Tag: travel
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The city of my birth
(part of my notes from a few weeks ago) For my flight out of Williams Lake there is the same number of airport security people as there are passengers. Bored out of their minds, they took the opportun…
Diving and snorkeling near Two Harbors, Catalina Island
Photos of Diving and snorkeling near Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, California Continued from Two Harbors, Catalina Island We arrived at Two Harbors in the morning, and got in the water as quickl…
Two Harbors, Catalina Island
Photos of Two Harbors, Santa Catalina Island, California Anna and I took a three day weekend to head out to Two Harbors on Santa Catalina Island. I have been meaning to get out there for a long time, …
New Orleans
Photos of New Orleans, LA My first morning in New Orleans I rolled into ACME company for a oyster po boy for breakfast. Oysters for breakfast sound a little odd? They are surprisingly good fried with …
China road trip
The Wall Street Journal has a great travel article called On the Silk Road Again . They purchase a Chinese-made compact car, the Chery A1 (which will be exported to the US via Chrysler), for $7000 and…
A drive through Normandy
Photos of Normandy, France April 2-4, 2007 If you ever rent a car from a Paris airport (CDG in my case), make sure you book it from the net first. I spent a while talking up all the counter people up …
Paris, France
Photos of Paris, France. March 31 - April 2, 2007 If I were to pick a city to move to in Europe, Paris would probably be at the top of the list. The city has the same exciting energy that New York has…
Catacombs of Paris
Photo album of the Catacombs of Paris April 1, 2007 Ever since reading about the dark world beneath the city of lights in Infiltration some years ago, they have been digging away at the back of my hea…
Pisa, Italy
Photo album of Pisa, Italy March 30, 2007 Our travel plans hadn't included Pisa at all. Three and a half weeks only takes you so many places. But our travel ended up taking us through the city on our …
Firenze Florence
Photo album of Florence/Firenze, Italy. March 28-30, 2007 Florence is an amazing city. Of course the art collection is the main draw, but the city itself is also wonderful. The view from Piazzale Mich…