So I just booked a flight to Sydney for February break.

Yay for frequent flyer miles! :-D

So I get on the plane in a few hours to go present at the National Science Teachers Association Conference.  Anyone know New Orleans well and want to offer suggestions of what to do in the evenings?

So my mom suggested that for my birthday this year (July 2), we could take a day trip or an overnight trip to somewhere in Michigan or in the nearby driving area.  She keeps pressing me to pick a place so she can book the arrangements, but I really can't think of anything that I haven't already done or that would be fun with mom.

Here are thing ( Read more... )

8am - arrival in ZRH International Airport after minimal sleep on the red eye flight.  Go through cutoms, and make the mistake of responding to the agent's greeting of "Morgen" with "Morgen," at which point he rattles off the questions in German, and I have to shamefully admit that my German isn't nearly that good.  The rest of the questions came ( Read more... )