My hotel in Munich is right next to Theresienwiese, an open-air park that is the official grounds for Oktoberfest. A couple of months late for that festival, I have to settle for Tollwood, a Winter Festival taking place on the same grounds.
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I arrived to a chilly Munich tonight, finally settling into my hotel at about 9:30. It is noticeably colder here than London (big shock, duh) but I was surprised to see the actual temp is only a couple of degrees below zero - it felt a lot colder than that.
Having run on 3 days in [...]
I lived in South Africa for a year when I was ten. On the way home we first stopped in Australia for a month and I’ll never forget the feeling I got seeing those big American cars driving around Melbourne after a year of not seeing them in South Africa.
I felt a little of the [...]
I leave Paris for London this afternoon. I leave Paris happy not only for some great memories of a fun vacation with my wife but also happy for some validation that I am indeed a changed man. I put in over 9 miles over 3 days of running here, something I simply could not have [...]
We spent most of the day yesterday exploring the Hotel Invalides which includes Napoleon’s Tomb and an incredible Museum featuring Arms and Armor as well as World War I and II history. It was very moving seeing old movies of Charles de Gaulle being welcomed as he strolled up the Champs-Élysées, talking the same walk that [...]
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