MUNICH_Oktoberfest and Mom’s Visit November 7, 2009

Hey gang, I know it’s been awhile, but updates are coming, probably too many at once, but here’s this one for now.  At the end of September I went to Oktoberfest with a friend from the office.  It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, and since it was the last weekend of the Fest for [...]

Jill and Nick in Switzerland August 1, 2009

Hey everybody, it’s about time for another update.  These past two weeks, Jill came to visit me for her break from the projects in Africa.  We had a great time, traveling, eating out, cooking adventures, and also had a pretty architecturally significant visit as well.
Our first trip stayed pretty local, and we saw the Rheinfall.  We went [...]

Zürich, Switzerland June 21, 2009

Welcome to my new beginnings as an architect intern here in Zürich, Switzerland!  I am working for the office Kämpfen für Architektur, a firm specializing in zero-energy, sustainable design.  I am mostly working on residential projects for rich clients, which is amazing, but the firm also works on smaller office buildings.  I will be here [...]

All Things Must Pass – Cesky Krumlov – My Final Trip July 17, 2008

CESKY KRUMLOV – it may be small but it’s second most visited city in the Czech Republic.  I saved this city for the end of the trip, because it was the Czech city I was most excited about while studying Czech Republic, and I didn’t want to have a spoiled trip in the cold of Winter [...]

HAMBURG!!! (Germany Tour Part V-Conclusion) July 17, 2008

Hamburg – A city in perfect tune with the sea.  I only wish I would have spent more time here than in little old Hannover.  Hamburg is one of Germany’s largest cities (after Berlin and Munich) and was such a perfect mix of city and sea (like Germany’s Venice) and had, I thought, the nicest [...]

BREMEN! So small but so beautiful! (Germany Tour – Part IV) July 17, 2008

BREMEN

Bremen Hauptbahnhof

Beautiful flowers and windmill over the stream on the way to old downtown, so perfekt!

Altstadt, here at last.  This was such a beautiful city, but a city so simple and perfect it’s more like a fairy-tale place that you would like to settle down and have kids at.  So small and ideal, with that [...]

HANNOVER!!! “The Perfekt Sprache”(Germany Tour Part III) July 17, 2008

 
Hannover, where I finally slowed down a bit, let my feet heal up, and watched 2 of the most intense football games so far!  I was in Hannover for nearly 3 days.  Every evening I went to an outdoor restaurant and watched the day’s football game, night 1:  Germany vs. Portugal (3-2), so there was much [...]

Germany Tour Part II – Koln, Bonn, and Dusseldorf July 8, 2008

In the early morning light, as the sun pokes out from behind the clouds, I stumbled across the Kolner Dom in the distance, Germany’s largest Cathedral, and nearly the only thing left unscathed after the complete destruction of the city after the bombings in WWII.

Koln Hauptbahnhof

A city gate very near my hostel.

Kolner Dom_ largest cathedral [...]

MUNCHEN, DEUTSCHLAND!!! I’m finally here! (Germany Tour Part I) July 8, 2008

Alrighty everyone, I’ve made it to Munich on the fourth day of my German-speaking adventure.  I’ve spoken little to no english so far, let’s see how far I can get until I’m back in Prag.  Munich was beautiful, great views of the Alps just like in Salzburg and Zurich, but a more understandable speech and [...]

Zurich, Switzerland!!! July 8, 2008

Hey everybody, I actually made it down into Switzerland.  I met a fellow K-Stater earlier in the year in Prague and he is a mutual friend and is studying in Zurich, so I went down there for 2 days and saw the sites.  I saw the two famous cathedrals, Grossmunster and Fraumunster (with stained-glass by [...]