Monthly Archives: November 1999

Paris, the city of lights

It’s a day for cliched post titles. 
I think Paris may have been my favorite place that we visited during this trip.  Everything was amazing, from the food, to the wine, the art and even the people.  We’d expected to be treated rudely, but thankfully this stereotype proved to be quite false.  We arrived on...

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Fun in Amsterdam

Well, this town is nothing like what I expected!  We got into our hostel from the airport pretty late, but we wanted to go out and see a bit of the nightlife.  We were staying in the Leidseplein area, and there were tons of bars open at taht time of the night.  We were impressed...

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London calling!

This was my first trip out of North America.  I’d just heard about a great fair on US Airways between DFW and London, and decided that I couldn’t miss out.  I asked around my circle of friends to see if anyone wanted to go, but it was very last minute, and most people already had...

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San Francisco

My friend April had a training class in San Francisco,  and had decided to take a bit of a vacation afterwards.  She invited me to join her for a tour of the Napa valley and Bay areas.  We spent a long weekend driving around, sampling wines, and just having fun.  One of my favorite things...

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