September 13, 2009: Last Full Day in Europe

Today is my final day in Germany.  I will leave Germany by rail first thing tomorrow morning (Monday) and travel back to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and fly back to Dublin where I will set for three hours, again, before flying back to JFK in New York. I slept in again this morning; …

No Internet for Twenty Four Hours

My Internet Access (Internetzugang) here in Germany will be shut off in roughly half an hour.  At that time I will be without Internet access until I am settled in in New York on Monday night.  No SGL updates until after that time, I am afraid.  Nothing that I can really do about that.  In …

September 12, 2009: Osnabruck Old Town

Today was the day that I set aside for seeing the Osnabruck Old Town – the historic district left standing after the bombings in World War II that flattened most of the city. Fortunately the Rathaus, City Hall, which is Osnabruck’s most important landmark was not hit. I slept in until very late morning.  I …

September 11, 2009: Walking to Hasbergen

After finally managing to fall asleep last night at two in the morning I miraculously slept for eleven hours not waking up until one in the afternoon!  It was awesome.  I am feeling so much better now.  Getting that sleep gave my body the strength that it needed to beat back this flu and put …