Duh, I know how to do little roll-over images and animated avatars, but that's it, I swear!! Go to meez.com, you can choose a lot of things and then have THEM do the animation for you.
I know, I was so scared it wouldn't be like Indiana Jones that in the beginning I didn't dare to study it. Instead I wasted 3 years studying French linguistics before I realized I have to go and do archaeology. So I decided on provincial-roman archaeology but accidentally mixed up classrooms and ended up doing prehistoric archaeology (but it luckily it covers the human evolution until the 5th century ad!). And only now I realize that it fits perfectly with what I loved doing since I was a kid, when I was obsessed with King Arthur and that sort of fairy tale cos now I can go and scientifically study the period, the old texts, everything!! It's soooo good!!!! Did you start studying archaeology or did you decide against it before you started? I don't really know anything about it, but I suppose studying archaeology in the US is in a way more difficult than doing it here (I'm living in Germany) because you leave the city borders and immediately stumble over ruins from the 6th century and so my studies have been very very practical from the start. I suppose finding relicts is a little more difficult in the US, you have to drive farther because the country is so much bigger etc.
But doing researches for a book or a story is always like having your own little expedition, isn't it?! And writing about what you've read is more exciting because you don't have to strictly stick to the facts!
I ended up just majoring in English and just reading about archaeology on my own time. Most of the stuff I've actually learned in did on my own...
I live in New England, so there's a bit more "history" around me than a lot of the country. I live in a house that's over 130 years old. My grandparents' place was built in the 18th century.
Do you mind if I ask where in Germany you are? I lived just outside of Stutgartt in the mid-1980's when my Dad was stationed there. I'd love to go back. There was so many interesting things to see. It gets really frustrating to do research now, and realize that if I'd just gone around another corner or two when I was 8 or 9, I might've seen what I've been reading about...
I'm sure English was a lt of fun, too!! And in the end, studying archaeology means spending days in the library. Only the practical part is really the one you can hardly do without the help of university.
Ohh New Engliand must be beauiful!!! And I'm sure there's a lot to see. I envy you that house a little, most old houses here were bombed down and so I live in a house from the 1950ies. I'm living in Munich, the capital for Bavaria, not too far from Stuttgart. So cool to here you'd been living here!!! And glad that you liked it :) Yes somehow you hardly ever see much of the area you live in, can you imagine that this year I've been to Neuschwanstein Castle for the very first time?! And only because my friend from Ireland visited me?? It's a shame, really. But maybe you can come back and then you know all the interesting place worth visiting!
English wasn't too bad. It helepd with the writing, at least. ;) Well, I spend all day at the library...granted, I work there, so it only makes sense.
New England is nice. The mountains are a bit small for good skiing, at least compared to the Alps, where I learned.
I remember Munich. We went there several times, and have German friends that still live there. We also saw Neushwanstein a few times. Actually, I just caught a bit about it on a travel show. My wife gets jealous when we watch those shows and I keep commenting on what it was like when I was there.
Between seeing the show and chatting with you, I REALLY want to go back and see Germany again.
I'm sure she gets jealous, I'm exactly the same when my bf starts taling about all the places he's already visited.
COME TO GERMANY!!!!! Especially if you have friends here, it's always amazing visiting them!!! I once spent some time in Scotland, I haven't been there in well over 5 years and now I sometimes dream of it... Hopefully I'll be able to spend a week there next summer, It's almost a little like being homesick, isn't it?
I know, I was so scared it wouldn't be like Indiana Jones that in the beginning I didn't dare to study it. Instead I wasted 3 years studying French linguistics before I realized I have to go and do archaeology. So I decided on provincial-roman archaeology but accidentally mixed up classrooms and ended up doing prehistoric archaeology (but it luckily it covers the human evolution until the 5th century ad!). And only now I realize that it fits perfectly with what I loved doing since I was a kid, when I was obsessed with King Arthur and that sort of fairy tale cos now I can go and scientifically study the period, the old texts, everything!! It's soooo good!!!! Did you start studying archaeology or did you decide against it before you started? I don't really know anything about it, but I suppose studying archaeology in the US is in a way more difficult than doing it here (I'm living in Germany) because you leave the city borders and immediately stumble over ruins from the 6th century and so my studies have been very very practical from the start. I suppose finding relicts is a little more difficult in the US, you have to drive farther because the country is so much bigger etc.
But doing researches for a book or a story is always like having your own little expedition, isn't it?! And writing about what you've read is more exciting because you don't have to strictly stick to the facts!
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I live in New England, so there's a bit more "history" around me than a lot of the country. I live in a house that's over 130 years old. My grandparents' place was built in the 18th century.
Do you mind if I ask where in Germany you are? I lived just outside of Stutgartt in the mid-1980's when my Dad was stationed there. I'd love to go back. There was so many interesting things to see. It gets really frustrating to do research now, and realize that if I'd just gone around another corner or two when I was 8 or 9, I might've seen what I've been reading about...
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Ohh New Engliand must be beauiful!!! And I'm sure there's a lot to see. I envy you that house a little, most old houses here were bombed down and so I live in a house from the 1950ies. I'm living in Munich, the capital for Bavaria, not too far from Stuttgart. So cool to here you'd been living here!!! And glad that you liked it :) Yes somehow you hardly ever see much of the area you live in, can you imagine that this year I've been to Neuschwanstein Castle for the very first time?! And only because my friend from Ireland visited me?? It's a shame, really. But maybe you can come back and then you know all the interesting place worth visiting!
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New England is nice. The mountains are a bit small for good skiing, at least compared to the Alps, where I learned.
I remember Munich. We went there several times, and have German friends that still live there. We also saw Neushwanstein a few times. Actually, I just caught a bit about it on a travel show. My wife gets jealous when we watch those shows and I keep commenting on what it was like when I was there.
Between seeing the show and chatting with you, I REALLY want to go back and see Germany again.
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COME TO GERMANY!!!!! Especially if you have friends here, it's always amazing visiting them!!! I once spent some time in Scotland, I haven't been there in well over 5 years and now I sometimes dream of it... Hopefully I'll be able to spend a week there next summer, It's almost a little like being homesick, isn't it?
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