Maybe Mira has a future in advertising
It's always exciting when the kids get to drink a carbonated beverage. Today it inspired Mira to do a spontaneous 7-up ad:
View ArticleColter's visit in Dresden
My brother Colter came to Dresden to visit us, which made us very happy! He was in London to attend the opening of a show of his at Corvi Mora, the gallery that represents him there, and he was awesome...
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Dresden und die Elbe
In Dresden we lived in the area called Leuben, close to Kleinzschachwitz in the east, and near the Elbe River. It was a nice quiet neighborhood, with the exception of the streetcars going right by our...
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Zittau, Schmalspurbahn, Oybin
On April 13, Jacob, Lillian, Seth, and I went on a day trip to revisit a place I went on a "preparation day" (free day) as an LDS missionary in Görlitz in fall 1991. We took a train from Dresden to...
View ArticleVideo Tour of the Lodge in Liverpool
Yes, there are already pictures of our Liverpool house on the blog, but I like the video tours I've been doing and wanted one for what has been my favorite place so far. This last weekend, we had to go...
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Back to Görlitz
After almost 22 years I returned to my first mission city, Görlitz, on the east border of Germany, with Poland across the Neisse River. I went with Zed and Phin early on a Sunday morning so we could...
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Warsaw / Warszawa
Zed and Phin are interns at End Point where I work. The last week of April, the three of us took the train from Dresden to Warsaw, Poland, and there met our two Polish co-workers Szymon and Kamil, and...
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Schloss Pillnitz and ferry
While in Dresden we took a couple of trips across the Elbe river on the ferry to Schloss Pillnitz. It's a beautiful place and has interesting Chinese-styled ornamentation and artwork.When the river...
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Dresden old town
Some photos from Dresden's old town in mid-April, from Zwinger through to the Fürstenzug to the Frauenkirche with the cross melted and twisted in the 1945 bombings to the Elbe river:
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Zwickau
As Erin mentioned in an earlier post, we had a great time visiting our last 1993 mission city of Zwickau and seeing old friends at church and afterward into the early evening! Here are a few photos...
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Berlin
On the way out of Dresden by the train station, a mysterious and unlabeled little statue of a donkey standing on a table, pulling off the pants of someone crouched below:And at the Hauptbahnhof, the...
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LightNight in Liverpool
This last Friday was Liverpool's annual LightNight event, a "one-night arts & cultural festival" where local businesses, museums, and other venues open late and host performances, exhibitions, and...
View ArticleWalden Video Game‽
It really depressed me to read the following in the Wikipedia article on Henry David Thoreau's book Walden:The National Endowment for the Arts in 2012 bestowed the University of Southern California...
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Crosby
Today we took the train about 20 minutes north of downtown Liverpool to Crosby Beach. When we arrived, the tide was out and there was lots of sand and sky to see. If you look very closely at the above...
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More from the beach at Crosby
Yesterday Erin wrote about our trip to Crosby to the beach. Here are a few more photos from that trip.First, the jellyfish that came in with the tide. A rare sight for us landlubbers!We talked about...
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Liverpool docks, museums, Anglican cathedral
Lillian, Seth, and I went out around Liverpool one day to see various war memorials and the Walker museum, where we saw much statuary, paintings, the Loophonium (see someone else's short video of...
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Liverpool Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral
I've now been several times to the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King in Liverpool and it's my favorite cathedral here, and one of the nicest modern-style churches I've been to...
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Liverpool roundup, LightNight, Battle of the Atlantic commemoration
Here are some other photos of our recent Liverpool excursions.Erin waiting with me at the Queen Square bus stop:The Liverpool ward building and stake center of the LDS Church:The former railway bike...
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Conwy, Wales
We took the train (well, three trains) to Conwy, Wales, on Friday, which was Jon's birthday. I've just looked through my photos from the day, and they really don't compare to being there, but I'll put...
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Pocklington, England
Last week on Wednesday, we moved for the fifth time since we began our adventure. We've purchased a few new suitcases and gotten rid of some small bags, so our packing is looking better every time. I'm...
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