Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 22:08:24 +0200
Subject: "The Periodic Adventures and the Adventurous Periodical of Marleigh," 
 Issue 21

Hi All,

I think this will be the second to last periodical.  I'll try to do
another one Thursday.  Just in case I forget, though, here's relevant
info:

My e'mail accounts [***************] and
[*******************] will no longer be accessable to me
after Friday morning.  Those who want to write to me should start using
[**************] or [*****************] ([********************] just
forwards mail to wherever I want it, and that address should be good for
the rest of my life.)

August 11 (next Wednesday) I leave Ulm.  Tom will be with me then, and
we'll be travelling around Europe (Berlin, Belgium, Amsterdam, perhaps a
bit of France) until August 22nd, when we shall both be coming back home
to Boston.  We'll be taking Sabena flight #533, leaving Brussels at
3:05pm and arriving at Logan Airport at 5:05pm.  In the time between
getting back to the States and moving into the new place, I'll be
staying with Tom.  The phone number there is [**********] if you need
to track me down, or I'll have e'mail.  Then it's off to my new home in
Somerville, MA.  No idea what the phone there will be,
we'll figure that out eventually.

Kate was here two weekends ago.  We went to visit her aunt and uncle and
their dog in Basel.  Kate's uncle was our guide and chauffeur.  Saturday
we went to Strasbourg in France, the next day to the Swiss Alps and
Luzern, and then he drove us to Fuessen so we could see Castle
Neuschwanstein on the way back.  It was a really neat castle, but sadly
we got there so late there wasn't much time to look around.  We got the
castle tour, grabbed dinner, then went home.  That was Tuesday.

Wednesday Kate hung around Ulm a bit while I worked.  We walked along
the Danube, and wandered through this park.  It had one of those
oversized chess sets in it, and a bunch of old men were sitting around
it, watching these two guys play.  They were all Slavic, which was
funny, since Kate had taken Russian in college so she could understand
their Slavic better than their German.  We watched them play several
games (they were quick, and really good), then went home.  Kate left
Thursday morning.

I had this weekend to myself, and was glad of the rest.  I like company,
but I was still a bit worn out from Rome, and I needed a quiet weekend
to get things back in order.  I went shopping a lot, and tried to get
things settled for my departure.  Sunday Richard invited me to a BBQ at
his place, just his family and I.  I took the bus out there, and didn't
see the right bus stop.  Luckily Richard saw me in the window, and drove
after the bus so he could pick me up at the next one.  It was really
funny.

Richard has two daughters, Jenny (14) and Connie (18).  The whole family
was fun to talk to, though the girls ran off quickly after dinner to go
out with friends.  A pity I didn't meet Connie sooner, she would have
been fun to hang out with.  O well.

German Words of the Week:
neu = new
Schwan = swan
Stein = rock, stone
Schwein = pig (swine)

I can't remember who told me this story (my roommate Michael, perhaps?),
but something to note is that castle Neuschwanstein (neu.schwan.stein)
is one of the most touristy places in Germany.  If you want to meet
Americans or Japanese, go there.  It is a really cool castle as well,
but it's become almost a joke amoung Germans, many pride themselves on
never having been there.  In any case, Michael (I think) told me how he
had been speaking with a Japanese visitor to Germany.  This person was
trying to tell Michael where he had been and what he had seen.  Most
recently, this man announced, he had just come from castle
"Neuschwanschwein" (neu.schwan.schwein)  The man then smiled happily
that he had been able to say such a long and difficult German word.
Michael didn't have the heart to correct him.

Honor and Glory...
	to Kate's Aunt Cathy and Uncle Peter, for their hospitality
	to Lance Armstrong, for winning the Tour de France
Dishonor and Notoriety...
	to Emma's landlady (still no hot water)
	to e'mail problems at work (probably shouldn't use
	   [**************] anymore)

Tschuess!

Marleigh