http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:59:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hooray! Curt's 40th! To celebrate we took a 5-day trip down to Sicily at the end of Jan. The flight from Stuttgart was an easy 2 hours, albeit with a very turbulent landing and takeoff in Palermo because it's apparently always windy on the north/Tyrrenhian-coast of the island. The ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=59 We went back to the west coast for our holiday break; hitting Seattle, San Francisco and Phoenix. It was a little odd to be back stateside, mostly because you don't realize how used you've gotten to not being around so many other Americans. It was almost startling in Frankfurt ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=57 For my 36th b-day we took a very fun, quick trip to Prague. It was a pretty, 4.5-hour drive northeast; cutting across the Romantic Road in upper Bavaria, then on a brand new stretch of autobahn into CZ. Only an hour after the (deserted) border and we were there; unbelievable! ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=52 The last week of September we met up with our good friends, Erin and Steve, in France. We picked them up in Colmar, Alsace on the way down to Burgundy. It was so good to see them and catch up on life and the Seattle news since we moved away ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=47 In mid-September we met up with Curt's aunt and uncle from Ohio, at the end of their big tour through the Austrian and Swiss alps. The weekend was a bit chilly and overcast but dry enough to enjoy some long strolls through downtown Zurich--along the Limmat river, a pretty ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=49 We had a nice 5 day weekend in Berlin recently, even if it was another rainy trip. We explored most of it on foot and sometimes via U-bahn (subway) because Berlin is just huge (apparently 5 x the size of Paris) But it's an incredibly vibrant and artistic city ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=56 In June we took a quick weekend trip down to Venice along with Curt’s sister, Jill, and niece, Maia. We had a great time exploring the endless alleys and canals-especially once the unseasonal rain stopped, the sun came out and we finally got to take our long-awaited Gondola ride. ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=53 It's been an embarassingly long time since our last post but we've both been working hard and studying our German over the last couple of months. And other than exploring Tübingen and Stuttgart's restaurant and bar scenes, we haven't done any major traveling to blog about. But in mid-April we ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=40 This is the Bodensee-or in english, Lake Constance. When it's not freezing and windy in the winter, it serves as Germany's major, mediterranean-like, summer destination. Geographically, it's pretty interesting because it's bordered by Germany, Switzerland and Austria. We took this pic from the German/north side and you can see the ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=38 Last Sunday the weather miraculously turned to a sunny 67 degrees F. It's only February, people! Whatever, after living in Seattle for five years I have sworn not to question nice weather ever, ever again. So we made the most of it and went on a leisurely bike ride ... http://collinsworthdesign.com/ausland/?p=36