Admittedly I am jumping the gun a bit because we are nowhere near Thanksgiving just yet, but I felt truly fulfilled the other day and wanted to write about the experience.
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A friend of mine from back in Freiburg days has been a full professor of English at the University of Leipzig for a decade or more now. When Elmar of the blue eyes, very curly hair and infectious smile recently emailed me an attachment of a painting..
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Today is quite a big day for the Germans, as today will decide the shape of government for the next four years. I like the fact that the Germans vote on a Sunday, which means that most people do not have to stress on their way to work.  Unlike the US...
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{"title":"Who has more to offer?","post_url":"http:\/\/www.traveling-stories-magazine.com\/who-has-more-to-offer\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/traveling-stories-magazine.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-09-30 15:15:05","summary":"Today is quite a big day for the Germans, as today will decide the shape of government for the next four years. I like the fact that the Germans vote on a Sunday, which means that most people do not have to stress on their way to work.\u00a0 Unlike the US..."}

During my first week at school in Dakar, I had heard an odd noise during a meeting with the school’s director and could not resist looking out the window. The sound turned out to be the bleating of a sheep, and I was amused, as this was not the...
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{"title":"Running Amok","post_url":"http:\/\/www.traveling-stories-magazine.com\/running-amok\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/traveling-stories-magazine.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-09-19 17:29:26","summary":"During my first week at school in Dakar, I had heard an odd noise during a meeting with the school\u2019s director and could not resist looking out the window. The sound turned out to be the bleating of a sheep, and I was amused, as this was not the..."}

It was a shock for me to realize in class today that my present ninth graders were in KINDERGARTEN when the Twin Towers fell. I remember the morning as if it were yesterday – walking from the subway to my workplace on 20th Street, running into my...
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{"title":"September 11 in History","post_url":"http:\/\/www.traveling-stories-magazine.com\/september-11-in-history\/","feed_url":"http:\/\/traveling-stories-magazine.com\/feed\/","author":null,"date":"2009-09-11 12:27:05","summary":"It was a shock for me to realize in class today that my present ninth graders were in KINDERGARTEN when the Twin Towers fell. I remember the morning as if it were yesterday \u2013 walking from the subway to my workplace on 20th Street, running into my..."}