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1610 days ago
Damn! I miss Amsterdam!! June 24-26: So my work was where I wanted it to be so I was up for a last minute trip!! And no place better than AMSTERDAM for some new experiences and fun!! : ) I especially jumped on the trip because a coworker of mine (Ruslana) was going there as well and was meeting up with UW grads so I it would be awesome to travel with some new people! and it was! 1st day: Took a crazy train from Stuttgart with like 5 train changes and arrived at 1am in Amsterdam....So what do 4 tired people (Jeff, Nicole, Adam and myself) do at 1am in crazy Amsterdam... well the Red Light District of course lol... and yes it was quite different! It was red, full of men AND WOMEN (not the working ones) and of course the others ... It was weird because it seemed like most people were just there for the show and window shopping.. why in hell would u take a stroll on a friday night through that part of the city... don't get it!! but of course some others ...
1610 days ago
EEEEk so behind on my blog!! June 4 weekend: Went to Fussen, beautiful village where there are these awesome castle by the old King. The one most known by tourists is the Neuschwanstein castle which was used by Disney to create their Disney castle. : ) Had to see it of course and the pics speak for themselves. Tip: You can go inside both of the castles but the best one is the Hofbrau...(long name) castle is the best one to go inside. THe disney castle is no where near completion because construction was stopped when the king died so there is not much to see. Oh and DO NOT FORGET TO GET CHECK OUT THE LAKE....ok Nechste! June 11 & 18 weekends: I parked my ass and worked those weekends and yes was painful since they travelled but it was worth it. I had a lot of stuff to learn for work so i needed to just stop travelling and do some of it :). It was pretty sweet still because got to spend time with the roomies and got food made for me ...
1636 days ago
Overdue Introduction Who are all those people in the pics u say? well i will be getting to that now! In the picture below which was taken the 2nd night we were in at the Uni Rez. There are 6 new coops (including myself), 2 old coops (in the back) and to the far right our Project Manager. Now for names and some shpiel about each. :) Starting from the left going right: Front Row Bernada: moving on lol Annie Choi: She is a 4Ath year student from Operations Research program in the Math department. Working on Database and Queries. She finds OR useless and is worried about what is going to happen to her. We refer to her as the mom in the group well she acts very much like an asian mom. She worries about all the things us young'n don't think about until the last minute! We always need someone like that when travelling for sure. She travels tirelessly and HAS TO SEE everything there is to see. She has realized though there is more to travelling than buildings and sites ...
1637 days ago
The magical Czech Republic May 26-29 Since once again lol we had thursday off we took off for CZ with friday we all took off! All six of us. Man there is sooo much to tell here i do not know where to begin. It was a 9 hours train ride and took forever with transitions here and there to different trains and leaving at 5 something in the morning did not help. The funny thing is we were going to a country where english was almost non-existent and german was very little spoken soooo we thought we were even more screwed lol but it is not that bad actually! Prague So we went straight to Prague and well the hostel was sketchy but the city was as they say... Big tall buildings insanely detailed architecture and large spaces for shopping and buildings that look sooooo old. Various parts of the city have diff architecture. It is worth it to read about Prague and about the different styles in architecture and the examples that exist in the city. Of course the Charlie's Bridge, ...
1637 days ago
Massive update time: May 21 weekend Friday Alright did not plan any trips because it was a normal weekend and was hoping to take it easy. This almost happened :) Friday was Carlos A Hoyos going away party. He was our mini boss here from New York for like 2 weeks. Awesome Colombian for any ladies interested, single and successfull. So went to this popular fallafel place called Veggie voodoo. And then sat outside the bar patio and had drinks. He also grabbed me a Paul mug from the bar ; )) Carlos is crazy he has been coding since he was 13 and is a coding maniac at IBM for the PTT tool. u have to see him work to understand what i mean lol Saturday Since all the shops are closed all of Sunday i was planning to shop with Cora on Saturday but didn't. Instead went to Alex's hometown in Heibronn?? lol He had the car so all three went to his parent's house and had mom's food :) and played the piano for them since they were soooooooooooooo nice!.... His mom iron's and washes ...
