The Best Flight I ever Missed (or an Ode to Morphine) Part 2

June 3, 2010

Continued from:  The Best Flight I ever Missed Part 1 So into my brothers SUV I go, feet on the dash. Fortunately he doesn’t mind or at least that’s what he says. The emergency room is full as I get checked in. The pains down to about a 6-7 now. Although I’m still groaning with [...]

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The Best Flight I Ever Missed (or an Ode to Morphine) Part 1

June 2, 2010

Continued from Not the start I had been hoping for: At work I was wrapping up what I could and was trying to mentally pack everything I had laid out on my bed. I was debating whether of not I really needed to bring each item or not. When I got this pain in my [...]

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Not the start I had hoped for

June 1, 2010

Well this hasn’t been the start I had planned on.  I had planned on April being my month.  It was the month I was going to make my big start or at least get the ball rolling. A flight to Amsterdam where I would spend a couple days then the train to Paris with a [...]

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I heart Planes

February 26, 2010

I love planes.  I like the sound they make flying over my condo when they are taking power off before landing, it’s always the slow spool down sound that you can mimic by drawing air in slowing instead of whistling.  I like how planes look sleek with the menacingly powerful engines hanging from the wings.   [...]

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Planning on getting sick

February 22, 2010

Starting a several websites at the time, working full time and waking up early to fit more into the day left me tired and drained.  Susceptible.  What happened?  You guessed it I ended up getting the flu that was going around work.  It pretty much wiped me out for a couple days. One thing I [...]

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First guest post!

February 10, 2010

Yesterday will be a day I remember for a while.  It was the day I had my first guest post! Go check it out it’s on Indie Travel Podcast. You may have also seen it on their Facebook page (you should fan them). It may not be the greatest writing in the world but it’s a start. [...]

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What I’m not

February 9, 2010

Starting out travel blogging now, you have to wonder – has this boat already sailed?   You question yourself and your ability to step away and go through with it.  Part of the naval gazing that everyone probably has gone through prior to setting out on extended travel or even starting your own business for that [...]

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31 Ways of Traveling and one Disqualifier

February 8, 2010

The last couple days I have made some lists regarding where I would like to go and what I would like to see. One of them is my list of different modes of transportation.  This ended up being a much longer list then I thought it would be.  There are a couple extra credit ones [...]

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Turkish coffee

February 7, 2010

This morning while having coffee I thought of my Turkish Coffee experience and the story I wrote while doing MatadorU.  There are a bunch of errors but I like it and since I’m a bit behind in my writing I’m going to post a link to it on Matador here Turkish coffee. photo credit: nihan [...]

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New Guidebooks

February 6, 2010

or alternate title: A Noob begins route planning Thanks to the library I have a good portion of my weight in brand-spanky new guidebooks right now.  There is a smattering from each big publisher, city guides, country guides, and of course budget/shoestring/backdoor guides.  My recent No Reservations fix doesn’t help matters either.  Foodie or not [...]

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