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Monthly Archives: October 2006

Culture Shock #4 – in which our hero learns the true nature of German bureaucracy

» by Gav October 31, 2006 at 11:30 am » Comments (0)

Now you might think, reading this at the cusp of November, that any well-thinking citizen would have registered at their University a good month-and-a-half ago. Well, before I go on, ...more »

Culture Shock #3 – in which our hero fests Oktober and enters diplomatic limbo

» by Gav October 17, 2006 at 1:24 pm » Comments (0)

  So what else do I know about Passau? Well, the town was diplomatically flattened in 1663 and rebuilt by Italian architects specially commissioned from Venice. As a result there's lots ...more »

Culture Shock #2 – in which our hero discovers the rules of Bavarian public transport

» by Gav October 3, 2006 at 9:04 pm » Comments (0)

So... what do I know about Passau? Well, I know that it has a population of 50,000 and is about the size of Athlone; that it's home to a University ...more »