I'm back!
[Non-L2 related post ahead]
Another delay between posts, I just got back from Germany! As some of you may or may not know I recently purchased a car and went to Germany to pick it up...along the way spending a week there on holiday and visiting Oktoberfest.
Germany's alot of fun, and I think I'm compelled to say that they have better drivers than the states! They seem to drive faster, more agressively, and possibly safer since their lanes are (or at least they feel) narrower than ours! Also...they actually use the left lane just for passing unlike us where we just obnoxiously sit in the left lane and drive slow even when the whole lane is open in front of us ><
...one thing the trip also taught me is that I can no longer complain about the price of gas in New York! Gas here in NY is generally between $2-$3 USD. Gas in Germany is was roughly about $1.40 a liter, which at today's exchange rate is 1.99095 a liter. It's roughly 3-4 liters to a gallon, so that comes out to 7.53 a gallon in USD. OUCH!
Anyway the trip was so much fun, I would definitely do it again in a heartbeat. Now I just have tro wait 6-8 weeks until my car gets back to my local dealer here in NY...here's a few photos for those who are interested:
[Some Aleena News!]
I was recently interviewed by Stratics! For those who are interested you can find the interview here
A link also managed to make its way on to the main lineage2.com community site page (thanks for mentioning this to me Relamyr!)
Lastly, my ss of Piewacket's rare accessory made it the official lineage 2 site as well with a story on the GenCon/Indiana meet and greet.
Anyhow, that's all for this short update! I will be attending the Ziff Davis Digital Life show this evening at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center after work so back from lots of beer, germans and fun cars and back to the day to day grind! Woohoo!! =D
Another delay between posts, I just got back from Germany! As some of you may or may not know I recently purchased a car and went to Germany to pick it up...along the way spending a week there on holiday and visiting Oktoberfest.
Germany's alot of fun, and I think I'm compelled to say that they have better drivers than the states! They seem to drive faster, more agressively, and possibly safer since their lanes are (or at least they feel) narrower than ours! Also...they actually use the left lane just for passing unlike us where we just obnoxiously sit in the left lane and drive slow even when the whole lane is open in front of us ><
...one thing the trip also taught me is that I can no longer complain about the price of gas in New York! Gas here in NY is generally between $2-$3 USD. Gas in Germany is was roughly about $1.40 a liter, which at today's exchange rate is 1.99095 a liter. It's roughly 3-4 liters to a gallon, so that comes out to 7.53 a gallon in USD. OUCH!
Anyway the trip was so much fun, I would definitely do it again in a heartbeat. Now I just have tro wait 6-8 weeks until my car gets back to my local dealer here in NY...here's a few photos for those who are interested:
[Some Aleena News!]
I was recently interviewed by Stratics! For those who are interested you can find the interview here
A link also managed to make its way on to the main lineage2.com community site page (thanks for mentioning this to me Relamyr!)
Lastly, my ss of Piewacket's rare accessory made it the official lineage 2 site as well with a story on the GenCon/Indiana meet and greet.
Anyhow, that's all for this short update! I will be attending the Ziff Davis Digital Life show this evening at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center after work so back from lots of beer, germans and fun cars and back to the day to day grind! Woohoo!! =D
posted by Aleena at 11:00 AM
2 Comments:
I am glad you could admit fuel prices in the states are nothing to make fuss about when you see ours here in Europe, 15y ago when I was just a kid prices where already around 6 dollars for a gallon.
And it's not that are cars are less thirsty ;)
Stratics! Wow and Gratz on the car, dreams do come true... :)
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