Dresden Really Is Like Florence, Especially on Monday

As I noted yesterday, Dresden is also known as Florence of the North (or Florence on the Elbe). I think this reflects its art, its scale, and its location on the river Elbe. But Dresden also has one very striking difference: It is much quieter than Florence. While I love Florence, it really has become […]

No Officer, We Weren’t Speeding. We Weren’t Even Keeping Up With Traffic

The left calf still hurts when I wake up in the morning, but by the end of the day I barely notice it. I feel as though some people would say I shouldn’t walk so much given the injury, but it hurts more when I don’t use it, so I’m going with my instincts and […]

Injured, but Still Moving

Saturday. Last conference day. Time to checkout, because D arrives today. Leg update. Boy does that calf hurt when I get up in the morning. I woke up, limped to the bathroom, took some ibuprofen, and started packing. From there, I checked out, left my bags, and went to the conference. Walking definitely helps, and […]

I Don’t Know Exactly What’s Wrong, But I Know I’m Not in Labor

Last night, after dinner, I missed a step. My left foot moved backwards into open air, and my footing was gone. I didn’t fall, but my left calf took an injury of some sort. Pulled muscle? Torn muscle? I don’t know but it feels like an unending charlie horse. So after this happened, at a […]

The Most Depressing Post Yet

Another conference day. Good set of morning talks. One of my takehome points: eat yogurt or drink kefir. Maybe both. My hotel isn’t near the conference center. It’s about 20 minutes away by U-Bahn (subway), line U2. Or I should say it was that far away. This morning when we got to Potsdamer Platz, about […]

The German Pain Scale

Conference day today. They canceled my postgraduate course, but offered me a different course. Given that I had considered both of these options, I’m not torn up about it. One (minor) problem with being in the conference is this: I don’t have much to blog about, so I’ll make some general observations. German, for example, […]