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Straight Outta Saxony

So I spent a week in and around Dresden with my uncle's family over the Christmas/New Year holiday, during which I wrote a long poem-turned-rap about everything that we had gone to see and do. I just had time to record it today. I think I hit all the major points! Lyrics: It's your boy S-Nabs …

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Bikes and buses: friends or foes?

I had some time to kill at the Lausanne metro station today, so like a good planning student I read the fine print of the Lausanne Public Transit bike policy (they had a poster on the wall). It is astonishingly different from what I had expected. Here's the relevant part, translated from French ( …

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All's Well That Ends Well

I'm now typing from the comfort of my bedroom in Lausanne, following a series of unfortunate events last Monday that left my travel plans tattered and useless. I am happy to report that I did arrive in Brussels on the scheduled train from Cologne without a hitch, but that's not to say the rest of …

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Lost in Translation

Well, this is interesting. When I booked my train trip from Dresden to London - with connections in Hanover, Cologne, and Brussels - I knew it was complicated but I didn't think I would run into any major problems. After all, I had left three hours of buffer time for my transfer in Brussels. But …

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