Man-Powerin' Across Michigan: Supplies List

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010

Man-Powerin' Across Michigan is only three days away! I've gathered all the things I'll need for my trip and my bag is packed. I bought a CamelBak backpack a few weeks ago and am I ever glad I did. If you're not familiar with CamelBak, it's basically a small backpack ...

Munich/Füssen, Day 4 (March 27th, 2009)

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Day 4 began in a bit of a rush. We planned to take a ~2 hour train ride down to Füssen near the German/Austrian border to check out Neuschwanstein Castle and managed to stick to that plan, but were a bit sluggish after the previous night's festivities. As such, Karol ...

Munich: Day 3 (March 26, 2009)

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Day 3 began with a Third Reich tour that kicked off near the Rathaus. It was led by a British guy who had moved to Munich a year earlier and (appropriately) knew a lot about the Third Reich. The tour's first stop was next to the former Sterneckerbraukeller where Adolf Hitler ...

Munich: Day 2 (March 25, 2009)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

Day 2 began with the sounds of construction. Though I admit we slept in later than we probably should have (almost noon), adjusting to a new time zone is even harder when someone is pounding nails right outside your door. By now, most everyone else in our 8-bed room had ...

Munich: Day 1 (March 24, 2009)

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The next several posts are a daily account of my recent trip to Germany with my friends Karol and Adam. The trip spanned nine days (March 24 - April 1), and in those nine days we visited Munich, Füssen (day-trip), and Berlin. These posts are an elaboration of the notes ...

Nothing Rides Like a Rental

Monday, March 13th, 2006

I had another great set of travel experiences last week. Part 1: TSA, and Cruisin' the Strip Thursday I flew back home from New York. My flight was scheduled for 5:30pm and I got to the airport about an hour or so before that. As I checked in I found out that, ...

Roach Motel

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

I will preface this tale by saying that I am not the kind of person who tends to be overly critical of hotel accommodations. Yes, some are better than others but for the most part, it’s a difference that’s hardly worth complaining about. Besides, compared to my living situations in ...

Florida

Thursday, January 26th, 2006

Just overheard on the local news: "Temperatures will be a little cooler today, even lower than January norms... Currently it's 58 degrees at 8:30am...." Mmmm....

Airplane Etiquette

Friday, October 7th, 2005

There inevitably comes a time in every traveler's life where he or she will be forced to sit adjacent to someone who will knowingly or unknowingly make said traveler's experience a living hell. In the case of commercial air travel, this will most likely happen after about 4 or 5 ...

Arizona, Pt. 2

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

I finally got around to pulling the purdy Arizona pictures off my camera. They can be seen in all their glory in the Gallery.