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Road Trip!
Cruising the Lake of Zurich
Sunday, 11 May 2008 8:59 A GMT+01
The view from the upper deck on the way to Rapperswil.Mobile post sent by Shazzer using Utterz. Replies.Original Entry
Sunday morning in Zurich
Sunday, 11 May 2008 8:53 A GMT+01
It's very peaceful because everything's closed! Except for the ubiquitous Starbucks where I am taking advantage of the free internet connection. (Unlike Edinburgh, where you had to pay for it.)
If it's not Scottish, it's CRAP!
Thursday, 27 March 2008 9:51 A GMT+01
One of my favorite recurring SNL sketches involved Mike Myers as the cranky Scot owner of a shop called "All Things Scottish." The running joke was that people would regularly come in and ask for items that were not in any way Scottish.
Because "the play's the thing!"
Wednesday, 19 March 2008 9:40 P GMT+01
So Dr. Darling, who barely tolerates my blogging habit most days, turned to me last night and asked, "So have you written about the show yet?" Oops.
Starbucks, completely unavoidable
Sunday, 16 March 2008 8:48 A GMT+01
So while yesterday’s stop at Starbucks was intentional (we were looking to score a free wifi connection), this morning’s patronage is due to the fact that nothing more ‘local’ was open.
Saturday night in Edinburgh
Sunday, 16 March 2008 8:43 A GMT+01
It's not quite 10 pm, and Dr. Darling is already sawing logs. Evidently a full day of spending money indiscriminately was exhausting for the normally spendthrift Swede!
Greetings from sunny Edinburgh!
Friday, 14 March 2008 8:29 A GMT+01
We've had a lovely first day so far?the weather was about as good as it gets this time of year. We took advantage of the sunshine and buzzed around the city a bit, both on foot and by double-decker bus. (The seat covers were tartan, naturally!)
Pre-empting technical difficulties
Wednesday, 12 March 2008 6:02 P GMT+01
So I?m sitting on the train home from work, mentally packing for tomorrow?s road-trip. And it just now occurs to me that my grand plan to ?liveblog? Edinburgh hinges entirely on me remembering to pack a UK adapter for my various power cables. Crikey!
Home safe?
Saturday, 5 January 2008 1:23 A GMT+01
No, the question mark in the entry title is not a typo. I'm definitely back in Sweden, but The Penthouse-Nordic bears a striking resemblance to an infirmary at the moment.
USA-bound for the holidays
Friday, 21 December 2007 11:50 A GMT+01
I'll be boarding a plane for O'Hare in a few hours...which is kind of surreal considering how little thought and planning went into the trip.
Dr. Darling's Dream Gadget!
Tuesday, 18 December 2007 12:55 P GMT+01
Dr. Darling's Dream Gadget!
Cerevellum Bike Computer Does It All, Including Video From Behind
(And I wouldn’t mind having one myself!) Original Entry
Running the gauntlet...
Sunday, 16 December 2007 6:09 P GMT+01
I'm not sure which was more stressful...travelling home from my office alone during rush hour last Friday, or navigating the crowds of Christmas shoppers in th city this afternoon.
1st monocular road-trip completed!
Sunday, 2 December 2007 8:32 A GMT+01
Okay, so I had my Mom along as wing-man, but the two of us managed to get ourselves from Malmö to Hamstad by train without incident, save for a malfunctioning ticket machine and being bumped from 3 different seats by folks with reservations.
Today's travel tip: Always take pickpocket warnings seriously...
Monday, 3 September 2007 5:02 A GMT+01
'The Mothership' and I are headed backdown to Malmö after a lovely two days in Stockholm...marred only by the fact that I was pickpocketed on a city bus on our way to Skansen this afternoon.
Our first nine hours in Stockholm...
Sunday, 2 September 2007 10:19 P GMT+01
Other than a single, early navigation glitch, I managed to guide us directly to all of our planned destinations today...including the hotel. Dr. Darling AKA Magellan would have been so proud of me!
Backing into Stockholm...
Sunday, 2 September 2007 9:49 A GMT+01
Greetings from the X2000, the Swedish rail system's"express train" to Stockholm. In this case, express means a four and a-half hour journey rather than a six hour one.
The Mothership has landed!
Wednesday, 22 August 2007 9:47 A GMT+01
But it seems that getting out of O'Hare last night was a nightmare. She arrived at the international terminal with what she thought was documentation for an e-ticket, but the agents at the check-in desk said she should have been sent a paper one
That didn't take long...
Wednesday, 1 August 2007 6:34 A GMT+01
Well, the rose is already off the bloom for the Swede regards her new job. After having an easy first day in which she was done with her route by 1:30 p.m., she go tagged to deliver two routes yesterday because of absences...
We've GOT to stop travelling on Swedish holidays...
Saturday, 23 June 2007 9:05 A GMT+01
Because there's always a drunk guy on the train on the way home who dumps his beer (why are people allowed to bring open containers on board in the first place?) harasses female passengers, and lights up even though smoking is forbidden on board.
Let's Ride!
Saturday, 2 June 2007 8:27 A GMT+01
Fortunately my brother's ability to cover a coastline in fog does not seem to extend to Denmark.
World-dancing Matt is rocking my world...
Sunday, 6 May 2007 7:53 A GMT+01
...a year after he rocked everybody else's apparently. An excerpt from this video recently turned up in a TV ad for a Swedish travel agent, and much like the "Superballs in San Francisco" Sony Bravia commercial, I CAN'T NOT WATCH IT when it comes on.
First-Class flying...
Wednesday, 21 March 2007 2:36 P GMT+01
I've often said that I will have achieved my idea of financial nirvana when I can make the transatlantic flight between the US and Sweden on a first-class ticket without wincing. When I can do that, I will have "arrived."
The long way home...
Saturday, 24 February 2007 11:59 P GMT+01
I'm beginning to think that there's just no way for me to get home from Stockholm in under six hours regardless of which mode of transportation I take.
My classic timing continues...
Thursday, 22 February 2007 11:59 P GMT+01
Not surprisingly, Mother Nature waited until I was up in Stockholm to grace Malmö with it's first real snow storm of the winter season.
Dr. Darling reports that there was not realy all that much accumulation, but high winds created some
Fancy hotel rooms suit me...who knew?
Tuesday, 20 February 2007 11:59 P GMT+01
I have, for most of my life, been a budget traveller. Some of the time this was out of necessity and other times it's just been a personal choice. (I can always find WAY more things I'd prefer to spend money on than a hotel room.)