Every picture tells a story. 754 photos (you can view them at our flickr account or right here by clicking the ‘travel photos’ link on my sidebar) may seem excessive, but when you factor in the 3,000+ we actually took it becomes clear that I really did use a little self-restraint. When each […]

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Sorry to be mia for so long. I’ve been a little under the weather and good doctors here in DD have seen fit to provide me with some mighty fine narcotics in between random tests & blood letting. Things are better now, the purple haze is clearing, and I’m beginning […]

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We’re back a day early due to some work issues on Jim’s part. At first I was a little put off by this (see previous post about having to be dragged kicking & screaming from Austria), but then I realized I was hours… possibly even minutes… certainly no more than a day… from dotting […]

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Austria is so stinkin’ charming and gorgeous that you have to come home each night and engage in serious debauchery just to wipe the big, shit-eating grin off your face.
I’m 99.999% certain god doesn’t exist, but if she does I’d lay odds on the fact that she lives somewhere in the hills of […]

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Before we head to Austria I wanted to be sure and mention again the Whiney Expat Blogger Meetup . It’s being held here in Dresden this year and is scheduled for the weekend of November 17/18th. Some people are arriving Friday the 16th, some will get here Saturday, others will only be […]

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Today Sydney is 7 years old. Time flies. By the way, she’s speaking 4 languages now… English (duh), German, French and Japanese. Not too shabby. She’s also funny, incredibly smart, overly sarcastic, and loves telling us what to do. Heh.

Here she is buried alive in an avalanche of pink-princess-wrapped gifts. […]

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When it comes to doing something I really don’t want to (especially domestic stuff) I can be a real bitch. Today (after trying not to think about it for a month straight) I was finally forced to come up with a concept for Iddy’s Little Mermaid birthday cake. And nothing brings out […]

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Christopher Walken
Thora Birch
Lenny Bruce
Hong Kong Phooey
All supremely cool.
And now Cécilia Sarkozy’s showing great promise and might have to soon be added to the list. I don’t know if she’s depressed, indifferent, or just wanting to stick it to her bastard of a husband, but I love, love, love her steadfast resistance to being ‘handled’. […]

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In my language class the other day there was a big discussion about how Germans can’t stand Americans. It culminated in our teacher (who is German) advising us that if we’re out at public events (fests, beer halls, sightseeing, etc) it’s better to talk with British accents “to be safe”. What the hell??
I […]

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Statistically speaking yesterday’s ‘Just Say No’ post is the most popular thing EuroTrippen’s had going since I can’t remember when. Meaning each and every reader must be forwarding the link to their family, friends, enemies, AA sponsors and/or priests citing a perfect “what not to do” example. Shit. Either that or more […]

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