The semester is rolling by! We are approaching the 4th week which means that I have about 11 weeks until I graduate! Wow, writing that feels really wierd. Its pretty surreal to imagine the changes that will be taking place in my life after that point.
As I think I mentioned in previous posts, I am thinking of grad school for the coming fall. This would keep me in the academic world and give many more opportunites for interesting experiences. I submitted two of these applications yesterday to U of Ottawa and U of Waterloo (after some hectic days waiting for reference letters to arrive in the mail and then discovering that our service had been stopped due to icy stairs)....anyhow...it feels good to have them sent off. I also recently added a school to my list of desirables - York's Glendon College.
For the longest time I told myself that I didn't want to go back to Toronto, but am now thinking that Glendon is my #1 choice! Being in Toronto would let me be close to my family, especially my sis Kim with her soon to be daughter (my niece!!!!!)..I also feel that there are people in Toronto that I could be happy with as a social network. This is really important for me, and is something that Waterloo and Ottawa don't have.
I still haven't heard anything about the job with Dfait, but am still hopeful that they will get back to me for an interview. I am also looking into internships. I applied for the Ontario Government Internship program and am looking into one with EDC as well.....why all government stuff? I don't know....i'm going to be a pencil pusher!!!! ahhh, my worst dream realized...lol....
I've also been entertaining thoughts of travel in the summer. Specifically I was thinking about going down to South America to learn Spanish and maybe volunteer on a project. This would obviously require some financial resources, so I have to figure that out first....
Some ideas bouncing around.....an exciting time for sure!
Saturday, January 26, 2008
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Getting Settled into another semester...
So the first week of my winter semester is finished. The first impressions of my courses are really good. Much better than last semester. Whereas last semester I was working on finishing the last of my required commerce courses, stuff like intro to finance, cost accounting, etc, this semester's courses are more up my alley. I am doing a really interesting course entitled "Globalization and Sustainable Development" where we will be exploring all sorts of interesting issues like biotech, peak oil, and new imperialism..
Another course I am doing is International Business Law. This seems really cool too. The teacher has invited a Montreal tech company to be the subject of our main project. Essentially, each group will act as consultants to the firm in their decision to build a new facility abroad. The winning team will be given a prize of some form, making it a competitive endeavour. I got myself into a good group, so hopefully we will win!
My other two courses are also internationally related, if not so interesting. One is a 200-level geography course and the other an international political economy course. I think you can see a general theme in my studies this semester :)
I will also be continuing my work on the Sustainable Business conference. I'm working with a number of the working groups (marketing, getting speakers and logistics). This will allow me to work with a lot of interesting people.
So, good things are going on this semester. I am excited!
Another course I am doing is International Business Law. This seems really cool too. The teacher has invited a Montreal tech company to be the subject of our main project. Essentially, each group will act as consultants to the firm in their decision to build a new facility abroad. The winning team will be given a prize of some form, making it a competitive endeavour. I got myself into a good group, so hopefully we will win!
My other two courses are also internationally related, if not so interesting. One is a 200-level geography course and the other an international political economy course. I think you can see a general theme in my studies this semester :)
I will also be continuing my work on the Sustainable Business conference. I'm working with a number of the working groups (marketing, getting speakers and logistics). This will allow me to work with a lot of interesting people.
So, good things are going on this semester. I am excited!
Monday, January 7, 2008
Back from a long hiatus
So, its been awhile since i've written here. Its been 4 months since I returned to Canada, to Montreal, and I guess I kinda let things here take over, leading me to neglect certain things.
It's January now. One year ago I was writing this blog in Copenhagen and France. Now, Montreal, starting my last semester at Concordia university. Its a pretty exciting thought actually, to know that this phase in my life will be over in the near future. Exciting and scary, because I don't really know what I'll be doing 5 months from now...
As many of you know, I've applied for a job with the Department of Foreign Affairs. I wrote a series of tests, which I think I've done pretty well on and am now awaiting word from the department as to whether I've made it past the first round.
Although I am really eager and hopeful that this job will come through, I am planning for the eventuality that it doesn't work. I've begun preparing a few applications for grad school, at the University of Ottawa and the University of Waterloo for studies related to International Affairs and Public Policy.
