Travel
I had one of those RTW moments the other day: I was sitting on an airplane when all of a sudden I had this little panic-stricken moment– what day is it? where am I going? am I on the right plane? I seriously had to think hard about that, but then realized, it’s May 3rd, […]
It Always Has to be a Bloody Adventure (Toronto via Chicago)
Jonathon, Rusty, Lynette, and me You’d think a short little puddle jumper flight from Boston to Toronto would be rather simple… oh, but wait, not necessarily. Not if the tail end of a nor’easter’s blowing through, not if Air Canada decides to cancel only one flight for the day- yours, and not if your traveling […]
Photo by Adam Kennedy 4:47am My alarm goes off after a very short and restless night of sleep. A hot shower wakes me up. I’m feeling ready, but a bit nervous about the weather. 5:25am I head out to the hotel van for a shuttle to the T station, where I’ll catch a subway, and […]
A few hours after lying out by the pool at our hotel in Panama, I noticed a sunburn in one of the most unlikely of places: my belly button. Yes, it is in fact possible. Who knew. Anyway, for the last five days, I was in Panama with my friends Kathy, Lauren, and Nichole. I […]
At 10:30am Monday, 16 April 2007, I’m going to race the oldest marathon in America! I’ve trained in five different countries and it’s been a great way to explore the streets of Amsterdam, sweat buckets along the beaches in Brazil, make countless laps on a track in Costa Rica, bundle up against the bitter cold […]
Filipe and me, Happy Hour in Knoxville “Ladies and gentlemen, United Airlines flight 7127 with service to Charlotte is overbooked. Would anyone willing to volunteer their seat please come to the podium?” I didn’t even have think. I bee-lined it to the podium. I’ll do almost anything for a free flight. “We’ll have to re-route […]
Cristo Redentor, Rio’s famous statue on top of Corcovado It’s amazing the people you get to meet when you’re traveling on your own… girls from San Diego on a RTW trip of their own, an Irish guy that can’t seem to find his way out of Brazil, a couple of Swiss guys on top of […]