Bird flu spreading across Europe
Two swans found dead in northern Germany have the virulent H5N1 bird flu virus, officials say, marking the first such cases in the country.
The birds were found on the island of Ruegen in the Baltic Sea, off Germany.
Hours earlier, Austrian officials confirmed their first cases of bird flu, also in a [...]

At long last — the last in the western europe trip series. The “Germany” category on this blog is quickly coming to its end. Expect a post or two about Amsterdam, and maybe a few retrospectives about my time in Europe, and that’s it. I liked blogging about my study abroad experience, but now feel [...]

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Paris
Brussels
Luxembourg
I had a better time in Brussels than I did in Paris. True story.
We arrived in Brussels around 8:15pm, on Monday, November 7th (how long it’s taken me to finally get around to this). The hotel in Brussels was fine, I remember little about it. I do remember we did have trouble finding it [...]

It was a long time coming, but I need to quickly wrap up the second big field trip. Over a month after it happened.. *cough*
Franktfurt
Paris
Brussels
Luxembourg
We got into Paris on November 4th. It was a Friday, and we arrived at about eight in the evening. The hotel was alright, although the elevator was broken and I [...]

Tomorrow at 7pm I fly from Frankfurt to Amsterdam. I have the train ticket to Frankfurt, I have the plane ticket to Amsterdam, and I have a hostel for the four nights I’ll be staying. I’ll be arriving back in Freiburg at about midnight on Monday, so that I can catch a few hours rest [...]