This afternoon I spent a few hours at a very cozy cafe in New Paltz, NY and got to catch up with my friend Christine (from Amsterdam) over skype. To be accurate, she's originally from Austria, but has been living in Amsterdam for many years. She was the one who had a mobile phone ready for me to use when I was in Amsterdam this past October, and ( Read more... )

Vacation. My trip to Sevilla was truly a vacation ( Read more... )

Manning and I are back from Spain! I loved it! It was colorful and relaxing and the food was great and it was hot (as promised). Being in Sevilla for four days really felt like vacation, even though most times I feel like my whole life is a vacation. I woke up in Spain at 7 something in the morning today, walked about 2 kilometers to the bus ( Read more... )

No internet at home today, because there's no working phone lines. My cell phone is totally out of pre-paid time. I'm going to Spain tomorrow. If you want to reach me you... can't, really.

I'm so excited about going to Sevilla! Tapas! Beer! Hot days! HOTEL ROOM! Air conditioning!

A bit of luxery right now sounds nice.