tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506233343473098762024-02-21T01:27:19.927+01:00since feeling is firstsince feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-35424221159729274502016-09-01T02:18:00.002+02:002016-09-01T02:18:50.578+02:00San German<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We're staying strong here in San Germán.<br />
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Just started year two at the Interamerican University. Graduate students are an inspiration. My undergraduates are eager to learn English and join the workforce at full speed!<br />
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God bless those who have followed us from Germany to Tennessee to Puerto Rico. We'll keep you in the know. Until next time, tschuss!<br />
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since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-3579551038267593402014-01-31T18:07:00.001+01:002014-01-31T18:07:01.675+01:00Johnson City<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We're in Tennessee now. Right next to the Smoky Mountains. It's a blessing to travel with Ambar and to live in new places. Thank you Lord for Ambar.</div>
since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-40607992845589488882013-06-02T01:10:00.002+02:002013-06-02T01:10:37.977+02:00Language Contact and Bilingualism volume ?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Mouton de Gruyter has agreed to publish my doctoral dissertation in their series Language Contact and Bilingualism. The title is still in the works. </div>
since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-69670931463669907652012-01-27T00:12:00.001+01:002012-01-27T00:12:25.207+01:00Oregon and Washington<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Ambar and I went to Oregon in January. We went to a couple vinyards in wine country and also ate fantastic seafood. We drove from Portland to Seattle the last day. We got to see the fish market and to eat our last northwest poboy before flying back to Hamburg.</div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-19955285450114596672011-08-01T04:44:00.000+02:002011-08-01T04:44:11.767+02:00Ghana in August<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I go to Istanbul on 1 August. I will tour the city during the day. I have a hotel room in a nice place in the historical part of the city. On 2 August I fly out of Istanbul and arrive in Nigeria. I have a two hour layover in Nigeria and then I fly on to Accra, Ghana.<br />
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I have a paper to present at the Society for Pidgin and Creole Linguistics on 5 August. The weekend after we will take a trip to the forts and castles that were built on the Gold Coast. The week following that I will be on campus at the University of Ghana, Legon. I will interview Student Pidgin speakers to get some data for my dissertation.<br />
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All will go well. Pictures to come soon!<br />
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</div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-49253811279060067212011-04-03T22:56:00.000+02:002011-04-03T22:56:21.422+02:00West African Christian Church<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I went to the West African Christian Church in Hamburg today to give a presentation on my project for LiMA (Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas). They asked me to come up to the front after the service and talk a little about myself and what I want from the Ghanaian community.<br />
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It all went really well. I encouraged them to start a language program for the youth that would teach the Akan language. Then I told them I would be coming to the church to record Akan and ask questions about how often they use the language in Hamburg. Reverend Roberts will get the names of people who are interested in working with me and will set up a time for us to meet. Gracias a Dios que todo salío bien.<br />
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</div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-66712387901600360542011-03-17T01:44:00.001+01:002011-03-17T01:56:47.112+01:00to Freiburg and Zürich and back<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">We got to celebrate Carnival in Europe this year! We don't have a lot of pics of Carnival, but we do have plenty of us hanging out in Zürich and enjoying our week in Freiburg. We stayed around the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_forest">Black Forest</a> for eight days and then went down to Switzerland for the weekend. We stayed at <a href="http://www.leonardo-hotels.com/switzerland-hotels/zurich-hotels/leonardo-boutique-hotel-rigihof-zurich">Leonardo Botique Hotel</a> in Zürich. We loved eating whole breaded pork and sautéed veal in mushroom sauce "Zürich style" at <a href="http://www.johanniter.com/wEnglisch/about_us/johanniterhaus.php?navid=2">Johanniter</a>.<br />
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</div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-62027542867590961422011-02-28T06:35:00.002+01:002011-02-28T06:39:21.974+01:00Monday after the Oscars<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I missed the Oscars last night because ABC doesn't stream video outside of the USA. Oh well. I read that Natalie Portman won best actress. I liked her role in Black Swan, but I didn't think that it was the best performance of an actress in 2010. Also, I saw The Kids Are Alright on one of my 9 trips to and from Puerto Rico in 2010. I thought the ending was unsatisfying. I would never have thought one of the actors from that movie would have been nominated for an Oscar! The movie was on par with The Jonseses, another one I caught flying over the Atlantic.<br />
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</div><div>Glad Batman picked up his first. "I'm not wearing hockey pads!" </div></div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-12894056197776983222011-02-20T21:47:00.000+01:002011-02-20T21:47:35.987+01:00One more week till Ambar Comes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Only one week till Ambar gets here. I've been working hard these last three weeks trying to get a lot of leg work done on my project before Ambar gets here. We'll want to go out and spend time together in the city in March and April.<div><br />
</div><div>It's official, we're going to Switzerland on March 12-15th. April we'll be in Milan, Italy for Easter. But I'll post something on that when the time comes.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I eat a lot of soup in the house. It costs about 70 cents to buy a can of beef soup. I pour that soup into a pot and add another can of water and add salt to dilute the taste of water. I add a bag of fresh carrots, celery, and two other vegetables that I don't know the name of. I add some tomato sauce to the broth too. That makes a pot of soup that can be eaten every day over the weekend. We'll see how Ambar likes it. She'll probably have some smart twist to put to it, which is always welcomed.</div><div><br />
