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Plans for 2012:

Tour of Scotland (TBC) - really want to visit some distilleries, see some wonderful landscapes, and buy a kilt!
Rekjavik, Iceland - 2013 is a solar maximum - looking forward to taking in some Aurora!
Chicago, US - lots of business travel, but love the city!
Maybe North Africa, i.e. Marakesh

Long term plans:

Antarctic
Tibet
Japan
Maldives
Galapagos
Ethiopia

Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Schloss

After being offered a job in Germany I moved to Karlsruhe in 2003. I'm very grateful for this opportunity to live in such a beautiful part of the world. Germany is amazingly clean, safe and organized, and Karlsruhe is the perfect location for travelling around Europe. I`m also lucky in the fact that I often have to travel often for my work, often that just means seeing the inside of airports and offices, but occasionally I get some time for sightseeing too!

Wonderful VT Meetings

My First Weinachtsmeet

My 3rd VT meet was another Glühwein meet, the 5th Karlsruhe Weihnachtsmarkt VT meeting. Bernd and Christine organised a fantastic weekend, unfortunately we could only make it for the Glühwein as we were departing to Chicago the next day. Nevertheless it was great to get back into the swing of VT, and great to meet some old and new friends!

My 2nd VT meet was on the lead up to Christmas, we headed to the Karlsruhe Weinachtsmarkt for a gluhewein, and then headed on to the Badishe Brauhaus for a bite to eat. Again, it was a real pleasure to meet you all!

My first VT meet was at Andreasbrau in Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen. It was a great introduction to VT, showing me the real pleasure of this great site, meeting fantastic people with interesting stories.

Friends I Met:

Gabrielle - Trillian2005 - From Karlsruhe, Germany
Claudia - Gammy1968 - From Frankfurt, Germany
Jim - outforlunch - From Kalbach, Germany
Kathrin - Kathrin_E - From Karlsruhe, Germany
Margaret - margaretvn - From The Netherlands
Ingrid - Igraine - From Purmerend, The Netherlands
Maurizio - Maurizioago - From Caldonazzo, Italy
Sonja - yumyum - From Zürich, Switzerland
Holger - HORSCHECK - From Hamburg, Germany
Chris - chrishc - From Dover, UK
Natalie - nhcram - From Dover, UK
Christine - christine.j - From Mannheim, Germany
Don - Nemorino - From Frankfurt, Germany
Christine - tini58de - From Eggestein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Ingrid - Trekki - From Darmstadt, Germany
Teresa - Tessy - From Germany
Jan - knerten - From Molde, Norway
Bernd - Bernd_L - From Eggestein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
Heinz - Madschick - From Karlsruhe, Germany
Petra - petpaho - From Karlsruhe, Germany

Latest Travel Destinations

S/V Noorderlicht in Spitzbergen, Norway

My Latest Travel Destinations Are:

2011 Travels:
December: Chicago (US)
November: Hamburg (DE)
October: Spitsbergen (NO) on the S/V Noorderlicht!
September: Athens (GR), München (DE) - Octoberfest!
August: Gomel /BY) - tried to get to Kiev & Chernobyl, but UA gvmt. suspended trips to Chernobyl :-(
July: None
June: Chicago (US), Jaca & Pamplona (ES) - Cycling Quebrantahuesos!
May: Athens (GR), Brussels (BE)
April: Geneva (CH), Bellegarde (FR), Lublin (PL), Krakow (PL)
March: Brugge (BE), Costa Adeje (Teneriffe)
February:
January: Shanghai (CN), Suzhou (CN), Athens (GR), Chicago (US)

2010 Travels:

2009 Travels:

2008 Travels:
December: Chicago (US)
November: Prague (CZ)
October: Allerheiligen (DE)
September: Minsk (BY), Gomel (BY)
August: Chicago (US), London (UK), Leicester (UK)
July: Iffezheim (FR)
June: Oakham (UK)
May: Stockholm (SE)
April: Singapore, Suzhou (CN), Shanghai (CN), Barcelona (ES)
March: Chicago (US)

2007 Travels:
December: Helsinki (FI), Leicester (UK)
November: Düsseldorf (DE), Hamburg (DE), Brussels (BE)
October: Köln (DE)
September: Tuscany (IT)
August: Cleveland (US), Chicago (US)
July: Copenhagen (DK), Como (IT)
June: Budapest (HU), Barcelona (ES), Salzberg (AT)
May: München (DE)
April: Copenhagen (DK), Helsinki (FI), Brussels (BE), Höchst (AT)
February: Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)
January: Louvain-la-Neuve (BE)

2005 Travels:
February: Athens (GR), Titisee & Triberg (DE)

2004 Travels:
December: Leicester (UK)
November: Castle Hohenzollern (DE), Freiburg im Breisgau (DE)
October: Barcelona (ES), Baden-Baden (DE), Heidelberg (DE), Strassbourg (DE)
September: Moscow (RU), St. Petersberg (RU), Geneva (CH)
August: Minsk (BY), Gomel (BY)
July: Singapore, Calw (DE), Istanbul (TR)
June: Luxembourg, Suzhou (CN), Shanghai (CN), Hangzhou (CN)
May: Paris (FR)
March: Gibraltar
February: Brussels (BE), Leicestershire (UK)

Intro Updated Oct 28, 2011
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Donna_in_India Apr 29, 2011 at 5:26 AM Report Abuse

Hi Charlie - wishing you a very happy birthday!
HORSCHECK Apr 29, 2011 at 3:34 AM Report Abuse

Charlie, happy birthday on this royal day.
yumyum Apr 29, 2011 at 1:28 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday to you Charlie! Have a great one! Greetings from Zurich
Nemorino Apr 28, 2011 at 11:54 PM Report Abuse

Hi Charlie, Happy Birthday! Glad to see you've been back online.
Ujamaflip Apr 28, 2011 at 10:58 PM Report Abuse

Thanks for the kind messages Chris and Sonja! Still around, still in Karlsruhe, sorry I haven't updated my pages in a while! Hope you're all well!
tini58de Apr 28, 2011 at 10:01 PM Report Abuse

Hey, Charlie! Have a fantastic birthday today!!!! You share it with two other friends of mine, so it HAS to be a good date!!
nhcram Apr 30, 2009 at 5:19 AM Report Abuse

Sorry this is late! Hope you had a good day. Hope to see you in December.
Kathrin_E Apr 29, 2009 at 3:15 PM Report Abuse

15 minutes too late... Best belated birthday wishes from Mühlburg! Kathrin
Maurizioago Apr 29, 2009 at 7:13 AM Report Abuse

Happy Birthday Charlie! Hae a good party!
a2lopes Apr 29, 2009 at 5:47 AM Report Abuse

Happy birthday Charlie and many happy returns of the day. Greetings from Lisbon which is waiting for your visit next month for the Euromeeting Hope you can join. Cheers