I always forget…

… just how much of travel is full of hurry up and wait. I hurried up to the airport, and there were maybe 2 or 3 people going through security ahead of me, so now I sit and wait. I have the first two seasons of Alias packed away, but I don’t think the planes Continue reading I always forget…

Travel, version 2.0

Looks like I get to go to Israel after all. Via Barcelona, since they don’t seem to issue e-tickets to the trouble spots of the world, and it’s too late to send me a paper ticket. Umm, what was that you just said? “Bon voyage?” Why, thank you! See you in Barcelona.

qotd

We travel because, no matter how comfortable we are at home, there’s a part of us that wants – that needs – to see new vistas, take new tours, obtain new entrees, introduce new bacteria into our intestinal tracts, learn new words for “transfusion,” and have all the other travel adventures that make us want Continue reading qotd

getting in shape

My first workout this morning – no more looking like a marshmallow. So I had to rest the rest of the day, right? Now I want to go travelling some more, after Barcelona. Israel, maybe?