Month: May 2006
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Scenic, but my teeth hurt
So, cobblestones. They’re a lovely way to pave a street, much nicer than the ribbons of concrete we have in the United States. But on a bike? Really, really bumpy. Thank god they let you ride on the sidewalks here.
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Filling the echoing void, with a side trip for meatballs
The problem: A vast, empty apartment. Which incidently smelled like sheetrock. We clearly needed Ikea. Ok, and a car. Or a van, technically. We find a shop that will rent to us. Many won’t, because we don’t have the International Drivers Permit that is really only a translation of our US drivers license, or an…
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Would a riot be too much to ask?
So, Mayday. I’m chatting with Corii online, and she says there’s a huge parade on Market street in San Francisco, part of the immigrant protest movement in the states. Here in Berlin, the first of May is supposed to get ugly. For the last 24 hours, we’ve seen literally dozens, even scores of police vans…