Kyle’s European Adventure

Jeff and I have been having a blast. Yesterday, my yoga partner Jan invited us for a boat ride on the Spree, the river that runs through Berlin. As the sun was shining, we happily accepted! We went with Jan’s neighbor, Sebastian, on his boss’ boat – a hardwood yacht, right out of a Nautica [...]

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So, the Indian Food Toxicity Event of ‘08 lasted another two days. I have never wished I was dead quite as fervently as I did for those 48 hours. Honestly, it was like all my internal organs went on revolt. Not. Fun.
Yesterday was the night of the Madonna concert, and then Jeff was supposed to [...]

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Ohhhhmigod I’m dying.
Well, not really, but the shitty indian food from sunday night? 
Bad idea.
After class yesterday, my stomach started sending me those “Um, yeah, things are not going well down here” signals. I made it home, and have been here ever since. Without being too graphic, suffice it to say that I’ve spend the last [...]

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My friend Michael has been living in Austria all summer, studying the arts of the opera. He wants to be an opera conductor, and I guess that’s the place to learn about it. He came to visit on sunday night, on his way to a new gig in Hannover. It was so great to see [...]

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I realize that it’s trite to “apologize” for not writing in a while, but, er, um, I’m sorry?
My classes are great. During the first week, I realized that I could probably stand to move ahead a bit – we were covering the most basic parts of german language. So, I requested to be moved up [...]

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Today was the end of my first week in German classes. Thankfully, I survived, though my belief that my brain is not cut out for learning languages was reinforced. I was in the most beginner level of German, and I was only marginally better than some of the people in the class. This, from someone [...]

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So, I started my German class today, and I’m glad I did. I’ll admit that it’s kinda nice to have something on the agenda, something scheduled, that I need to do. Plus, having someone speak clearly and slowly in German for 3 hours a day is going to do wonders for me.
Most of the other [...]

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Well, I went and found my first big, gay dance party last night. Carsten and I went out to Propaganda, which was held in a converted theater. The space kinda reminded me of Limelight, or Exit – one of those 3 story joints. But smaller.
Anyhow, we met friends of Carsten’s, and danced the night away. [...]

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I was up at the crack of nine this morning, and ready for my next big ride. Today’s destination: Gross Glienicker See! This route was a lot easier than my last one, it was a straight shot out through the western side of town. It took me through the Tiergarten and past Pichelsdorf. After about [...]

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Well, I did it – I bit the bullet and I signed up for German classes. I start on monday.
I don’t know why I have such an anxiety though about speaking/learning another language. They gave me this placement test to see which lever I should start at, and the whole damn thing was in German. [...]

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