Yesterday day was the Ethnology Museum. All I can say is Freaking w00t!!! Getting away from European art is definitely refreshing. I did see one painting of Christ and St. John the Baptist, but it was in the northwest native american modern art section and thouroughly unrecognizeable. Mostly it's different interpretations of human and animal shapes, with some unfamiliar mythology thrown in. I have scads of pictures and plan to return today to take more. Unfortunately, the one place I can burn CDs doesn't seem to be open today, and the memory card hasn't come in the mail yet. The story of german efficiency has become tiresome. The states, England, France, and even Italy (probably where the word italics comes from, as the Venetians invented it) deliver mail more reliably than Germany. How's that for a slap in the face? I'm trying to figure out if I need to swing back this way before going to Greece just to pick up my memory card. That's entertainment.
Yesterday night was the night life tour. Whoops. It was all of five clubs, all of which were mentioned in the free guide I picked up, and there was no techno on the tour. It was cool to get a little more history on the places, but it was only a little more than what the free guide said. The King Kong Klub (Yes, it spells KKK.) was cool. It's an expiremental venue. There was a guy singing and playing guitar, backing himself up with an iPod mini. There wasn't enough variety in his set, but for his apparent age and experience he did well. That was the place I got to do the most dancing, too. I would have gone techno clubbing afterwards, but it would have been costly and I would have been too tired to enjoy it. Well, that last part's probably a lie. Techno is energizing. I may have to trek out there tonight.
I got my train ticket for Krakow. Ten hours, and that's the direct train, and that's assuming no delays. Marjan, you were definitely right about eastern european rail. Ah well. It'll work out.
In the meantime, it's back to the museum! I've only been through the americas and half of the pacific islands. I still have the other half of the islands, africa, and india to go! I don't know how I'm ever going to make use of all this stuff, but it's too cool and too late to stop now!
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Well, I'm bummed that the memory chip hasn't arrived yet. I doubt it's worth it to return to Berlin for it. Can you buy another one before you leave Berlin?
I checked the Internet and found that May 26 was Corpus Christi Day in Germany, so that's probably why everything was closed.
Work is making us crazy here. Dad is going to work today (Saturday) so you know it's bad. He also has a new assistant (a Junior in High School), which will help once he's trained him but of course the training process slows things down.
I have a new assistant also and am going through the same process--too much work to do and training someone (especially someone with no prior office experience) takes time I don't have. Oh well, retirement is now less than three years away!!!
Love, Mom
Hey Blain,
Glad to hear things are still going pretty well. The place should still be here when you get back... not that you are looking too forward to return to normal life... not that I blame you.
Other than that, life goes on. By the time you get back, I should have my PM certificate program complete. That will be very nice.
You are visiting Prague, Budapest and Krakow. Are there any other cities planed for your E European swing?
Hi Mom.
You're right. It's probably not worth it, but you never know where a crazy guy with a Eurail pass may end up. Regardless, I don't need to buy one. The three 256 cards are plenty as long as I can find places to burn CDs.
Huh. Body of Christ Day. Funky. Thanks for the update.
I'm sorry to hear about work. But then I'm always sorry to hear about work. :) :(
Hang in there,
Blain
Hi Chris. No worries. You've obviously been busy. :) Congratulations to you both!
Hi Wayne. I'm glad to hear things are going well and that the place is not a smoldering crater.
Krakow, Prague, and Budapest are the only cities I really know anything about (barring Russia, but other travelers haven't said anything good about Russia), so they are currently the extent of my eastern european excursion.
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