Freedom isn't free
...in fact, today it cost me €50. My internal network card decided it no longer wanted to be a part of my life, so I had to purchase a USB-adaptable one. The tech support guy from my ISP was awfully nice. And he spoke English, which I feel probably made the situation far less confusing for both of us.
Two weekends ago some UFZ folks took a day trip to Dresden, which was a lot of fun. I took some sweet photos and saw a bucketful of churches. Then we came back to Leipzig for the Nacht der Offenen Kirchen here and saw what could only be termed an additional bucketful.
This past weekend I was in Heidelberg for a conference for the internship program I'm in hosted by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauchst Dienst. I went on a corporate tour and learned that the German Merck (merck.de) hasn't been the same thing as the American Merck (merck.com) since, like, 1917 and that I'm not a huge fan of Weiβwurst. Friday night was dinner at the Heidelberg Cultural Brewery, Saturday there was a city tour, and later that afternoon some other Leipzig kids and I took off for Basel, Switzerland. Since it's incredibly close to the border, we walked to France (it was Bastille Day, so nothing was open), watched the sunset at the Rhine back in Switzerland, and hopped an overnight train for Salzburg, Austria. Castles, crypts, strudel -- all in all, a good day trip.
In other news, I've also been working.
Since my camera died this weekend, my four-countries-in-24-hours hijincks have not been documented. It was fun, though.
Two weekends ago some UFZ folks took a day trip to Dresden, which was a lot of fun. I took some sweet photos and saw a bucketful of churches. Then we came back to Leipzig for the Nacht der Offenen Kirchen here and saw what could only be termed an additional bucketful.
This past weekend I was in Heidelberg for a conference for the internship program I'm in hosted by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauchst Dienst. I went on a corporate tour and learned that the German Merck (merck.de) hasn't been the same thing as the American Merck (merck.com) since, like, 1917 and that I'm not a huge fan of Weiβwurst. Friday night was dinner at the Heidelberg Cultural Brewery, Saturday there was a city tour, and later that afternoon some other Leipzig kids and I took off for Basel, Switzerland. Since it's incredibly close to the border, we walked to France (it was Bastille Day, so nothing was open), watched the sunset at the Rhine back in Switzerland, and hopped an overnight train for Salzburg, Austria. Castles, crypts, strudel -- all in all, a good day trip.
In other news, I've also been working.
Since my camera died this weekend, my four-countries-in-24-hours hijincks have not been documented. It was fun, though.
posted by Vanessa at 11:12 AM
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