by Ross Cavins | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog
Day Three was filled with travel, lots of it. And by travel, I mean sitting on our asses in a car. That’s because we drove 4 hours to the birthplace of Gnomes: Grafenroda. But first, we stopped in Mainz, Germany, to visit the Gutenburg Museum. Contrary to popular...
by Ross Cavins | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog
We are at the end of Day Two, and Germany continues to impress. Today, I visited my first German castle (it was closed but looked very old and sturdy from the outside). We did eat at the little café beside the castle: I had the schnitzel with cream sauce. And it was...
by Ross Cavins | Jul 30, 2012 | Blog
Germany is six hours ahead of US Eastern time and one of the first things you learn about is jetlag. As I write this, it’s 2:38 am German time. We’ve already been to bed and gotten up. Having flown to the west coast, I thought I knew what jetlag was. I didn’t. Jetlag...
by Ross Cavins | Nov 10, 2008 | Blog
My friend Jeff and I were heading out for burgers when he pulled the top of his boxers out of his pants and said, “You know how long I’ve had these?” Usually when I hear a rhetorical question, I answer with something outlandish. Like “Gary...