Well how do you summarize a trip to Europe? I guess with words. And to start, I’m sure everyone is wondering what my favorite part was. And luckily, that is an easy question to answer. My absolute favorite thing that I did, and it really isn’t even close, was going to the Anderlecht soccer match. [...]
For the last full day in Europe, the plan was Gent. I was quite excited to visit another old European city, after Bruges had been such a success. Well let me tell you. I was SORELY disappointed. Why?
Well the people of Gent have turned their city center into one giant construction mud pit. They are [...]
As the trip winds down, I find myself very tired, and not very inspired to write detailed posts about what happened on such and such day. So I apologize for that. But it is hard to keep up the same level of excitement and enthusiasm for 8 days. At this point I’m kind of just [...]
So I wasn’t feeling very good, and spent a large amount of the day resting up for the big event of the trip. The Anderlecht – Bilboa soccer match. Front row seats! European cup competition! I was excited. And the game did not let down. In fact, I’m sorry to say this Paris and Brussels [...]
Due to disruptions in train services, I will not be travelling to Amsterdam this trip. I was really, really bummed out at first, but now I get to spend more time in Ghent and Bruges, and after doing some reading about those places, I think that they will make a most adequate backup plan.
I guess [...]
The last day in Paris. Oh, by the way, sorry for the delay in getting this up, because technically now it is day 6. But when we got back last night I was feeling really sick. I think it was all of the different forms of transportation we took, each adding a little bit to [...]
Today was the second day in Paris. And oh what a day it was. The good news is that Frans was rehabilitated and back in the game. The bad news is that my feet are suffering pretty badly, but I told them that they had to suck it up and do their job anyway, because [...]
Today has been an up and down sort of day. So expect an up and down sort of update, mostly because I’m kinda tired and mentally fried. I apologize in advance, but hey, at least you are getting something.
So it started off very early. So early that I was able to call Kelly and she [...]
Today was quite the day. It started when I woke up at 7:30 in the morning and thought that it was still 4 in the morning. My sense of time is still a little thrown off, but it should be coming around to normal pretty shortly. It is 8:37 here right now, and that actually [...]
And so I made it. Here I am, sitting in Brussels, writing on my blog. It still doesn’t really seem real, and yet if I look out the window, or turn on the TV, it goes to show that sure enough, this is very much real.
So I’m very tired, but I do want to give [...]
Well it is just about the time. In about 45 minutes I’m going to hop on the Metrolink and head to the airport to begin this journey. And I am nervous, and scared, and excited all at the same time.
Today so far has been pretty good. The lovely Ms. Kelly took me out to breakfast. [...]
What did I do today? The following:
- Picked up my happy meds from the doctor.
- Finished most of my packing.
- Found my electrical adapter thingy.
- Found a couple of Tintin books to read on the airplane.
- Bought squishy insoles for my shoes.
- Got the camera situation sorted out and figured out how to upload pictures [...]
Is there some unwritten, or possibly written, rule that says that you have to start documenting your trip on the first day of the trip? Well if there is, I say that is a stupid rule. In fact, I claim that my trip starts now, two days before it actually does, on day -2.
So basically, [...]
I hope that everyone out there had a lovely Christmas. I certainly did. I got lots of lovely presents, and spent the whole day hanging out with my family and eating way too much food. So that seems like a pretty good day.
This year, as opposed to previous years, I am writing a New Years [...]
I planned my next trip to California, this time for a week in July. Nothing silly about that, you say. Ahh, but if you remember, I’m the guy who likes to plan his trips based around the interestingness of the airplane, not the schedule or price or anything like that. Well this time I got [...]
I’m leaving Friday to visit California again. I’m really excited, but I’m not really sure what I’m going to do. Last time I was out there, I’m pretty sure that I did everything there is to do. We went to the computer history museum. We went to the airplane museum. We ate Indian food. So [...]
Well it turns out that the train was pretty good. Most importantly, I didn’t get sick. I did take a bunch of Dramamine, and had I not done that I probably would have gotten sick, because you rock back and forth quite a bit.
So I’ve decided to put together a list of the pros and [...]
Kelly and I are going to Chicago later this month, and instead of driving, like we have the last 2 times, and instead of flying, we are going to take the train.
I’m very excited, but a little nervous. I was thinking, and remembered that I have taken a real train trip before. It was when [...]
I know that I’ve been back for a week, but I’m finally going to get around to some highlights of the trip.
-The weather was amazing. I think that it was 75 and sunny every day that I was there. I can imagine how it might get old to have weather like that every day, but [...]
I’m leaving tonight, actually in a couple of hours, to go see Phil and Helen. I think that I’m the first in the family to do this, so it is a pretty big deal, and I’m really excited. It has been almost 3 months since they went away, but it just seems like 2 days.
The [...]