Archive for September, 2005

The left on the right

September 20, 2005
By Carlos Gonzalez Rivera

German elections took place last weekend in Germany. When you come from a country where the elections are quite an event, where an alcohol ban is put in place 24 hours before the ballots start, where political propaganda makes it difficult to walk on the street, seeing how clean, organized, and seemingly uneventful the...
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Culture Schock and the Blonde Librarian

September 8, 2005
By Carlos Gonzalez Rivera

After almost two years in Germany, I stumbled upon a blog written by an expatriate who has managed to capture the general feeling of impotence and amused curiousity that invades those who, like myself, have been taken away from their place of origin and mingle among foreigners, and thus forever, or at least for...
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A night to remember

September 3, 2005
By Carlos Gonzalez Rivera
A night to remember

My favorite tenor is retiring. He has begun an international tour to cover many of the scenarios that witnessed his artistry for the past forty years. He has called it the “Worldwide Farewell Celebration Tour”, and it will very likely be his last. We have tickets to see him for the last time in...
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