IRELAND | Monday, 11 Mar 2019 | Views [253]
For my mom’s 75th birthday, we scheduled a trip for Ireland.
We left on Saturday, on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Miami to Heathrow. To my great delight, the plane was not a fart plane (as Jared and my plane from Italy was - Iberia was the ... Read more >
SPAIN | Wednesday, 11 Sep 2013 | Views [354]
I woke up at a decent hour the next day so I could drive Justin and Tina to the trainstation. J. came along because he wanted to change his ticket - so all of us headed out to Faro. I admit I got testy in the car - the Hager brothers can be backseat ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [596]
The next day I woke up early (1o am) and tried to rouse others (Well, just J and Jared) so we could make the treck to Estio (pronounced Schtoy). Estoi has one of the biggest markets in the ALgarve the second Sunday of the month, and it happened to be ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 10 Sep 2013 | Views [548]
I woke up really early (5:4 am) the next day to drive Jared's mom and Glen to the airport in Faro. We got there without a hitch (except the part where I almost ran over a pedestrian in a traffic circle), but I got pretty lost coming back. I'm totally ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Sunday, 8 Sep 2013 | Views [905] | Comments [1]
This entry will discuss two beach days in Fuzeta: the first was right after we got here, and the second was the day after we went to Tavira.
Our first full day in Fuzeta was spent mainly at the beach. We woke up late-ish and gathered ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Friday, 6 Sep 2013 | Views [434]
Jared was up again until 5 or 6 doing work. I didn't even hear him come in. So, we both slept in pretty late (12:30) after yesterday's fun in the sun. I tried to push sunscreen on people, but I had no takers besides putting a little on Jared's head. ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Views [487]
In the morning we all got up, and got ready to leave. I was originlly slated to pick up the car with Jared, and then drive back to Lisbon to pick eveyone up. However, Justin and Tina told me they'd pack up and go with us so I didn't have to drive back ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Views [404]
But...I woke up early. Jared stayed up all night again working. I knew Jared's other brother J. was coming into town around 1pm so I left to go check out the ruins of a Roman 14th century church early in the day. I headed out early with Justin ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Thursday, 5 Sep 2013 | Views [428]
This - for now - will be a placeholder. The second day in Lisbon we did a lot of walking, some sightseening on the28, and had a wonderful dinner.
Jared wants to make sure I add something about Europea fashion at some point in this ... Read more >
PORTUGAL | Tuesday, 3 Sep 2013 | Views [417] | Comments [2]
We got into the Lisbon Airport and breezed through customs - well, there wasn't really customs because we went from one EU Country to another. Yes, the EU thing is convenient but I really miss getting all the stamps in my passport. I only got one stamp ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 2 Sep 2013 | Views [1311]
Final Day in Paris
So I left off with us going back to the hotel for a nap. One thing I forgot to mention about pefume shopping:
We saw crazy expensive fancy perfume in that one shop where I only knew two of the 30 brands available, "Juilette ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 31 Aug 2013 | Views [330]
It is now 3 am on my third day in Paris, and a cab picks us up in 1.5 hours to go to the airport for our trip to Lisbon - so I'll make this quicck! My first night in Paris I slept well. The pull out sofa was quite firm, and although we were in a busy ... Read more >
FRANCE | Thursday, 29 Aug 2013 | Views [405]
We left for CDG Airport at a reasonable hour, but as I had to stay up late doing last minute edits to Chapter 2 of my dissertation before I left, I was exhausted by the time I got to the airport. I figured I'd sleep on the plane. Not so....Normally the ... Read more >
THAILAND | Wednesday, 12 Sep 2012 | Views [367]
The next morning I woke up and read a little in bed before taking my shower (man, "The Plot Against America" is not a book you want to be reading during an election season....). I went downstairs and had the hotel/hostel hold my bags for the day while ... Read more >
SOUTH KOREA | Tuesday, 11 Sep 2012 | Views [701] | Comments [1]
I'm writing this now, in retrospect, sitting at my computer on a balmy Seattle night. I'm going to try my best to complete the journal to the best of my ability. I used a little yellow notebook to jot down notes during my travels, so now I'll try to ... Read more >
THAILAND | Sunday, 9 Sep 2012 | Views [449]
I woke up at the Shadow of Angkar II and settled up my tab (and they had me pay cash, which was unexpected for such a large bill). I had my laundry done while I was at SOAII, and while I was dissapointed that it took 24 hours to get my laundry returned ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Sunday, 9 Sep 2012 | Views [419]
I will have to add all my days here when I have more time: -Arrive Really late 1 am from bus that played Cambodian Karoke the whole way -Sue (Friend of MR. Ya came and picked us up) Full Day 1 Get up late, ate lunch/breakfast at hotel, walked around ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 5 Sep 2012 | Views [476]
Before continuing my narrative of the day's events, I'd like to say two exciting things about PP, and two depressing things (a good representation of my impression of the city as a whole): The Exciting Things (or things Joe Ricci would be proud of) ... Read more >
CAMBODIA | Wednesday, 5 Sep 2012 | Views [988]
Two notes I forgot to mention about yesterday: 1. I bought some expensive coffee in HCMC. "Weasel coffee" is about $20 per .33 pounds (the most expensive coffee I have ever bought), but is supposed to be the best coffee in the world. The Vietnamese ... Read more >
VIETNAM | Monday, 3 Sep 2012 | Views [506]
We left the hotel at around noon for the war museum. We were instantly hounded by several Cyclo drivers. I think the drivers see Jared and assume he has trouble walking (which, granted, he did - he did not wear his gloves and got tired after walking ... Read more >
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