I don't want to give the impression that school and thoughts of my future are the only thing going on in my life (even if they may dominate my thoughts quite often). I am really enjoying my time here in Montreal. I'm living in a huge house with a bunch of really cool roommates. We are very diverse, studying everything from civil engineering to fine arts. We cook, watch movies and play scrabble together quite often. The house is just 10 minutes walk from my campus, so its quite ideal in terms of commuting time. It was really nice to come back to Montreal and have a place like this, with an instant group of friends and life partners.
I'm keeping busy with a bunch of other stuff too. Work part-time, volunteering organizing a sustainable business conference (http://sustainable.concordia.ca/ourinitiatives/sbc/).
I've also been keeping pretty active with winter sports and the gym. Right at the end of last semester, just before heading back to Toronto, my friend Clinton and his girlfriend Amanda came up for a day of snowboarding at Mont Tremblant. It just so happens that this coincided with a huge blizzard that dropped 40cms of snow during the day. I remember at one point, on the very last run of the day, being literally blown uphill by the power of the wind. Scary stuff! but intensely fun... :)
My christmas break was very nice. I hadn't had a lot of time to spend with my family and friends in Toronto after my return to Toronto from Europe, so three weeks in T.O. were definitely nice. My sister Kim is now pregnant, 5 months in, so it was really nice to see how she's doing. She seems to be handling it all pretty well, excited about the arrival of a new baby girl in 4 months. Her boyfriend Paul is also very excited, which assuages my fears of him not being there to help me out. My mom and other sister beth are also doing well.
I spent a lot of time going for dinners/lunches/ etc with friends that I hadn't seen in a long time. Although I spent a whole bunch of money that I didn't really have on all this revelry, it was definitely well worth it.
Anyhow, I feel im rambling, so ill end it here. I hope that I can keep this up in the next few months.
It's January now. One year ago I was writing this blog in Copenhagen and France. Now, Montreal, starting my last semester at Concordia university. Its a pretty exciting thought actually, to know that this phase in my life will be over in the near future. Exciting and scary, because I don't really know what I'll be doing 5 months from now...
As many of you know, I've applied for a job with the Department of Foreign Affairs. I wrote a series of tests, which I think I've done pretty well on and am now awaiting word from the department as to whether I've made it past the first round.
Although I am really eager and hopeful that this job will come through, I am planning for the eventuality that it doesn't work. I've begun preparing a few applications for grad school, at the University of Ottawa and the University of Waterloo for studies related to International Affairs and Public Policy.
I don't want to give the impression that school and thoughts of my future are the only thing going on in my life (even if they may dominate my thoughts quite often). I am really enjoying my time here in Montreal. I'm living in a huge house with a bunch of really cool roommates. We are very diverse, studying everything from civil engineering to fine arts. We cook, watch movies and play scrabble together quite often. The house is just 10 minutes walk from my campus, so its quite ideal in terms of commuting time. It was really nice to come back to Montreal and have a place like this, with an instant group of friends and life partners.
I'm keeping busy with a bunch of other stuff too. Work part-time, volunteering organizing a sustainable business conference (http://sustainable.concordia.ca/ourinitiatives/sbc/).
I've also been keeping pretty active with winter sports and the gym. Right at the end of last semester, just before heading back to Toronto, my friend Clinton and his girlfriend Amanda came up for a day of snowboarding at Mont Tremblant. It just so happens that this coincided with a huge blizzard that dropped 40cms of snow during the day. I remember at one point, on the very last run of the day, being literally blown uphill by the power of the wind. Scary stuff! but intensely fun... :)
My christmas break was very nice. I hadn't had a lot of time to spend with my family and friends in Toronto after my return to Toronto from Europe, so three weeks in T.O. were definitely nice. My sister Kim is now pregnant, 5 months in, so it was really nice to see how she's doing. She seems to be handling it all pretty well, excited about the arrival of a new baby girl in 4 months. Her boyfriend Paul is also very excited, which assuages my fears of him not being there to help me out. My mom and other sister beth are also doing well.
I spent a lot of time going for dinners/lunches/ etc with friends that I hadn't seen in a long time. Although I spent a whole bunch of money that I didn't really have on all this revelry, it was definitely well worth it.
Anyhow, I feel im rambling, so ill end it here. I hope that I can keep this up in the next few months.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sweden and festivals!
Since I last wrote, I've been pretty busy doing a lot of fun stuff. After getting back from the Roskilde festival, Tanne and I spent a few days in Copenhagen to recover from the 8 days of mud, beer, lack of sleep and decent food...Luckily for us, it was the Copenhagen Jazz festival during those days, so we had some interesting music to keep us occupied.
