This year, Germany begins twelve months of festive celebrations to mark the 500th year of the Reformation. October 31st of 2017 is also marked as a special national holiday, joining the ranks of the Day of German Unity, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. From Berlin, the ICE will whisk you Read more
Some call him Peng, others call him boss, but I call him Tee. He’s the kind of friend that would go out of his way to visit me only to convince me to visit him in his country later in the same year. Here’s how it happened… Back in 2014, Read more
As part of my first train trip in Germany, I explored the northeastern coast of Germany with my bike on board visiting Güstrow and Warnemünde as well along the way. If Baltimore is Charm City, then Rostock is the City of Magical Spells. It’s waterfront area is just as charming Read more
The quaint renaissance town of Güstrow isn’t just a pretty face, it’s also the political centre of Rostock despite its larger and more famous cousin being more economically dominant in the region. Tourists from all over Germany come to see the well-preserved Güstrow Palace complete with a moat and gardens. Read more
On what was my first train trip in Germany I went to Güstrow, Rostock, and eventually ended up in Warnemünde at the end of my journey. Although some would say that the charming houses by the tourist zone or the Teepot by the sea are main attractions, I loved seeing Read more
Underground By David Macauley How do workmen lay utilities cables? Where does your sewage go? What’s underneath the ground floor of the building? These are all questions that you can find answers to in Underground by David Macauley. When I took an introductory course to civil engineering, I was in Read more
Fact Flash: – Rubber takes 50 years to decompose in the natural environment – Nylon takes 30-40 years to decompose in the natural environment Anyone who needed to attach a pen to a clipboard at work or wanted to make a bracelet in class might have contemplated using a link Read more
Death and Life of Great American Cities By Jane Jacobs First published in 1961, Jane Jacobs outlines the reasons for the failure of urban core areas in America and attributes it to the unsustainable sprawl of suburban housing, car-dependent culture, and flawed urban design philosophy based on what she calls Read more
If you’re heading East towards Yellowstone National Park on the scenic and tricky US-14, then you have to take the time to stop by and touch real dinosaur tracks. Discovered only near the turn of the 21st century, the dinosaur tracks are very well preserved in what used to be Read more
The Vocation Lectures By Max Weber While not a book in its original format, the bounded text is as influential in the field of social sciences as it was when first delivered as lectures in Munich in the late 1910’s. The lectures consists of two parts: “Science as a Vocation” Read more