Month: September 2020
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Autumn in Munich continues to be warm and sunny, so we’ve been taking advantage to get out and about. Last weekend we caught the bus to Nymphenburg Palace, the main summer residence for the former rulers of Bavaria of the House of Wittelsbach. The palace itself is bigger than Versailles, and you approach alongside canals…
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This past Tuesday we packed up all our stuff from the AirBnB in Maxvorstadt and piled into a taxi van to Theriesenhöhe. Later that night, finally emptying our suitcases, I was suddenly hit by a wave of sadness. It didn’t feel like vacation anymore. https://twitter.com/web_goddess/status/1303430505090756609?s=20 Thankfully a good night’s sleep helped, and we have been…
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So it turns out that we don’t get the keys to our new apartment until tomorrow, which meant we didn’t need the weekend for moving house after all. With the sun shining and two days with nothing to do, we headed out to explore some of Munich’s parks. The Englischer Garten is a massive public…
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Hard to believe we’ve already been here for a whole week! It honestly still feels like we’re on vacation. I’m sure reality will set in soon. https://twitter.com/web_goddess/status/1299582135918002176 That post caused some hilarity on Twitter amongst Aussies who hadn’t heard about “the poo shelf.” I remembered them from my summer in Germany 20+ years ago, but…
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Way back in 2018, I got an email from Phil Burgess at the IT Career Energizer Podcast inviting me to come be on his show. I’d only just started my role at AWS and wasn’t sure whether I was allowed to do such things, and frankly I was busy just trying to keep my head…
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QuinnyPig: I don’t want to know who this person was. That would end their daily torment of wondering “is today the day the I… https://t.co/ARGewddC9I (in reply to QuinnyPig) Amys_Kapers: Can't believe it's almost that time of year again, but even a global pandemic won't stop me from #Frocktober2020!… https://t.co/dyI6IZruQ4 MichelePlayfair: love you too, lil…