After it – my bicycling year, that is – had started so nicely yesterday, today I wanted to know what my fitness really is after nearly a two-month break. And thus I went alone – so as not to have … Continue reading
Done! Posted by Pit on Thursday, January 21, 2010 Overcame the “innerer Sch weinehund” [now how do I translate THAT?? "Inner devil", maybe?] and back on the bicycle again for the first time this year. It wasn’t too long a … Continue reading
… and there’s already a lot of work! Mowing the lawn on Saturday was not really work but more like fun, on my most favourite playtool, our lawn tractor [for more on that, click here: typisch amerikanisch]. I just sit … Continue reading
After a long time [for details see below] we had quite a substantial rainfall in the early morning hours last night, with 2.9 inches. At some time in the night I was woken up by rain falling on our window … Continue reading
After our holiday in Germany and England [more about that in later posts] we’re now back in Texas again and Texas has greeted us in the usual way: with a heatwave! The day before yesterday San Antonio set a new … Continue reading
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Since around 09:30 yesterday morning we haven’t seen Buster any more and we don’t know what happened to him. And this is what happened: Buster and Sally had been out quite a bit during the night, guarding a raccoon in … Continue reading
What I again found I needed adjusing to was the forest of traffic signs on Germany’s roads. To my mind that’s quite an exaggeration: way too many signs. It’s not uncommon to find 3 or even 4 signs on one … Continue reading
Low-flying cars on the “Autobahn“: that is something I’m not longer used to after more than a year in the US. So you’re travelling on the “Autobahn” at the recommended speed [130 Km/H], and suddenly another car flies by at … Continue reading
Now who tells me that German drivers are the ones who sit on your rear bumper? It’s the French and Belgians who do that much much more. I especially realized that when we returned from England two days ago: even … Continue reading
