Tag Archives: Germany

Casual Survey: mobile telephony / data providers in Germany

Which mobile provider do you use here in Germany? What do you like/dislike about them? Think about coverage. Billing. Pre-paid vs. contract. Perks. Roaming (EU and beyond). Especially welcome are your comparisons between operators/plans. I’ll start: I’ve used Debitel pre-paid … Continue reading

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Southern Germany Sampler: Day 5 — Lunch with Monks, Then Home to Regensburg

View Larger Map We got up on time at the Hotel Alte Post in Oberammergau and the fog coming out of the mountains was too much for me to resist. After driving straight through downtown Munich — isn’t there a … Continue reading

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Southern Germany Sampler: Day Three — Burg Hohenzollern

View Larger Map We got moving the next after waddling back from all that pork and potatoes and choucroute to our tiny hotel rooms. Check-out was pretty easy and over night parking at the parking garage across the street from … Continue reading

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Four-year Renovation Project on Regensburg’s Steinerne Brücke

Regensburg’s most recognizable secular landmark (according to me, anyways) is getting a built-on detour for Fußgänger (pedestrians) and Radfahrer (cyclists…sounds so much more intent than “bikers,” doesn’t it?). We’d been watching some construction activity on the North (our) side of … Continue reading

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They know who reads their flyers

The following post contains a combination of near nudity, kitchen & bath hardware and innuendo. Just so you know.

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Cherries — help! / English Vacation Schedule

We’ve got to be doing something wrong. There are some lovely cherries on sale at pretty much every place you can buy food around here. Stalls out on the square, produce mongers of the wine-and-cheese and imported meats variety, even … Continue reading

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“Reunited and it feels so good…” to have the day off

…with my apologies to Peaches & Herb. That’s right, folks! The Day of German Unity means we got a day off. I can’t really afford a national holiday these days, given all the hot topics going on at work (some … Continue reading

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all closed up

Man, what is it with this place? Yesterday, we needed an ice cream fix. Our favorite Eisdiele, Diba, next to the Pustet Passage, was closed, despite business hours posted in the window that declared them open and ready to satisfy … Continue reading

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