Today is the last real day of our time in Europe, and I will be returning to the United States tomorrow. Today was definitely a more relaxed day, we visited the stadium of Feyenoord Rotterdam, which was a fun experience, although it’s a similar case to FC Bayern, where I’m not a big soccer fan. [...]
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Day 11, May 21 – Dennis Browning
We gathered a little later today for a boat tour of the port in Rotterdam. It was interesting to see all the boats gathered so tightly together, and it makes me wonder how frequently they have miscommunications that put one boat at risk of collision with another boat. The machinery was interesting to see at [...]
Day 10, May 20 – Dennis Browning
Delft is a beautiful city. It seems like it may have been the most important trading center in the world about 300 years ago, but now it’s resigned itself to be a beautiful city for tourism and dealing in Dutch pottery, which is aptly named “Delftware”. Climbing the tower of the “New Church” in Delft [...]
Day 9, May 19 – Dennis Browning
We took our bike tour of Rotterdam today, specifically of the port of Rotterdam. I have not ridden a bike in years, so it took some getting used to. The port was beautiful and there was a lot to see, boats, examples of their rising automation, the area that has changed around the ports over [...]
Day 8, May 18 – Dennis Browning
Today was a lot more open-ended than some other days. I did laundry in the morning, which took so long that I missed the meet time for Amsterdam and had to play catchup. I did manage, though, and arrived in Amsterdam not long after the rest of the group. Amsterdam is interesting, because I did [...]
Day 7, May 17th – Dennis Browning
A large portion of the day was spent on trains. When we arrived in Rotterdam, however, this city is completely different from the previous two cities. One of the first I noticed is that this city is somewhat aquatic, with boats moving along the Nieuwe Maas, which is a distributary of the Rhine River, running [...]
Day 6, May 6th – Dennis Browning
Dachau's infamous concentration camp was one of the most interesting parts of this trip so far. While not the most brutal or deadly by pure statistics, it was the first Nazi concentration camp, created on March 22, 1933, and the longest running, remaining in operation for 12 years before being liberated by US Forces on [...]
Day 5, May 15th – Dennis Browning
One of the most intensive days of the trip so far was followed up by one of the least intensive. We started late today, making our way out to the 1972 Olympic Village set in Munich. After eyeing these buildings with roofs suspended by large cables, I think I can understand why people at the [...]
Day 4, May 14th – Dennis Browning
Today was maybe the most cardio-intensive of the days so far. We started this morning with a trek to Allianz Arena, stadium of FC Bayern, where we walked around the stands, the press room, the locker rooms, the field itself a little bit, etc. I'll admit that soccer is not one of my personal interest [...]
Day 3, May 13 – Dennis Browning
It was a fun city, but it was time to say goodbye to Stuttgart today. We visited the Porsche factory this morning, there was a lot that was impressive about the plant right off the bat. First was the large sculpture "Inspiration 911" at the center of the area, with 3 different generations of Porsche [...]
