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... )

After over 11 months of staying put in the same country, I'm finally getting ready to use my passport again. I take off for Paris tomorrow on Air India and will arrive on Thursday morning around 10am. I'll spend a few days hanging out in my old home city and a few days running around Amsterdam... The trip is just a total of seven short days ( Read more... )

Manning and I are in Vienna! It took us a little longer than expected to get here, but with lovely stops along the way, so no complaints. We have discovered that ( Read more... )

After looking through every single discount airline, train, and bus company website in all of Europe in at least 8 different languages, I've planned out the first portion of the August trip. You wouldn't think it would be complicated - and it's not - but I'm always determined to pay the absolute cheapest price at the absolute most convenient time ( Read more... )

I found a spot ( Read more... )

I have a three-day weekend coming up, July 20-23 (Thu, Fri, Sat). Seeing as how I never ever ever have weekends off, I'm really excited and am planning some sort of trip. My only goal is to get out of Paris and close to a beach. I'd prefer to go west or south, since I've been to Normandy twice ( Read more... )

I'm going to Bosnia this August!

I don't know any specifics at all (when I'll leave, how I'll get there, when I'll come back, if I can get the time off work and still have a job), but I know one thing - there's a Hospitality Club meeting on August 6, organized by my friend Lada, to take place in Sarajevo, and Manning and I will be there then ( Read more... )

Manning and I are off to London for 2 days! We're leaving in a couple hours and return Friday afternoon. Other than using a different currency (and sighing a lot during the process because man does the exchange suck), going to London seems like the easiest thing in the world. I actually have no idea what we'll do during the day tomorrow, so if ( Read more... )

I guess I've been more tired in my life, it's just that idea seems impossible right now. I did get solid sleep last night but getting up for work this morning was just about impossible (probably because my body really wanted TWO full nights of sleep). The thing is, once I was up and out and walking around I felt great! It was probably really good ( Read more... )

Caen is pronounced "Kahn." And I'm going there on Sunday night! Hooray! Manning and I are doing a legit weekend getaway, except that we're going Sunday - Tuesday. I can't wait. I don't know anything about Caen except that A) it's in Normandy B) it's near the English channel, probably about 15 kms from where we're staying and C) there's a ( Read more... )