Biting The Bullet

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January 2013

3 posts

December 2012

9 posts

November 2012

4 posts

“If our lives are dominated by a search for happiness, then perhaps few...”

– Alain de Botton The Art of Travel [spotted via Orangette]

July 2012

1 post

"This City now doth like a garment wear."

Since arriving in London early on Wednesday morning, I feel like I’ve been going at a million miles an hour. I’ve packed my days with so much that I haven’t had much time to sit back and reflect on how happy I am to be “back home”. But so far, it’s all been positive; seeing familiar faces from years ago, catching up on so many lives, visiting my favourite...

March 2012

1 post

December 2011

2 posts

November 2011

0 posts

June 2011

1 post

Washington - “80 Miles” Why did you say that to me? Eighty miles out on the sea When I am built With parts of you And you Are built With parts Of me Two things: 1) I love it when Megan is in this mode, just her lovely lovely voice and one instrument; and 2) I am reminded of London every time I hear this song, so much sometimes that I think I can conjure up my smell memory...

May 2011

2 posts

I’ve sadly neglected my travel blog, primarily for the fact that I haven’t had time to do much writing for pleasure. I would write in my journal at least once a day during my trip last year, but often I would scribble a thought or quote or idea at multiple points throughout the course of a day. For 2011, I have about 10-15 entries in my diary. I feel a bit sad about that fact. So...

February 2011

8 posts

Travel takes on all kinds of significance for different people. Many people I spoke to before, during, and after my trip told or asked me about being “bitten by the travel bug”. To a certain extent, there’s truth in the cliche; travelling to new and interesting places whets the appetite for more travel. Months before the end of my trip, I had already begun to research and plan...

January 2011

3 posts

lately i find myself missing those things particularly unique to places i visited last year. i had insatiable cravings for tex mex, have been dreaming of french farm villages and castles along the rhein, and just now felt a distinct longing for a greased up breakfast at a traditional american diner. they just don’t make ‘em like that here.

December 2010

9 posts

#2 Common Query

Q: What was your favourite place? This has to be one of the toughest questions to answer for anyone who has travelled for an extended period of time. On top of that, I am not particularly critical as a traveller, so choosing just one place as a favourite is virtually impossible. Travelling slowly is my favourite way to travel, and consequently, the places that I enjoyed the most were the...

November 2010

10 posts

#1 Common Query

Since arriving home about one month ago now, I’ve caught up with a lot of friends and family and have inevitably encountered (endured? ;)) the same questions that probably all travellers are asked on their homecoming. I figured some of my international friends and blog readers might have the same questions…: (via tranchis @ flickr) So where did you actually go? December 29, 2009...

GMapping My Trip

I’ve started mapping out my trip on Google Maps, which gives me a visual summary of my trip as well as a reference for future trips. Over the next few weeks, I’ll be adding my favourite things to do and places to be in the various cities and towns I visited :) Click the image to go to the map!

Interesting reading from the last week, with regard to the enhanced pat-downs and increased TSA security measures: TSA Investigating “Don’t Touch My Junk” Passenger: “If you touch my junk,” he told the agent, “I’ll have you arrested.” The agent called his supervisor, who told Tyner that if he wasn’t comfortable with the enhanced pat-down “we can escort you back out and you...