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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
32 years young
thank you all for the birthday wishes! i am truly blessed to be surrounded by so many inspiring and encouraging souls.
my birthday began (exactly at midnight by the way) with a toast from some new friends here in Germany. 24 hours later (complete with gorgeous sunny weather) after some shopping, lounging with lunch in a central park, and a sushi dinner, i finally had a chance to catch up on e-mail where i was greeted by more words of celebration. thanks for being a part of my life...God is good!
my birthday began (exactly at midnight by the way) with a toast from some new friends here in Germany. 24 hours later (complete with gorgeous sunny weather) after some shopping, lounging with lunch in a central park, and a sushi dinner, i finally had a chance to catch up on e-mail where i was greeted by more words of celebration. thanks for being a part of my life...God is good!
Thursday, July 17, 2008
fantasybecher
hello all (those keeping up with my blog, that is)! as some of you know, i am traveling in Germany and Belgium for the next 3 weeks and, since my travel experience lies primarily in Asia, hope to do a better job with blogging so i actually have a written record of the sights and sounds. consistency is not my forte, unfortunately.
i arrived yesterday (7/16) afternoon after a 7-hour flight to London, 2-hour delay in Heathrow (which allowed me extra time for one of my favorite activities, people watching!), and a short jaunt over the strait to land in Frankfurt. i struck up a very interesting conversation with the girl next to me on the plane from London to Frankfurt - she is a stage & costume designer working on various operas across Europe and was an exchange student to Canada during her college days. what an unexpected warm welcome to my days here...
there is a plethora of vegetables and herbs grown in the garden at this house so i enjoyed a delicious salad with lumpia (=Filipino egg rolls) for dinner last night, all the while trying to fight off my desire to run to bed and relieve the jetlag. i woke up this morning to a hearty breakfast of pungent cheese, fresh salami and various multigrain breads - getting in touch with my German roots ;) today we drove to the little town of Bad Karlshafen where we saw a spa/wellness center with open-air jacuzzis (wow!), walked around the city center, and consumed a huge dish of fruity flavored gelato (i.e. today's title).
tomorrow we will head to Berlin for 3 days and experience life within the walls of the former Iron Curtain. hopefully they'll let me past Checkpoint Charlie on the way back... ;)
i arrived yesterday (7/16) afternoon after a 7-hour flight to London, 2-hour delay in Heathrow (which allowed me extra time for one of my favorite activities, people watching!), and a short jaunt over the strait to land in Frankfurt. i struck up a very interesting conversation with the girl next to me on the plane from London to Frankfurt - she is a stage & costume designer working on various operas across Europe and was an exchange student to Canada during her college days. what an unexpected warm welcome to my days here...
there is a plethora of vegetables and herbs grown in the garden at this house so i enjoyed a delicious salad with lumpia (=Filipino egg rolls) for dinner last night, all the while trying to fight off my desire to run to bed and relieve the jetlag. i woke up this morning to a hearty breakfast of pungent cheese, fresh salami and various multigrain breads - getting in touch with my German roots ;) today we drove to the little town of Bad Karlshafen where we saw a spa/wellness center with open-air jacuzzis (wow!), walked around the city center, and consumed a huge dish of fruity flavored gelato (i.e. today's title).
tomorrow we will head to Berlin for 3 days and experience life within the walls of the former Iron Curtain. hopefully they'll let me past Checkpoint Charlie on the way back... ;)
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