I am in here.
I travel again starting a week from tomorrow. And I’m only now beginning to feel normal after the last batch of jet lag! I sit at a coffee-house with wifi (Awakenings, not my usual one), and research the possible existence of kosher restaurants in Barcelona. Spain. If anyone happens to know of such a thing, … Continue reading Kosher restaurants in strange places
The upstairs air conditioning has been out for a week. This happens yearly, around this time (though usually in mid/late May). The hvac people are coming by to install a new something yesterday (i.e. they haven’t showed up yet). Meanwhile, I get used to Real Air. In the Ohio River Valley, that’s not necessarily a … Continue reading O2
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. — Clifton Fadiman
I always get nervous at the start of travel. My mother always over-dramatized travel, so I grew up thinking that something’s wrong if you don’t have a screaming fit of nerves before leaving. And if you don’t spend a week choosing, packing, rearranging. “Scoop and load,” is my philosophy. Also, “They have stores over there … Continue reading Nerves
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