Random Hijinks

Trip to Galway

Five straight days of working at the bar later, I now have a lovely four-day weekend during which I can catch up on my late posts and explore some more of Vienna. Not surprisingly, it turns out that working at a bar and running around for eight hours straight is really exhausting, and I never […]

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Adventures in Dublin, Part I

92. Go to Dublin, Ireland Appropriately enough for the day after St. Paddy’s Day (which involved green beer at a pub called Paddy’s, incidentally) this is the first of three much-delayed posts on my trip with Laur to Dublin. The city was green and warm, and we had fantastic weather for the entire time we […]

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Mardi Gras/Faschingdienstag

So, suddenly I turn around and realize that it’s almost mid-March. What’s the deal with that, March?! An epic account (including pictures! Pictures of green green green things!) of my trip to Dublin with Laur is in order, and I am getting around to writing in between working at the bar (occasionally), reading depressing novels […]

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Hasslin’ the Hoff

83. Hassle the Hoff For some strange reason, Vienna loves David Hasselhoff, the actor made famous by his role in Baywatch and of questionable musical fame. Go to his website. I don’t think it’s possible to be disappointed. This is the Hoff in his glory days, but that’s not to imply that he’s not currently […]

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The Epic Fort

Last Friday night was one of record-breaking rallying – at 11:00 pm Mink and I decided we should ignore our working-week exhaustion and go out, and we met Mathis and Peter at Charlie P’s for dancing into the wee hours of the morning. Since getting home at 5:30 a.m. is not conducive to doing much […]

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