This was it. Our last month. The plan was to spend one week in Poland and in the other three I would finish my book. Only one of those things was going to happe| Apocryphicity
hma-meldungen 14-2025 – „Kontrafunk“ auf dem Bodensee Konstanz. Das rechtskonservative Internetradio „Kontrafunk“ mit Sitz in Steckborn in der Schweiz will am Samstag, den 5.Juli, eine Bootstour auf dem Bodensee durchführen. Geplant ist die Aufzeichnung der „Sonntagsrunde“ mit dem Journalisten Burkhard Müller-Ullrich, dem Gründer des Senders, und „prominenten Gästen aus Politik und Publizistik“. Erwartet werden u.a. der Publizist Peter Hahne, ...| VVN-BdA
Most of our penultimate month in Regensburg was spent outside of the city. At my request, we flew over to Ireland, chiefly to see a favourite band of mine: the| Apocryphicity
From the start of my interest in the ancient world, I have wanted to see Athens. All I needed to do was wait to be invited to a conference in the area so that I could score free travel and accommodations! Unfortunately, no invitation has come my way, but now that we are in Europe, it is not so expensive nor so time-consuming to travel there for a short visit. We found a decent hotel in the Monastiraki neighbourhood, not far from the acropolis, and checked off the list of typical tourist activ...| Apocryphicity
For most of this month we stayed close to home, satisfying our wanderlust with some small bus trips to nearby Kallmünz and Donaustauf. The two towns are quite| Apocryphicity
This month was bookended by two concerts, one in Munich and the other in Glasgow. I don’t normally mention music here but I am not only a scholar and a traveller, I am also a struggling musician—that is, I struggle to play competently. The first concert was by Michael Kiwanuka, a British singer-songwriter of Ugandan heritage. Like many British acts, Kiwanuka rarely plays in Canada, so this was our best opportunity to see him live. And he did not disappoint. The concert took place at the Z...| Apocryphicity
At the end of last month’s account of our post-Christmas vacation in Portugal, we were about to board a bus to Seville on New Year’s Day. After our previous two attempts to book transport were cancelled, we were not optimistic that we would be able to get out of Portugal, but we were pleasantly surprised to find the bus waiting for us. Alas, that pleasantness soon dissipated once we met our driver. He barked at all of the passengers, including two young women who were confused about where...| Apocryphicity
December was heavy with work (three presentations) and somewhat light on travelling (only one trip out of the city). Mind you, that’s all because we were in Regensburg for only a couple of weeks before heading home to Canada for the holidays. We also stopped in Lisbon on the way back to Germany. First, the travelling. Ever since our doomed trip to Vienna in October (where we were “punched in the face,” as my wife likes to say, by torrential rain), we vowed to return to the city in bette...| Apocryphicity
Winter has come to Regensburg. Who would have thought it would be so . . . misty? There have been a few flurries but most of the time the sky has been grey and the air heavy with water. Not rain, just . . . wet. Seems like a good time to go somewhere warm. But first, this past month we took a small trip to nearby Bamberg, a charming town an hour north of Nuremberg. The altstadt in the center has winding streets, plenty of medieval buildings, enough bridges to make you think of Venice (one sec...| Apocryphicity
The days are short now in Regensburg, and there is less activity on the streets. The only festivity to break up the routine is the eating of Krapfen (donuts) to| Apocryphicity
The following is the text of my presentation at the GORE Workshop held at Beyond Canon (Universität Regensburg), 2–3 December 2024. I have to confess that| Apocryphicity
Germany is celebrated around the world for its iconic cities and landmarks – but its lesser-known towns are just as worthy of attention, bursting with historical, cultural and culinary treasures just waiting to be discovered. Join us for an engaging insideTauck presentation with Sascha Mayerer from Historic Highlights of Germany as he takes us off … Continued| The Taucker Travel Blog
The following was posted a month ago to the ALG-TOP mailing list. I haven’t been able to find an application deadline online.Dear Topologists,this is to invite applications for a3+3 years Pos…| Motivic stuff