Unexpected Anonymity
Starting May 7, 2025 (today), a REAL ID driver's license is required to travel within the United States: alternatives do exist but driver's licenses are ubiquitous for intra-national air travel.…
Cool Photos #8
During a walking tour of Trondheim, Norway, our guided stopped on Brattøra, an artificial island built for industrial use. While he explained the background of the area and pointed out…
Meandering Thoughts #43
In April, I attended Devoxx Greece at the Megaron Athens International Conference Centre: great conference, great venue, blah blah blah. What I can't understand is two UK-styled outlets are installed…
Random Learning #52
The Defence of the Realm Act was enacted by the United Kingdom parliament days after World War I started and granted the government extraordinary wartime emergency powers. Expanded throughout the…
Kulturpalast Dresden
The Kulturpalast Dresden is a DDR-era multi-purpose hall built in the Altmarkt Square in Dresden, Germany, the largest in the city when opened in 1969. Unfortunately, I know nothing about…
Cool Photos #7
After entering the Alte Nationalgalerie and purchasing your tickets, you ascend the stairs to the first floor where the exhibits are. On the landing to the right is an exterior…
Fürstenzug
Friendrich D Strenge, 1349-1381 Fürstenzug, or Procession of Princes, is a large, public mural showing the rulers of Saxony from Conrad, Margrave of Miessen (1127-1156) through King George of Saxony…
Friedliche Revolution
Friedliche Revolution, known as Peaceful Revolution in English, were the 1989 non-violent protests against the East German communist government which led to its demise. The protests' origins were the Monday's…
Hitler’s Chancellery Lives!
Perhaps. In Berlin it's difficult to tell original vs. renovated, truth from myth. Chunks of the Berlin Wall are still for sell, 35 years after the wall fell. Is it…
Neue Wache
Known in English as The New Guardhouse, Neue Wache has commemorated victims of war since its construction in 1818: however, which war or victims has changed as Germany has changed,…