UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 12 Aug 2014 | Views [381]
Once we were off the plane, we were brought through lines at an airport which were long, but otherwise painless. Than we were left on our own to find our luggage (there was a conveyor belt, but it was being ignored in favor of two guys bringing over ... Read more >
Tags: coffee, drinks, fringe, hilton
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 11 Aug 2014 | Views [545] | Comments [1]
At 2:00, our taxi driver came to pick us up. He was pretty friendly, talking about his family and his favorite highways. (He's the first person I've met who's had a favorite highway, as far as I'm aware.) He was also much more interesting than Waverley, ... Read more >
Tags: airplanes, airports, boredom, taxi, waverley
USA | Monday, 11 Aug 2014 | Views [359]
Nothing says “let's get this trip started!” quite like waiting eagerly for the mail, grabbing a new piece of technology, charging it and working to get new software on it hours before your plane to another continent leaves.
Before ... Read more >
Tags: books, e-books, technology
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 7 Aug 2014 | Views [362]
It's been five years since we've been to Edinburgh. I'm not sure if that's a long time or not.
On one hand, between the length of the flight and the price, five years between visits isn't that unreasonable. Many of the places that I go I don't ... Read more >
Tags: fringe, kilts, plane, plays, predeparture