Went back to Berlin for a day this weekend thanks to cheap $399 tickets on Continental. Landed at Tegel about 8 a.m. Sunday and took Mrs. Ippy on a bus/train/subway & walking tour of the city ( Read more... )

On the way home from Houston last Sunday, I managed to get myself bumped off an overbooked flight. The $400 voucher plus another $112 are taking me to Berlin at the start of March. :)

Last weekend we were privileged to be among 525 frequent fliers attending the Continental DO IV in Houston, TX, hosted by Continental Airlines, and we were even more privileged to be selected for one of the Mystery Tours.

At CO DO III the big surprise tour had turned out to be their underground data bunker, so we were expecting something along those ( Read more... )

Schöne Weihnacht aus Dresden.  Am Freitag fahren wir nach Praha.

What good are grits?  Does anybody actually like them?

We will be in Fucking, Austria sometime afternoonish on Friday, Sept. 19.

I haven't done a lot of postcards on recent trips, but if anyone wants a Fucking postcard, let me know (w/ address) by Tuesday morning..

This might be as far south as we'll ever get. Arrived via Honolulu (rented a car & drove around part of the island) & Sydney, including the mandatory stop at Sydney's version of Harry's, although this particular Harry's probably does not appeal to the jet-set crowd ( Read more... )

... at the Frankfurt Airport Sheraton Hotel.

Yes, there's a bunch of us who fly to Frankfurt annually to pig out at this place, but I'll have to steal a picture from someone else.

So somewhat later, here's a pilfered picture of myself, Mrs. Ippy & a friend from Chicago during the pre-dinner drinks:


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Well, 90 miles ....


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Here at last we have another edition of Mrs. Ippy in the cemetery with the rich & infamous, this time at the grave of James Joyce:


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