Movie based on the Long Walk
I reviewed the Long Walk two years ago, the fanciful but not entirely fabricated tale of Polish soldiers who walked to India from Sibera. Now a movie is being made based on this tale.
Travel
Johnson Space Center
I updated the Places I've Been section with photographs from the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The JSC is a shrine to mechanical engineering. There was a plaque set near the Command Module that designed the Saturn V a National Mechanical Engineering landmark. I didn't even
Iron Hill Brewery Dunkel Weizen
Iron Hill Dunkel Weizen
Iron Hill Dunkel Weizen
Dunkel Weizen [Type 27] 6.3% ABV
Iron Hill Brewery is a small brewpub chain in and around Newark Delaware. I was a little surprised at how small their brewing equipment was, but if you just brew beer for one restaurant at
Vienna- Day 7
Technically, we traveled home today, so we weren’t really in Vienna. Our flight left early, but there was a train just outside our hotel that took us directly to the airport. Our flight to London was fine, but then we had a 6-hour layover in Heathrow. I have a
Vienna- Day 6
We went to Hohr Markt today because I wanted to see the clock there. The square itself was plain, but the clock was very neat. The Anker clock had different figures that move across it for each hour. At noon you can see all the figures, but we never seemed
Vienna- Day 5
Today was the first full day that Ben was able to join me, and it started off with Mass at the Burgkapelle, which was the private chapel for the Hapsburgs. That would be cool enough, but it was a Mass by Mozart, sung by the Vienna Boys choir. Amazing! They
Vienna- Day 4
Today I had breakfast at a Café across from our hotel. They looked at me funny when I didn’t really speak German. You would think they would be used to it since they are right next to the Hilton, but it’s okay because the food was good. Austrians