Travel
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My lovely wife and I returned today from our great trip north. Montreal and Quebec City are both lovely, as are the people who live there, at least as far as I can tell. (I practiced saying “Je ne parle pas français” a lot.) We spent most of our time walking around soaking in the Read more
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Well, it’s Canada Day, and what better way to celebrate than by…going to Canada? That’s what I’m doing, anyway. My honey and I are leaving tomorrow for Montreal, followed by Quebec City (or just “Quebec” to the Canadians). It seems a bit unpatriotic to leave the country over Independence Day weekend, but I’ll think of Read more
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I wanted to say something about my trip to Germany. I stayed in Berlin, in what was formerly part of East Berlin, a neighborhood called Prenzlauer Berg. Under communism it was a locus for dissidents and artists but is now almost indistinguishable from trendy yuppie neighborhoods in DC or about a dozen other cities I Read more
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I’d prepared myself for the fact that, while in Germany, I wouldn’t be able to adhere strictly to my vegetarianism. If Peter Singer can talk approvingly about a “Paris exception,” then surely I can invoke a “Berlin exception.” As it happens though, when I was in Wittenberg today (about which more anon, perhaps) I ordered Read more
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Today I went to a pizzeria near the Pergamon musem in Berlin called “Twelve Apostles.” Each pizza is named after one of the apostles: I recommend the Tomasso (Thomas). It has bell peppers, zucchini, onions, and hot peppers. Though my guidebook says that the Judas is possibly the most delectable. Read more
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I’m blogging from my pal Patrick’s “flat” (as they say) in Prenzlauer Berg, a rather bohemian (but now rapidly gentrifying) part of old East Berlin. Lots of traipsing around over the last two days, mostly confined to the eastern part of the city so far. One personal highlight so far was visiting Zion church, where Read more
A Thinking Reed 