While maybe not as well known as the Montreal Jazz festival, the Copenhagen version is definitely pretty cool. On any given day there were 20+ musical performances throughout the city, and many were really good. Tanne and I managed to check out a few of them....
At the end of the week we headed off to Sweden to visit Tanne's family's summer house. It is located in a region called Småland, which is about 200kms from Copenhagen. It is a really nice place, with beautiful wilderness and really cute old houses that really give you the feel of being transported back in time in some way. At the house where we were, all cooking was done on an old-fashioned iron wood stove which gave new meaning to the idea of slow food.
While there we took a lot of time to go on walks around the house, picking berries and breathing fresh air (something that one doesn't really think about when living in a city). We also rented a canoe one day and went for a 20km trip down-river. It was a very relaxing day (no rapids), just taking our time paddling down the meandering rivers. ahhh....just writing about it is bringing back good memories....
Once back from Sweden we went to another small music festival called Nakke festival. It is located in the Northern part of Denmark in a beautiful coastal region. Compared with the Roskilde festival, this one is really small and intimate. There were just over 1000 people there and really small danish bands of very diverse genres. It was really cool to hear new music from bands that are completely unknown to you. Even though the bands were pretty unknown (even within Denmark) many of them were really talented and put on a great show. The weather was awesome for us, which was definitely a nice change from the Roskilde festival, so it was nice to be outside, drinking beer, listening to good music without any worries....
I am back in Copenhagen now. We will stay here for the week and head out for another road trip to Jutland (The peninsula that juts out from the north of Germany). While there we will visit Tanne's grandmother and my friend Anna whom I met a few years ago in Toronto while she was on exchange at Centennial. We are also planning to travel around the western part of Jutland to see some of the amazing coasts and beaches that Denmark has. Hopefully the weather will hold up for us!!
While maybe not as well known as the Montreal Jazz festival, the Copenhagen version is definitely pretty cool. On any given day there were 20+ musical performances throughout the city, and many were really good. Tanne and I managed to check out a few of them....
At the end of the week we headed off to Sweden to visit Tanne's family's summer house. It is located in a region called Småland, which is about 200kms from Copenhagen. It is a really nice place, with beautiful wilderness and really cute old houses that really give you the feel of being transported back in time in some way. At the house where we were, all cooking was done on an old-fashioned iron wood stove which gave new meaning to the idea of slow food.
While there we took a lot of time to go on walks around the house, picking berries and breathing fresh air (something that one doesn't really think about when living in a city). We also rented a canoe one day and went for a 20km trip down-river. It was a very relaxing day (no rapids), just taking our time paddling down the meandering rivers. ahhh....just writing about it is bringing back good memories....
Once back from Sweden we went to another small music festival called Nakke festival. It is located in the Northern part of Denmark in a beautiful coastal region. Compared with the Roskilde festival, this one is really small and intimate. There were just over 1000 people there and really small danish bands of very diverse genres. It was really cool to hear new music from bands that are completely unknown to you. Even though the bands were pretty unknown (even within Denmark) many of them were really talented and put on a great show. The weather was awesome for us, which was definitely a nice change from the Roskilde festival, so it was nice to be outside, drinking beer, listening to good music without any worries....
I am back in Copenhagen now. We will stay here for the week and head out for another road trip to Jutland (The peninsula that juts out from the north of Germany). While there we will visit Tanne's grandmother and my friend Anna whom I met a few years ago in Toronto while she was on exchange at Centennial. We are also planning to travel around the western part of Jutland to see some of the amazing coasts and beaches that Denmark has. Hopefully the weather will hold up for us!!
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Roskilde Festival 2007 (aka Mudfest)
Hey there!
As I'd mentioned in previous posts, Tanne and I had been planning for awhile to attend this year's Roskilde Festival. This is the largest festival in northern Europe, attracting close to 100,000 people every year to a small town about 50kms from Copenhagen.
The band list was a music lovers dream, with acts spanning all genres and coming from around the world.....The festival lasts for 4 days, with another 4 days of 'warming up' before the music starts.
So we arrived on July 1st, a Sunday at 7ish in the morning to ensure that we would get ourselves a good camping spot (some people had waited outside the gates from 11pm the night before!!!). We set up our tent and then chilled out......and chilled........and chilled.......
