the States, I’ve already taken two quarters of Mandarin. The coursework was primarily in Pinyin, which means I didn’t really learn many characters. My pronunciation … Continue reading
Years ago, I came to Germany on a brief trip with my high school. I don’t think the trip was even 2 weeks long, and it was designed to provide a general image of Germany, so we stayed in several major cities at most 2 or 3 days. I had an absolute blast, and my … Continue reading
Home, after sleeping for five hours as my rideshare sped down the autobahn. Came home to a very messy room, as I packed in a hurry because I’d overslept before heading to Berlin. I’m doing laundry and dull chores right now. Once my space is well organized—or at least once I feel I’ve put enough … Continue reading
Hanging out with Cihan couldn’t be better. Over the past few days, we’ve spent a ton of time with his family and girlfriend, eating way more than any normal person should be comfortable with—thus I am quite happy—playing card games, and watching movies. We crashed at Cihan’s place last night, because the gamers who were … Continue reading
I haven’t posted recently because I’m in Berlin, celebrating the holidays with Cihan and his awesome family. Last time I was with him, he inquired as to what I’d be doing over winter break (what we have of a winter break, that is), and when he heard that I wasn’t visiting the States and didn’t … Continue reading
I know I’ve already talked extensively about the trip, but I’m simply not done yet. There were definitely some real gems of anecdotes buried in that weekend, and I don’t want them to go untold. For example, after coming back from the bar on Friday night, Cihan was wrangled into brotherly combat with one of … Continue reading
On Friday morning, I hopped on a bus to head out to visit Cihan. It was Cihan who so kindly notified me of the possibility of travelling with a bus, and I’m sure glad he did. The thing left at 9:30am or so, and I, very tuckered out from an arduous Thursday night of drinking … Continue reading