by zora on January 30, 2012
Remember travel agents? I think I last used one in 1996, to book a trip to the Dominican Republic. In Greece, where as we all know from the news, they’re not really keeping up with the program, it was hard to even find ferry schedules online up until a few years ago. And, as far [...]
by zora on January 23, 2012
Following on the heels of the quickie Munich visit…we spent even less time in Japan, and it was just in the Tokyo Haneda airport, but still, it was enough time to have our minds blown. We made a beeline for duty free, to procure a couple of bottles of IW Harper bourbon, on a tip [...]
by zora on January 17, 2012
In the course of our European train jaunting, Peter and I spent all of six hours in Munich, but it yielded a post worth of ridiculous photos–and none of them even involved us being drunk and stupid in a beer garden. I think the Munich tourism board should be proud of that. Directly across the [...]
by zora on January 9, 2012
A belated wrap-up of the year. I almost didn’t post this, because everything went so well this year that it seemed too boring. Ten items seemed like a stretch–here’s the Top 9: 1. I spent five weeks in Egypt and did not get sick. Absolutely astounding. I can’t really take credit. It’s like my stomach [...]