Kyle’s European Adventure

Today I rode to Potsdam and back. I need bike shorts – my butt is killing me. Here’s my route map. It won’t let me route the return, which went around the park at the end of the line, and then followed the same path back!
Potsdam Ride
(OK, the map link isn’t showing the whole route. [...]

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Last night was fun – my new friend Lorenz happens to work at a big party that happens every sunday night on the top of a skyscraper in Alexanderplatz. He invited me to come check it out, so I did. To enter, you walk through the lobby of this building and hop in an elevator, [...]

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Took the wheels out for a spin today. My hands and butt hurt, but it was a beautiful way to see the city.
Check out the route I took here, starting at my gym and ending at my apartment!
Ride One Map

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I DID IT! I picked up my bike this afternoon, and I am completely in love. I got really lucky on this one – I was wandering around, and found this bike shop near my gym. I went in and, in my best broken German, asked if they sold secondhand bikes. They said no, but [...]

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Well, I finally moved into my Berlin apartment last night. I brought my stuff over pretty late, and did some reading and crashed. I’m sleeping on a couch-bed here, so it’s going to take a little getting used to. Between that and the total lack of curtains in this place, I was up bright and [...]

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Today is the day I move into my Berlin apartment, and it marks a change in how life has been for me so far. The big difference – no internet! I’m pretty sure I’m an internet addict, and I spend far too much time online every day. I know what a distraction it is for [...]

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Well, I’ve now been here a week, and I’m feeling rather settled. I’m still somewhat shocked at how quickly all the “Must Take Care Of” things were crossed off my list, and now I’m left with nothing but to live and enjoy the city and my friends here. Saturday was my first whole day [...]

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They totally don’t believe in dryers over here.

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After DAYS of uploading (seems my intarwebz pipe here in Deutschland is a smidge slower than usual), I’ve got all the pictures from my family’s Baltic cruise up and online. Check out our adventures in Denmark, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Poland, Estonia and Norway!
 McCulloch Family Baltic Cruse

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Holy crap, kids. Stuff is happening quick here, in large part thanks to my friends Carsten and Marcos. Let’s see, where to start….
I got my phone sorted out, but it took an entire day, with Carsten doing a whole lot of translating. I got me a SIM card, not from one of the big name [...]

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