Well I’m sitting at my office, counting down the last fifteen minutes until I can technically leave, so this seems like as good a time as any. Anyways, hello there! I know it’s been a little over two weeks since I last posted, and a reasonable amount has happened since then, so I guess I’ll work my way back through the whole bit. Sadly, or happily depending on one’s point of view (mine) I am actually becoming too busy to keep up with the pace of things. Frankly that’s very nice in its own bizarre way. Let’s see, last time I posted about my (mis)adventures, it was from the series of wanderings our tour sent us on throughout all of Belgium, or at least the half with interesting things in it (read: not the French part). ... read more

Well I suspect this is the last quiet period I've got in front of me for a very long time, so I guess that means it's time for an update! I'm fairly certain that apathy's going to keep me from actually finishing this while I'm being lazy in Germany, so for location's sake let's pretend I'm posting this from Belgium. Why am I back in Germany you ask? Well I can officially say I've resolved my long standing visa situation with the Belgian government. And there was much rejoicing. Was it entirely satisfactory? Well no, the visa covers a very truncated period of time, and I'd sort of hoped to dick around in Europe on the Belgian government's permission slip for a little bit longer than May. Still, things like that have never stopped me before! ... read more

Well this marks my last official night in Germany, and naturally I'm spending it sitting in a hostel, ever so slightly lost in thought. When I know exactly what this has all meant, it might end up here, but you'll have to forgive me if I place an emphasis on maybe concluding my ramblings on the past month or so. since writing about Istanbul would take a small thesis worth or writing, let's chat Bratislava. Right, so after Budapest I moved on to Bratislava using a Hungarian bus line, which was actually really nice. Not only did they help me get a transfer when the bus I was on cancelled, but they actually had a movie playing. In this case it was children of men, so maybe it wasn't the happiest of rides, and especially landing ... read more

Seriously what does that actually mean? Does anybody even know the lyrics to that song? Eh. A problem for another time. Anyways, hello there! It's been quite a while since I updated this blog, though I think that had more to do with life in western Suburbistan being just a might too peaceful than anything else (not just laziness, I swear). Right now I'm in Dresden, trying to recover from yet another rather poor decision (the planning kind, not the good kind), and also waiting on a bowl of tortellini smothered in butter to finish cooking. The hostel's nice, but they make up for their low price by nickel and diming just about every conceivable extra service. It also marks my last night in Germany for quite some time. Weird. Dresden's pretty decent too, and ... read more

Oh hello there, it's rainy, and miserable, and I've got two finals in a day, so naturally I thought I'd perk myself up and talk about, well, the country I'm actually living in. Normally these blogs focus on my travels and the stupid crap and hardships that come with any such journeys, but don't mistake me, life's interesting back in humble Kleinmachnow as well. With only one week to go I guess it's time for me to sort of take a look back on a lot of what made life here good, bizarre, and well, what it was. Over the next few days I'll try and post a vignette a day about life here. A Night at the (Cracked.com) Opera Most of those who know me/get tangentially annoyed by what I post I know on ... read more