„Quintili Vare, legiones redde!“ Today is, as best as anyone can judge, the bimillennial (2,000th) anniversary of the Battle of Teutoburger Wald (Teutoburg Forest) between Varus and his Roman Legions and the German barbarians united under Arminius (Hermann.) More than twenty thousand, maybe even twenty five thousand, Roman soldiers were slaughtered on this day – …
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September 9, 2009: Arriving in Europe
My flight on Aer Lingus from New York’s JFK airport to Dublin, Ireland went really well. We had an eight mile per hour tailwind and completed the Atlantic crossing in just five and a half hours. It went by really quickly. I barely noticed it at all. I had a nice Irish lady sitting beside …
September 8, 2009: Leaving New York for Europe
Today is my big day, traveling from New York to Dublin to Amsterdam to Osnabruck in Germany where I will be spending the next week celebrating the German victory at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest on September 10th, 9 AD a whole two thousand years ago. I have been planning this trip for almost a …
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September 7, 2009: Last Day at Home
Today is my final day at home for over a week. It has been great having a few days off or basically off from work and then tomorrow I kick off my actual holiday! This is amazing. Finally a real break from work. We did a little last minute prep today for the trip but …
September 6, 2009: Sunday at Home
Today is Sunday, midday on my three day weekendish kind of thing. Today and tomorrow we are mixing our time between just relaxing and spending time together as a family and getting things ready for my trip on Tuesday. For the most part everything is ready. Dominica really has the packing all planned and there …