yesterday: baltimore, today: N.Y.

Yesterday the Embassy went on "betriebsausflug" to Baltimore, just an hour north of D.C. with a nice harbour. Schedule: A tour through Baltimore's finest museum, a glass of wine in between and then dinner at a marvellous seafood-restaurant (incredibly high prices, but luckily Ambassador Nowotny paid).
Highligt of the museum: We met the cartoonist of "The Economist" and the "Baltimore Sun" Kevin Kallaugher ("Kal") in person, while he guided us through a special exhibition dedicated to his 20-year-career as a cartoonist. One of his recent cartoons on Bush's ban of stem cell research (Copyright: KAL, The Baltimore Sun:

Aaaaaaaaaaaaand today after work we are heading to NEW YORK!!! Pictures will follow, from Times Square and me, Statue of Liberty and me, Brooklyn Bridge and me and and and and and and and so on...