Archive for the World Travels category
USA
Halloween 2000Another Halloween has come and gone, which of course meant drunken debauchery in Austin! This year I went as a perverted priest. Lots of fun to be had with a costume as naughty as that one! We went out at least three times during Halloween week. Once to Leslie’s party, once [...]
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Latin America
Mexico again!Back in Mexico again with the Austin Scuba Club. It’s another great dive trip, and its even better than the last one. The main difference is that I’m MUCH more comfortable in the water now. I’ve been doing a lot of freshwater diving in Lake Travis back home, and that’s made me feel very good [...]
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USA
Mardi Gras 2000Mardi Gras is always an amazing street party in Austin. This year there were a few police issues where the local force decided that they were going to demonstrate who was really in charge. Despite the cancellation of the street parade with floats it was still a great time. Our gang decided to dress up [...]
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USA
Carnaval Brasileiro 2000Every February Austin has its own version of the Carnaval festival in Brazil. It’s usually a two night party with samba bands, costumes, cheap beer, and just a great hedonistic time. This year two of my scuba club buddies and I went dressed as trees. We got green body paint and cheap [...]
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USA
New Years Eve 2000Austin exploded in a typical street party for the last day of the 20th century. (Ok, technically not for another year, but it sounds good!) My excellent friends Amy and Brian came down from Lubbock and Dallas to see what a real party would look like. The city sure didn’t let us down. Everything was [...]
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Europe
Paris, the city of lights
It’s a day for cliched post titles.Â
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 [...]
Europe
Fun in AmsterdamWell, 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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Europe
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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USA
San FranciscoMy 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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USA
Halloween 1999Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays, and this year was no exception. I went as an S&M&M, which was basically an M&M costume with a few whips and chains. Lots of fun! One of my co-workers has friends that throw a party every year, and Brandi and I decided to check it [...]
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