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In Search of the Poets A pilgrimage to Russia & Eastern Europe |
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* Nefertiti & Pfingsten Feiern * Sleeping at the circus * Auto Unfall im Buxtehude * Lost My Passport at LAX * Eve of Departure * Amy's Tips (as in advice, not as in Carrows) * Upper-Body Wimp * Itinerary * About Me * Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986) * Czeslaw Milosz (1911 - ) * Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) * Marina Tsvetayeva (1892-1941)
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May 31, 2004May 30, 2004Nefertiti & Pfingsten FeiernSo NefertitiIS in Berlin, after all! Triumph!! At breakfast this morning in the hostel, struck up conversation with an older man from California who is visiting Berlin as a guest lecturer at Berlin's famous Humboldt University....Read this update May 29, 2004Sleeping at the circusAaaahhh!!!! What a difference a good night of sleep makes......Read this update May 28, 2004May 26, 2004Lost My Passport at LAXRelax, Mom, everything is okay. (I have to keep the blog interesting, you know, and 'Safe in Hamburg' would be too pedantic an introduction. But, for the record, I am safe und alles ist okay!)...Read this update May 25, 2004Eve of DepartureWith all the planning and anticipation of the last few weeks, the thing that surprises me the most is how much...Read this update May 15, 2004Amy's Tips (as in advice, not as in Carrows)Amy, my travel hero (of lets-drop-everything-and-go-to-Tokyo- for-the-weekend fame), gave me a lot of helpful tips for traveling.
Well, I say helpful, but that's really jumping the gun, isn't it? Because until I've actually gone on my trip, I won't know for sure. It could be all her advice is just a bunch of irrelevant, useless blathering May 10, 2004May 04, 2004ItinerarySince this is my first big trip (and since I am more than a little nervous about Russia and want to make sure I enter and leave the country properly on time), the first half of my trip is pretty well planned out...plane tickets purchased, reservations on the credit card. The second half...well, let's just say I hope I've gotten the hang of hosteling by then...Read this update May 03, 2004About Me"Journeys are the midwives of thought." —Alain de Botton In celebration of my 30th year and my new freedom as a single woman, I am setting off to discover the lands of my favorite poets....Read this update May 02, 2004 |
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