After getting priced out of Cologne with reservations, I decided instead to travel to Hamburg. It is, after all the second largest city in Germany after Berlin, and after researching on the internet, they had a Banksy exhibit that I wanted to visit. Getting to Hamburg from Rotterdam was an adventure of itself, having toContinue reading “Sabbatical Part 3/Hamburg”
Category Archives: Sabbatical
Sabbatical Part 1/Departure
I guess I’m actually doing this now. Yesterday, Friday, my last day at work before heading out on six week sabbatical, and today, after hanging out with my wife for one last Saturday morning coffee, I got on the train, headed to the airport, and as I write this, am on a plane to AmsterdamContinue reading “Sabbatical Part 1/Departure”
Under a Week to Go
Several months ago, I planned out my sabbatical for October through November. I would fly in and out of Amsterdam, and spend the final couple of weeks in Portugal, scoping out the potential real estate situation, before spending the final couple of days back in Amsterdam. I am using an Eurail pass to get around,Continue reading “Under a Week to Go”
Sabbatical Time
After working at my corporate job for 10 years, my company allows me to take six weeks off to do whatever I fancy, a sabbatical. Since I started at my job in 2009, I became eligible for this in 2020. However, in early 2020, things happened in the world as a whole which put myContinue reading “Sabbatical Time”
And here I go..... 