Archive for the World Travels category
Antarctica
On the ice again!I arrived back at the Pole last Friday. There was the usual day of acclimation, where I just felt tired and lethargic all evening. Luckily I adapted pretty quickly, and I felt about a million times better the next day. This place has changed quite a bit since the last time. The most significant change [...]
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USA
A very productive JanuaryJanuary has been great so far. I started out in Austin for New Years, spent about two days there, and then flew up to Denver for an overnight trip to have my brain certified defect free. Every winterover candidate has to pass a psychological screening, and to do that they fly us up to Denver [...]
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USA
Just can’t sit stillSo the traveling continues…this time I just got back from a Christmas visit to see some family in the DC area. It was nice, but the highlight of the whole trip was an opportunity to spend time with an amazing person who I met in Tuscany. She and I got a chance to catch up, [...]
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USA
Guess who’s home!So my brother who’s been in Iraq for the past year is home on his two week leave. While he wasn’t able to be here for either Christmas or Thanksgiving, at least he’s here for a bit in between the two holidays. I hadn’t seen him for over two years, so it was great to [...]
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USA
Visiting old friendsIt’s been a busy past couple of weeks. I’ve been out and about in Houston, catching up with all sorts of old friends. I’ve also ben treating myself fairly well, with christmas presents to myself of a new laptop, digital camera, and GPS. I figured with the upcoming season at the pole again, it’ll be [...]
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USA
I’ve really missed Austin!I’ve now been in Austin for three days, and every one has been fantastic. The first night I got here, a bunch of my old friends met me at a new bar, and then we went out country dancing. I can’t even tell you when we got home..I was just very glad I didn’t have [...]
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Europe
Ahh..Venice!Venice is a beautiful city, and I can’t wait to come back! Unfortunately I wasn’t really able to spend much time here at all. I took an overnight train from Florence and got in around 8:00 am. The night before I’d checked with the hostel association, and found that all the hostels [...]
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Europe
Pisa and LuccaI decided to take a day trip out of Florence to see the leaning tower of Pisa and the walled town of Lucca. The Italian train system is usually extremely efficient and it makes taking these type of quick trips a pleasure. However, I didn’t realize that every so often the workers tend [...]
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Europe
TuscanyThe Tuscan region is fantastic. I’d heard that one of the things that you had to do was to take a bike ride around the area, so I hooked up with a local biking company. I was the only backpacker, which was kind of interesting. Two of the people on the trip were [...]
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Europe
FlorenceGetting here took longer than I thought it would…I missed the train by about 3 minutes, and had to wait for the next one. That one ended up being about an hour late, so I finally arrived in Florence about 3.5 hours later than I had expected. Luckily I found a GREAT hostel, and had [...]
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