</div><div>I want a chili recipe. I want some chili before it warms up. You gotta eat chili when it's cold outside! And we got chilly days here in Hamburg. Email me some simple chili recipes!</div></div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-17592085272997031272011-02-14T23:51:00.000+01:002011-02-14T23:51:45.612+01:00Valentine's Day Overseas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My darling wife gave me the best present.<br />
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since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-40057004471144129762011-01-19T02:58:00.001+01:002011-01-19T03:07:02.328+01:00LiMA office<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">LiMA provides the doctoral students with offices. I am posting pics of my office.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got a 21 inch <a href="http://www.apple.com/imac/">iMac</a> with wireless keyboard and mouse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTZCmI1Bn7I/AAAAAAAAALo/iI7Sv2P0_z8/s1600/DSCN6126.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTZCmI1Bn7I/AAAAAAAAALo/iI7Sv2P0_z8/s320/DSCN6126.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> Where's Waldo?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTZD3IJJpyI/AAAAAAAAAMA/8CD6dyL4btI/s1600/PIC-0102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTZD3IJJpyI/AAAAAAAAAMA/8CD6dyL4btI/s320/PIC-0102.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Down the stairwell from the 4th floor:<br />
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This is the typical look of a small German town, no?<br />
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We call this next one my European shot:<br />
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We had a delicious piece of pie and some coffee at a little cafe about halfway through our walk, and then a nice little snack just before we left the town.<br />
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Here is Ambar inside <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19px;"><i>Michaeliskirche. </i>St. Michael's Church started construction in 956. Johann Sebastian Bach was a choirboy at this church from 1700-1702. </span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ambar in front of the church:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTO03RNRkQI/AAAAAAAAALk/NAfW_nSU52k/s1600/Photo-0089.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Q0W6p-tvn_k/TTO03RNRkQI/AAAAAAAAALk/NAfW_nSU52k/s320/Photo-0089.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
We did some 1 Euro shopping in a store that was on the main strip.<br />
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The Cathedral of Seville was impressive:<br />
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Next I made my way further south to Cádiz. I finally got to swim on the other side of the Atlantic. I stayed in Cádiz for a day and a night, and then I moved back north to go to Córdoba. Below are some pics from Córdoba.<br />
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After experiencing southern Spain for a weekend, I travelled north to return to Madrid.<br />
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I stayed in Madrid for another day and then moved on to San Sebastian, an eerie city on the north coast. I have one pic of San Sebastian. I took it as I was leaving in the morning.<br />
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I left San Sebastian to go to Barcelona for a couple of days. I hung out on Las Ramblas and saw Beastie Boys at the Sonar Festival 2007.<br />
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Here is a video of some breakdancers on Las Ramblas.<br />
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Ambar and I are going to Barcelona as soon as we can. The flights from Hamburg are about 100 bucks roundtrip. How cool would it be to escape to Barcelona for the weekend!<br />
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I left Barcelona and traveled 8 hours to Paris. I stayed in Paris for a day, and then went on to Amsterdam for my conference. I don't have any pics of my team or me in Amsterdam! After staying in Amsterdam for four days, I went to meet up with an old friend in Belgium. I met him in Brussels and we went out for a night. The next day we drove to Antwerp and hung out at his father's house. I stayed in Antwerp for two days before moving back down to Paris.<br />
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After spending two lonely days in Paris, I boarded a train for a 12 hour ride over the Pyrenees. I spent the last two days in Madrid. I got to visit Museo de Prado and walk along Calle Atocha and Calle Sol one more time before flying back to San Juan. I spent three weeks in four countries. A nice adventure for a 25-year-old.since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-85628226818565519192011-01-09T05:48:00.002+01:002011-01-17T20:24:09.774+01:00bloggingI have lots of memories to blog about. I want to post my honeymoon pics from summer 2010, my trip to Luneburg, Germany back in October, and video from Spain and Amsterdam from 2007.<br />
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</div><div>I was thankful that some of my relatives from Owensboro, Kentucky got to fly down to the Caribbean to celebrate with us. My sister and brother-in-law came from Salt Lake City and brought with them my niece Gracie and nephew Sean. Little Isabel was there too in my sister's belly! </div><div><br />
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</div>since feeling is firsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08234206213553584590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-950623334347309876.post-4476056546377253122011-01-07T17:37:00.003+01:002011-01-28T22:57:00.415+01:00Hare today gnome tomorrow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div>My days are my nights and my nights are my days. I think that I have Ambar's jetlag and, to top it off, we're both getting over colds. Hopefully we'll be alright for our last week together in Hamburg.</div><div><br />
</div>We're jet-setting newlyweds. Together we've been to Athens, the Greek Islands, Ephesus, Paris, Lunenberg, Dallas, Santa Fe, Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Madisonville, Owensboro, Trujillo Alto, Fajardo, and more. Right now we live between San Juan and Hamburg. Below are some pics from our honeymoon and our first Christmas together.<br />
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</div><div>We're going to Italy in April and possibly southern Germany and on to Switzerland in March. We're excited to eat great food in Switzerland. Although I doubt that it can equal the breakfasts that Ambar has been making us when we wake up every morning (afternoon really) for the past two weeks. She's an incredible cook. I'm going to miss that when she leaves. Back to pieces of bread and a glass of tea in the mornings I guess.</div><div><br />
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