Unfortunately for us, the nice weather didn't stay....the rain started on Monday and continued off and on until thursday (on the thursday there was a torrential downpour that saw 45mm dumped on our heads). Well, as I'm sure you can imagine, the entire festival grounds were turned into a mudwhole. Some camping sites were completey submerged in water and in many places the water was nearly knee deep. I had the proud distinction of having attended the rainiest festival in it's 35 year history (which is saying a lot in a country like Denmark that is pretty rainy in general)
So, while the music started on Thursday, the crowd wasn't exactly warmed up, and indeed, many were forced to leave because their tents were destroyed. We braved it out and managed to see some awesome music that night, the highlight being Arcade Fire, a band from Montreal. Then we saw Talib Kwali, a really good hiphop act. Both of these stages were covered, which protected us from the worst of the storm....the last act that we saw, Björk, was unfortunately playing at the main stage, which was completely open. While the show was awesome and her music is incredible, the rain pouring down on our already soaked bodies prevented us from really enjoying the show as we could have.
We decided to break with festival tradition and head home to Copenhagen to get some warm clothes and sleep in a real bed for a night. This was definitely worth it, even though it ended up being a serious mission as many other festivalgoers had the same idea. We returned on Friday, worked our last volunteer shift and then prepared to enjoy the last few days of the festival.
On Saturday, we saw the Who on the main stage (the orange stage as its known) and then headed to the more intimate green stage to watch Dj Tiesto spin a 4 hour set of some crazy assed beats :) I definitely enjoyed it, staying right until the end even though the others had left out of exhaustion ....
Sunday was another day of great music. We started with a folk act called Beirut that was pretty good and then checked out Somolian-Canadian hiphoper K'Naan. If you ever have the chance to see this guy at home, its definitely worth it! After K'Naan, we went back to the Orange stage to catch Muse, which was a pretty crazy set of good rock and roll. Next was Laurent Garnier, a Parisien dj who rocks out to a diverse mix of electro, rock, d&b, etc, etc....We didn't get to catch too much of him unfortunately because Bassment Jaxx was up on the Orange stage to close down the festival. That was an amazing show with some booty-shaking beats and amazing visuals.....mmmm.....wonderful!
Well, I guess thats the short story of it. There is definitely much more to tell, but you'll have to ask me about it personally......
Alright folks, thats all for now, be sure to check my pic site for a visual impression of the festival (pics will be uploaded shortly) and keep checking for the next update of my adventures in outer space......
As I'd mentioned in previous posts, Tanne and I had been planning for awhile to attend this year's Roskilde Festival. This is the largest festival in northern Europe, attracting close to 100,000 people every year to a small town about 50kms from Copenhagen.
The band list was a music lovers dream, with acts spanning all genres and coming from around the world.....The festival lasts for 4 days, with another 4 days of 'warming up' before the music starts.
So we arrived on July 1st, a Sunday at 7ish in the morning to ensure that we would get ourselves a good camping spot (some people had waited outside the gates from 11pm the night before!!!). We set up our tent and then chilled out......and chilled........and chilled.......
Unfortunately for us, the nice weather didn't stay....the rain started on Monday and continued off and on until thursday (on the thursday there was a torrential downpour that saw 45mm dumped on our heads). Well, as I'm sure you can imagine, the entire festival grounds were turned into a mudwhole. Some camping sites were completey submerged in water and in many places the water was nearly knee deep. I had the proud distinction of having attended the rainiest festival in it's 35 year history (which is saying a lot in a country like Denmark that is pretty rainy in general)
So, while the music started on Thursday, the crowd wasn't exactly warmed up, and indeed, many were forced to leave because their tents were destroyed. We braved it out and managed to see some awesome music that night, the highlight being Arcade Fire, a band from Montreal. Then we saw Talib Kwali, a really good hiphop act. Both of these stages were covered, which protected us from the worst of the storm....the last act that we saw, Björk, was unfortunately playing at the main stage, which was completely open. While the show was awesome and her music is incredible, the rain pouring down on our already soaked bodies prevented us from really enjoying the show as we could have.
We decided to break with festival tradition and head home to Copenhagen to get some warm clothes and sleep in a real bed for a night. This was definitely worth it, even though it ended up being a serious mission as many other festivalgoers had the same idea. We returned on Friday, worked our last volunteer shift and then prepared to enjoy the last few days of the festival.
On Saturday, we saw the Who on the main stage (the orange stage as its known) and then headed to the more intimate green stage to watch Dj Tiesto spin a 4 hour set of some crazy assed beats :) I definitely enjoyed it, staying right until the end even though the others had left out of exhaustion ....
