Archive for Juli, 2005

Preparing for San Francisco

Montag, Juli 25th, 2005

Well, did I tell you guys that I’m going on a business trip to San Francisco (to attend LinuxWord) in about two weeks from now? I couldn’t belief it at first, but now, that I have the plane ticket and the hotel reservation on my desk, I start to realize… I’v always wanted to visit the West Coast of the USA (I have only been to the East Coast up to now) - so this is really a dream coming true.

A few days ago, when I was checking my passport, I found out that it was about to expire in about a month or so. To enter the USA you have to have a passport that’s at least valid for three more month - so I had to take last Friday off and travel to Göttingen (my hometown) to renew my passport.

I went back to Nuremberg on Saturday together my parents and my sister Toma-Elise. We really had a great day walking around the city, visiting some famous sights and having dinner at a place called “L’Osteria“. If you ever come to Nuremberg and want to have gigantic and tasty pizzas, you should really consider eating there.

Sunday was quite, I slept in, did some sports and went to the office to read mails and keep up with the lastes news in the afternoon (I don’t have internet access in my apartment in Nuremberg).

Well, that’s it for now - have a nice week everyone. I’ll try to report back in a few days…

Hello world!

Montag, Juli 18th, 2005

It is done - I just setup my own blog and now I’m about to start blogging right away…

To give you a rough idea off who is writing this, let me first introduce myself: My name is Christoph Thiel, I’m twenty years old and currently I live in Nuremberg, Germany. Well, actually I’m from Göttingen, but I moved to Nuremberg for a six-month internship at SUSE Linux Products GmbH, in Research & Development. Before I came to Nuremberg, I graduated from high school (Max-Planck-Gymnasium Göttingen) in 2004 and did a year of alternative civilian service (”Zivildienst”) at the Göttingen State and University Library, where I attended to blind and visually handicapped students.

… nothing really exciting yet, but anyway, stay tuned!