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Man Lost

November 7, 2011 – 7:37 am

Men never get lost. Women know the opposite to be true, because men will resist any suggestions from a woman to prove that he isn’t lost. Last weekend the ambassador and I set out from Luxembourg for a long bike ride in the country. We missed the train to our original destination, because I got […]

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A Last Sherman Tank

October 30, 2011 – 10:03 am

Yesterday I trained north from Luxembourg City to Clervaux. The guidebook stated that the chateau exhibited the works of Edward Streichen. His family had emigrated from his native land to the USA in 1880 and the famed photographer had donated over 500 photos to the Grand Duchy. The train ride was less than an hour […]

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London Redux

October 22, 2011 – 6:57 am

The City of Oxford is served by an express bus to London. The cost of a return ticket is 20 quid. I caught an afternoon bus last Saturday. The trip was quick and painless. I jumped off in Nottinghill Gate. It had been over ten years since my last visit to London, but my memory […]

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Gesamtkunstwerk Macht Frei

October 5, 2011 – 9:53 am

The German word Gesamtkunstwerk is defined as the ideal work of art. Last night I arrived from Charleroi and immediately changed into a suit to attend a Chamber Music concert at the Luxembourg Theater. Annie Sofie von Otter was singing a series of song written by the inmates of Theresienstadt. The Nazis under SS Doktor […]

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If This Is Bruxelles, Then____

September 23, 2011 – 12:00 pm

On Saturday morning I left the residence in Luxembourg for Bruxelles. My lovely train ride through the southern forests of Belgium ended at a graceless capitol city’s graceless terminal, but my good friend, Vonelli was waiting outside in a Citroen Picasso mini-van. We hadn’t seen each other in a good decade and ten years was […]

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