Month: July 2012
German Wind & Flour Mills
During my time I spent up in Schleswig-Holstein, in the Northern part of Germany, I was lucky enough to be there during the one day of the year when the local farmers who have a windmill or a flourmill open them up to visitors, kind of like a field day. I was also lucky enough…
Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
The Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany is in the North. It’s North of Hamburg, and stretches all the way to the Danish border. It’s a place with some of the most beautiful European history, with castles (schloß) everywhere, viking museums (Hedeby), and many many other such historical things. I had a great time there, as I…
Architecture of London, England
I was in London for about a week, just before the Olympic planning began. Well, I guess I was there just as it was starting, for I started to see things that resembled bleachers, and flags around the city. The city itself was everything I had expected of it. You hear things like “it’s expensive”…
Faces of London, England
This is the street edition of my London post. I’ll avoid repeating myself, instead directing you to read the architecture post I’ve done… and say that I actually find it amazing that I could see the stereotypical Englishman, or one that I imagined I would see, be it stereotypical or not. It’s funny how you…
Brussels, Belgium
I was told that Brussels was a dirty city, and had garbage everywhere. I wasn’t dissapointed by one of those warnings, but I really didn’t find it that dirty of a city. I found it as a romantic city, without the romance; abandoned and heartbroken, left to fight for itself upon the scraps of the…