Sunday was another day of great music. We started with a folk act called Beirut that was pretty good and then checked out Somolian-Canadian hiphoper K'Naan. If you ever have the chance to see this guy at home, its definitely worth it! After K'Naan, we went back to the Orange stage to catch Muse, which was a pretty crazy set of good rock and roll. Next was Laurent Garnier, a Parisien dj who rocks out to a diverse mix of electro, rock, d&b, etc, etc....We didn't get to catch too much of him unfortunately because Bassment Jaxx was up on the Orange stage to close down the festival. That was an amazing show with some booty-shaking beats and amazing visuals.....mmmm.....wonderful!
Well, I guess thats the short story of it. There is definitely much more to tell, but you'll have to ask me about it personally......
Alright folks, thats all for now, be sure to check my pic site for a visual impression of the festival (pics will be uploaded shortly) and keep checking for the next update of my adventures in outer space......
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Chilling in København
Well, its been about a week since I arrived in Copenhagen. So far its been pretty nice. The best part, obviously :) has been that Tanne and I have been able to spend a lot of time together. We both had an exam at the end of the week, hers a final oral exam for sociology, mine a mid-term for the online political science course I'm doing (Global Conflict and the Middle East), so we spent a fair bit of time being studious......
Now, both exams are finished, so the fun begins :) We will be leaving tommorow for a huge music festival that takes place yearly in Denmark. The Roskilde festival is an 8 day camping marathon with close to 80,000 people and some of the best bands in the world. (check the band list at http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?code=1 ). It is going to involve much partying, and from what I hear, lots of beer. (The danes drink a lot!!!! :)
I will be bringing my camera, so be sure to check my pics page in about a week and a half to get an idea of how it was. Lets hope that the weather isnt completely horrible!!!
Ian
Now, both exams are finished, so the fun begins :) We will be leaving tommorow for a huge music festival that takes place yearly in Denmark. The Roskilde festival is an 8 day camping marathon with close to 80,000 people and some of the best bands in the world. (check the band list at http://www.roskilde-festival.dk/index.php?code=1 ). It is going to involve much partying, and from what I hear, lots of beer. (The danes drink a lot!!!! :)
I will be bringing my camera, so be sure to check my pics page in about a week and a half to get an idea of how it was. Lets hope that the weather isnt completely horrible!!!
Ian
Monday, June 25, 2007
Backpacking Adventure completed!
Well, it seems as if once again I have neglected to keep this blog up to date, letting my wonderful adventures in outer space remain a mystery to you, my loyal readers....
I will try to encapsulate in one posting what I've been up to for the past month. I spent the remainder of May finishing up my english teaching job, saving money, and spending time with friends. I left Lille on June 1st, heading to Paris to start a three week journey across parts of Europe.
In Paris, I met with my friend Avril, whom I met while studying in Lille. She lives just outside of Paris, near Eurodisney. I stayed with her for a few days. We went to check out some expositions, notably one called "Trash" a photo exhibit of famous people's garbage.....
We also met with some of her friends and went out to a party one night in a Paris suburb. It was pretty cool to see a different part of Paris than the touristy part that I'm used to.
Tanne arrived in Paris on the 4th to spend a few days with me. We stayed in a pretty crappy hostel in the 9th arr (Montmarte area). We had a pretty amazing time, checking out art expo's, meeting up with friends and lots of interesting stuff that skips my mind at the moment....oh ya...Versailles! That was pretty cool. The weather was amazing, and we brought a picnic...nuff said...
After Paris, I headed to Haute-Savoie, in the French alps, to meet with my friend Claire. Later some other friends came, Raymond and Fred, and we spent the days hiking mountians and generally enjoying ourselves. I love that region and really hope to return some day....
I spent a day in Geneva, touring around the city, pretty nice place....Then took a night train to Munich to visit my friend Carmen, who's doing an internship there. This city is super cool, one of my favorites thus far on my tour. It was actually ranked as the best city in the world to live in in a recent article, confirming my impressions: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/arts/rmon1munich.php
I toured around the city, relaxed in parks, and ya, drank beer and ate sausage....lol....
After Munich, I went to Vienna and Prague, 2 days in each. Both are really beautiful cities, but in different ways. Vienna's beauty is largely the heritage of the Hapsburg's and dates from the 17th century, while Prague has buildings from many different periods, making it somewhat unique in Europe....Both cities were really cool! In prague i went out one night to a crazy nightclub decorated with all sorts of electronic debris...it felt like a post-industrial nightmare!!!
