Travel
Around the World in 24 Days
I haven’t blogged for a while because I’ve been on the road, a lot. Although I got back a while back, I’m just now catching up. Part of working...
published on Sunday, April 22 2007
Things to Remember when Moving Country
It’s always more expensive than you plan. The few weeks before you go are the busiest of your life. It’s on the scale of planning a wedding where royalty...
published on Monday, February 12 2007 ( 4 comments )
Travel Notes: Japan
My pictures from a week in Japan are now up. This was a trip for the Addressing WG, with a day beforehand to get over jetlag, and a few...
published on Wednesday, November 23 2005
Coffee, Tea, or Shove that Phone Right Up Your…?
As if flying wasn’t enough of a trial already, you may have heard that the FCC is considering lifting their ban on mobile phone use in airplanes. While the...
published on Sunday, April 10 2005
Tempest in a Teacup, Counterclockwise*
Those who have been preoccupied by Two Funerals and a Wedding may have missed news of a developing diplomatic crisis in Australia. Sir Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua...
published on Sunday, April 10 2005 ( 1 comment )
Travel Warning
I personally like Airbus planes, especially the A340, but Risks Digest has given me a reason to avoid some of them; [A]fter (an earlier) disaster, more than 20 American...
published on Thursday, March 17 2005 ( 1 comment )
Back
If you're wondering where the promised travel stories from Melbourne got to, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Right after I got there, Anitra was bit by a spider (a supreme irony, really) and had to go to the emergency room, because all sorts of unpleasant things were happening.
published on Sunday, September 19 2004 ( 5 comments )
And now for something completely different: Roadblog!
I'm typing this from the Red Carpet Club in San Francisco International Airport, about to disembark on a snap vacation to Australia. By 'snap vacation,' I mean that I didn't have a gleam in my eye about this trip two weeks ago, but thanks to generous fares from United ($650 round trip!)... Anitra and Charlie are staying behind for this one; she couldn't get away from work, and will be going to Australia to hear some wedding bells (shhh, big secret) in January.
published on Wednesday, September 8 2004 ( 1 comment )
Next trip: Molvania
Inger put me onto a new travel guide, and I’m already planning the trip. Molvania (“A land untouched by modern dentistry”) looks like a really interesting country. For example; Molvania’s...
published on Saturday, December 27 2003 ( 7 comments )
Travel Notes: Vienna, Venice, Bolzano
We’ve lived in California for more than four years now, and Anitra grew up in Melbourne, with the result that she first saw snow falling from the sky when she was 25. When we had an opportunity to take a week’s holiday right before Christmas, we decided against somewhere sunny; why more of the same? Instead, we booked some tickets to Washington (so as to drop off the kid), then to Munich, and spent some serious time researching our advent travel opportunities, with the help of the Die Bahn Travel Planner, a couple of DK guides, and Google. Here are my notes from planning the trip, as well as my thoughts on what’s good if you go. See also the pictures.
published on Friday, December 26 2003 ( 16 comments )
Dude
I spent more time today saying "dude" than I ever have before (proportionally), because I took a little drive. As you may have guessed, Antibes left me a little cold,...
published on Saturday, July 26 2003
On Antibes
Pros * Makes everybody jealous when you say you're going there * Great beaches and the Alps nearby * Sailing! Cons * Very hot and humid, especially when you're used...
published on Friday, July 25 2003
On Helsinki
Pros: * They're serious about this "midnight sun" thing * Discovered I actually like herring * Fantastic mobile phone coverage * Hima & Sali * Free bicycles! Cons: * They're...
published on Saturday, June 28 2003
On Tallinn, Estonia
Pros: * quick 1.5-hour boat ride from Helsinki * cool, still-foreign-looking passport stamps * full of beautiful european architecture / city planning Cons: * v. aggressive postcard-selling girls on EVERY...
published on Monday, June 23 2003
mnot : Bookmarks : Travel
Travel bookmarks have been reorg'd and cleaned; the RSS feed gives you the latest additions. Suggestions welcome....
published on Thursday, January 30 2003