A few years ago I wrote a rambling piece on how to make the most of your backpacking experience. I was 22 and about 5 months in on my first round-the-globe trip. I’ve been traveling, almost always for fun, pretty much ever since. Once, I unexpectedly ran into my mother walking down […]
After RailsConf I wanted a change of scenery from Berlin so I hopped on a train to Dresden. (I have the Lonely Planet Berlin city guide and Dresden was one of the three other cities they had information for, so that helped narrow the search.)
Dresden was beautiful.
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They’ve done a fairly complete […]
The last few years have been pretty bad for me with allergies. I never remember having anything like this as a kid, but my mother’s family has spring-time allergies and a few food allergies. My father I think has hay-fever, but whatever it is I think I’m getting them full blown. For […]
Made it to Berlin. I got here at about 9:45 local time, which is before check-in time at the mini-loft. I got the key from the super secret hiding place and put my bag in storage to walk around town. You can see my room to the right. Last time we […]
Ah, Venice…
Venice, a mysterious, unique city. I don’t think I’ve ever been anywhere even vaguely like it. No cars, no roads, only gondolas and never-ending canals.
It’s a city which doesn’t really even exist in the present. Walking through it you keep looking around trying to figure out what could possibly cause such […]
At the end of October, Robin and I went to Torino to for the Salone del Gusto, the Slow Food festival. Slow Food is a movement started in Italy as a reaction to of sorts to fast food, which as we know is very bad for you. The production, preparation and “enjoyment” of food […]
The World Cup is played once every four years, and it is a big deal. It is a big deal in Europe, it is a big deal in South America, it is a big deal in Asia, it is a big deal in Africa, and it is a big deal in North America, with […]
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