Foehr Im

Tetrauwolfide

2009-05-26T22:32:27Z

I just saw this word on a pill bottle on the episode of Miss Marple I'm watching via Netflix. I looked it up but can't find any information about it. Is it a fictitious word?

Slovenia and Croatia

2009-04-07T05:22:01Z

A few years ago if I heard the names Slovenia or Croatia, I would think that they were cold, land-locked countries. Turns out that they have coasts along the Mediterranean Sea!

Slovenia is a part of the European Union and is located east of Italy. Croatia is just south of it and has a substantial coastline. Croatia is not a member of the European Union, but is a candidate for membership, according to Wikipedia.

I'd like to go visit these countries and go to the beach while I'm there. Here's a picture of the island of Mljet in Croatia, looks nice huh?

Another New Home For Foehr Im

2008-10-26T18:49:33Z

It wasn't too long ago that Foehr Im switched to our customized version of Wordpress, but now this blog is being powered by Movable Type.

Why? This blog isn't updated too often, so it made sense to take advantage of Movable Type's ability to publish regular HTML files.

New Home for Foehr Im

2007-11-06T19:31:17Z

I like this blog, and while it was hosted at Dreamhost for awhile, I've moved it to our in-house servers. If you visited this blog before, you'll likely notice a big performance boost. Click here for more of my thoughts about Dreamhost.

Euro versus Pound

2007-08-01T23:10:23Z

Here's a cool article on exchanging US dollars for British pounds for the purpose of travel:

Getting the best Exchange Rates

Estonia News

2007-05-19T22:11:19Z

I just found this on Wikinews: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Cyber_attacks_in_Estonia_threaten_national_security Scary, huh?

France’s New President

2007-05-11T02:45:02Z

Congratulations to the new French President Nicolas Sarkozy! Its amazing how well the entire world can tune into the elections that happen elsewhere in the world. For example, check out the 2008 Presidential Election Blog for information about the upcoming Presidential Election after President Bush's term is completed. There they even mention a similar sentiment in their post about the new French President: Nicolas Sarkozy.

Trouble in Estonia

2007-04-29T11:27:39Z

Feelings are running deep in Tallinn, Estonia right now over a war memorial recently removed. Hopefully those sparring will resolve their differences and curtail the violence. The upset is over the significance of the memorial and whether it represents a positive or negative thing to Estonians.

Denmark and Sweden

2007-04-05T01:24:30Z

Globe Trekker just aired an episode on Denmark and Sweden - covering vikings, the Nobel prize, and communes. It reminded me of the Swedish movie Tilsammans, or Together. They said the nordic countries were a little boring, but I'd love to go! I was amazed at how expensive they were though, from $50 for lunch, to $120 for a room for the night. Swedish Flag I'd especially like to visit Sweden. My step-father is Swedish, and my sister spent a semester in Stockholm. Swedish design is great, and I'm curious to see the architecture there. Denmark Flag

Vienna

2007-03-28T12:10:53Z

My wife and I just watched "The Illusionist", and now we want to travel to Vienna!

Is Redbull Scandinavian?

2007-02-10T04:07:46Z

Is Redbull a Scandinavian, or Nordic, drink? Their "Flugtag" makes me think so. Let's check Wikipedia! I read this article on "Flugtag" and learned that it is really a German word, meaning air show, and it is an event held in various places over the world, sponsored by Redbull. While its nice to know more about Flugtag, it still doesn't answer where Redbull is from.

Germany

2007-01-31T15:46:12Z

One thing I am impressed with Germany about is the size of the country, the size of their economy and the number of internet users they have. I'm curious whether they have as impressive broadband rates as South Korea, which also boasts a lot of internet users. Germans have their own wonderful language, but many of the citizens speak English as well. The top level domain for Germany is ".de" for Deutschland. Like the north and south of the United States during the civil war, Germany was once divided by the East and West. That is no longer the case, and the Berlin wall is now long gone. In the United States, people sill speak of the Mason-Dixon line which was the dividing line to some degree between the north and the south. Today their continues to be a subtle distance and disconnect between Northerners and Southerners to some degree. I wonder if such a thing exists between East and West Germans.

Darkness in Davos

2007-01-28T04:17:53Z

NPR had an interesting story about the World Economic Forum in Davos - where world leaders and business executives enter into a completely dark room and are led around my blind people for an hour. Interesting, no?

What is Foehr?

2007-01-27T13:28:44Z

Foehr is an island in Germany, one of the "North Frisian" islands to be more precise. As I said in a previous post, I've only been to Germany once, and that was to Berlin. I would love to go back, I even have some German heritage in my family tree.

Davos, Switzerland

2007-01-25T03:29:50Z

Hello to everyone in Davos for the World Economic Forum! If you are interested in American politics, check out the 2008 Presidential Election Blog.