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  • Delayed tweet from sat night: At Rosie’s in Berlin. #
  • The concept of Pfand at bars is interesting. Must pay a deposit for your bottles #
  • It was daylight when we left the club (Rosie’s). Got back to jakes at 7am. The club will be going strong ’til a least noon #
  • Delayed tweet from Sunday: Wondered out into the Grunewald in Berlin and was rewarded handsomely. What a great adventure and great day! #
  • Delayed tweet from Sunday night: A home cooked meal by a group of 6 Berliners beats a random restaurant any day #
  • Went to “Mini-bar” tonight before the airport. It is about the size of a normal house’s kitchen. Not sure if it was packed or just small #
  • I think I was the first to make it through security at Berlin txl airport this morning. Waited for them to start up the computers at 4:30am #
  • About to depart from frankfurt to Chicago #
  • Watched Marley and Me on the flight. Thought it would be a cheesy comedy. Why did it have to be a sad dog movie. Those always get me. #
  • Rick Steves’ podcast about Berlin and the large Turkish population in Neukölln and Kreuzberg, where jake lives. Interesting facts learned #
  • Just arrived in Chicago. Immigration and customs time :-/ #
  • Got through customs alright. Didn’t know my connecting gate but got on tram anyway and looked up the gate on my iPhone. I miss this thing. #
  • There was a fire at one of the hangers of runway at ohare. It looks controlled #
  • There was a fire at one of the hangers at ohare. It looks controlled. That’s a pic of my plane home. Fire in bkgd http://twitpic.com/45×5b #
  • Requesting a window and emergency isle does nor necessarily mean you will receive both http://twitpic.com/45zrj #
  • I have landed in Orlando. No more airplanes for a little while please. #

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  • Tired after walking around Berlin all day. Trying to muster up energy for various parties #

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  • Thank you @flachrattenmann for charging credit to my German Handy! #
  • Got the royal tour by the Queen of Besançon today! #
  • If you want to really experience a city, find a local to drive you around and take you to the best spots. Such a wonderful experience. #
  • Theater of Besançon http://twitpic.com/3v34b #
  • Train to Paris @ 10:55…. Flight to Berlin @ 18:10. #
  • Just arrived in Paris. Lunch first then airport #
  • Paris -
    http://bit.ly/ZT3bV #
  • Out of Nicks hotel in Paris http://twitpic.com/3w0xh #

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  • I have set up @twe2 updates for my German mobile number. I now have SMS device updates. #
  • Eating in besançon with a Russian argentinean german bulgarian sweedish and American #
  • We have no idea how to speak French, but we have befriended the owner and chef of the restaurant. #
  • Heading back to the hotel then train station to try to get tomorrow’s travel determined. #

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  • I got suited up and got tipsy with the big wigs tonight! Then argued smart things after drinking. #
  • I crashed the adcom cocktail hour for the conference. I was not supposed to be there, but there was champagne, etc…. so why not #
  • Sleep time!……. #
  • The bus took forever, but I got to the conference center in time to walk in during the middle of my advisors talk #
  • I still think it is funny how French people actually walk around eating baguettes whole #
  • The band at last nights conference dinner in Besançon. http://twitpic.com/3rnj3 #
  • Back at the room. My feet are very sore #
  • Abbaye de Oudkeeken http://twitpic.com/3rz21 #
  • Affligem http://twitpic.com/3rz32 #
  • Guinness Red was good in London http://twitpic.com/3rz62 #
  • Guinness Red with shamrock in the head http://twitpic.com/3rz7k #
  • About guinness red http://twitpic.com/3rz9f #

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  • Went on a river dinner cruise with all the conference big shots in Besançon tonight. The lock system with a 300m tunnel was cool #
  • Now showered and shaved in prep for tomorrow morning since I must get up so early. #
  • Presentation pretty much ready. Gotta get some sleep now to wake up in 5 hours to go to the conference center. #
  • Tic-toc ’til presentation time. I am a bit nervous. I will be happy when this is over, for better or worse #
  • At the conference center in besançon.
    http://bit.ly/SKRhL #
  • I just finished my presentation. It went alright. I did better than the guy after me at least. #
  • Heading to the hotel by bus to take a nap after a beer stop at the Lidl market #
  • Conference dinner time http://twitpic.com/3q4jv #

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  • Hotel breakfast buffet was decent. Off to register for the conference and then work on my presentation for tomorrow. I’ll explore after then #
  • Affligem biere from Paris gare de Lyon http://twitpic.com/3n8ka #
  • Outside Paris gare de Lyon http://twitpic.com/3n8kv #
  • The café has French tv with American hip-hop music & a little French rap scattered in. I have always had a liking to rap in other languages #
  • Now they are playing the song from slumdog millionaire #
  • Café crema. I have really missed good European coffee. http://twitpic.com/3ncw0 #
  • The fare for EasyJet from Paris to Berlin increased quite a bit. Waited to long to book. Unsure how I get to Berlin for now. #
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  • About to board the EuroStar train from London to Paris. #

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