I met some really cool people in each city as well...
After Prague, I headed to Dresden, a city approx half-way between Prague and Berlin. It was a really beautiful small city. I went to some wonderful museums, the city has one of the best porcelin collections in the world and a pretty cool midevil weaponry museum.
After Dresden, it was the final stop before Copenhagen...Berlin!....What can I say, this city is pretty cool. The first day I took a silly touristy guided walk, wasting 9euros, but getting an alright intro to the city. I saw the wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Hitler's Bunker (now just a parking lot) and other interesting historical places. I went to some cool museums (Pergamon, Jewish Museum and the Hamburg HBf - Modern Art) and generally enjoyed walking around the city. The people are really interesting and the city is wonderful!
So, that was the brief tour of my tour! lol... I've uploaded a tonne of pics, organized by city, so check out my pic website: http://picasaweb.google.com/iantrice . I'm in Copenhagen now and will be based here for the rest of the summer. Tanne and I are checking out a pretty big music festival next week, which should be fun ...lol....really fun! other than that, plans are up in the air, we will be enjoying ourselves to the max :) until next time!
Ian
I will try to encapsulate in one posting what I've been up to for the past month. I spent the remainder of May finishing up my english teaching job, saving money, and spending time with friends. I left Lille on June 1st, heading to Paris to start a three week journey across parts of Europe.
In Paris, I met with my friend Avril, whom I met while studying in Lille. She lives just outside of Paris, near Eurodisney. I stayed with her for a few days. We went to check out some expositions, notably one called "Trash" a photo exhibit of famous people's garbage.....
We also met with some of her friends and went out to a party one night in a Paris suburb. It was pretty cool to see a different part of Paris than the touristy part that I'm used to.
Tanne arrived in Paris on the 4th to spend a few days with me. We stayed in a pretty crappy hostel in the 9th arr (Montmarte area). We had a pretty amazing time, checking out art expo's, meeting up with friends and lots of interesting stuff that skips my mind at the moment....oh ya...Versailles! That was pretty cool. The weather was amazing, and we brought a picnic...nuff said...
After Paris, I headed to Haute-Savoie, in the French alps, to meet with my friend Claire. Later some other friends came, Raymond and Fred, and we spent the days hiking mountians and generally enjoying ourselves. I love that region and really hope to return some day....
I spent a day in Geneva, touring around the city, pretty nice place....Then took a night train to Munich to visit my friend Carmen, who's doing an internship there. This city is super cool, one of my favorites thus far on my tour. It was actually ranked as the best city in the world to live in in a recent article, confirming my impressions: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/arts/rmon1munich.php
I toured around the city, relaxed in parks, and ya, drank beer and ate sausage....lol....
After Munich, I went to Vienna and Prague, 2 days in each. Both are really beautiful cities, but in different ways. Vienna's beauty is largely the heritage of the Hapsburg's and dates from the 17th century, while Prague has buildings from many different periods, making it somewhat unique in Europe....Both cities were really cool! In prague i went out one night to a crazy nightclub decorated with all sorts of electronic debris...it felt like a post-industrial nightmare!!!
I met some really cool people in each city as well...
After Prague, I headed to Dresden, a city approx half-way between Prague and Berlin. It was a really beautiful small city. I went to some wonderful museums, the city has one of the best porcelin collections in the world and a pretty cool midevil weaponry museum.
After Dresden, it was the final stop before Copenhagen...Berlin!....What can I say, this city is pretty cool. The first day I took a silly touristy guided walk, wasting 9euros, but getting an alright intro to the city. I saw the wall, Checkpoint Charlie, Hitler's Bunker (now just a parking lot) and other interesting historical places. I went to some cool museums (Pergamon, Jewish Museum and the Hamburg HBf - Modern Art) and generally enjoyed walking around the city. The people are really interesting and the city is wonderful!
So, that was the brief tour of my tour! lol... I've uploaded a tonne of pics, organized by city, so check out my pic website: http://picasaweb.google.com/iantrice . I'm in Copenhagen now and will be based here for the rest of the summer. Tanne and I are checking out a pretty big music festival next week, which should be fun ...lol....really fun! other than that, plans are up in the air, we will be enjoying ourselves to the max :) until next time!
Ian
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