Homo Sum » travel

January 3, 2010 2:19 am

I’ve had “ride the Orient Express, all the way, in style” on my bucket list since I was about 14. Apparently I will not get to cross it off. Trish and I looked at doing it the time we ended up rambling around Hungary, but ultimately deferred it. Now the chance has passed. (There is a once-a-year tourist version, but the idea of ponying up $20K US for 5 days seems a bit daunting to me–especially since I want the authentic scruffy and romantic experience, not the conspicuous consumption version.)

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…down by the schoolyard

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

As is my wont when attending days of endless meetings in the “Boston” office, I’ve made a trip to see Julio and stock up the fridge for an exploration of some interesting looking beers that I haven’t tried before.

After today’s marathon meeting session I retired to the hotel and sampled my first selection: Mayflower Porter, [...]

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I would not have believed it.

Monday, July 13th, 2009

If I were playing Balderdash, or something similar1 and the term in question was “Paris syndrome” I am reasonably certain I would not guess the actual definition as the one most likely to be true–almost without regard to what the other choices might have been.
Let me get this straight: for a small, but statistically significant [...]

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What I Did On My Summer Vacation, By Chris McLaren, Age 36

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

I’ve been away from the Internet, and this blog specifically, a bit lately, and so I thought I’d give you a little photographic taste of what I’ve been up to. (Click on through if you’re interested.)

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A moment of hobo appreciation

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

I passed a lovely bit of time today reading The American Hobo by Colin Beesley, a British academic paper about a quintessentially American phenomenon1. I’ve always found the romantic aspects of the hobo story fascinating (something that Utah Phillips has only encouraged), although I suspect I’m too soft to have lived that life even had [...]

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So far, so good

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

So, I did manage to travel half-way around the world between Friday and Sunday, popping in on London and Honk Kong before settling down in Melbourne.
My days have been pretty work-focused so far: Monday I essentially worked all day, returned to the hotel ate dinner, and was asleep before 9. Yesterday (Tuesday) I worked all [...]

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