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The two months leading up to our trip to Italy sucked. It started with a call from Mrs. G. I was two hours out of town picking up my boss’s boss at the airport. We were scheduled to meet with the company’s largest client. Mrs. G. was car number seven in an eight car pile-up on the highway. Thank God she emerged from the accident unscathed. Her Jetta didn’t fare as well…
Read moreFor a more detailed and updated European packing guide, please skip this post and read my popular post What to Wear in Europe this Summer. Can anybody answer this question for me? We leave for Italy in eleven days and are stumped on what to pack. Packing for the beach is easy. I got that down. Throw in some swim trunks, t-shirts, shorts, a few polos, and maybe even a pair of…
Read moreI was super pumped when I learned that a good friend of mine went to London for the 2012 Summer Olympics. One, because I have always wanted to go myself and couldn’t wait to hear his stories. Two, because selfishly I was thinking it would make a great guest blog post. Evan is, after-all, a phenomenal writer. Before he left for Richmond to pursue his Masters in Writing and Rhetoric at Virginia Commonwealth University, we…
Read moreI wanted to like Vienna, Austria. I really did. I even fought to place it on our itinerary. I had heard such great stories about the city. Mates we met in Thailand raved about it. They dubbed it the best city to visit in all of Europe. My Grandma recalled tales from her Grandfather and his childhood in Bratislava. He went to Vienna whenever he had the chance and even lived there…
Read moreI hate the Sound of Music. I despise it almost as much as Grease. It’s not that the movie didn’t have a great story – it did. I just hate musical movies. They make no sense. Random song and dance as the Nazis are coming is absurd. I don’t despise classical music, but I am no afficianado. I couldn’t tell you the difference between Mozart, Bach, or Beethoven. They all make great…
Read moreI didn’t get that coming-of-age summer backpack trip after college, and to this day I regret it. It’s not like I didn’t have the time – It took me nine months to find my first full-time job. Nor the will – I have always had the travelling bug. The problem was I lacked a travelling companion. Maybe that’s because my sights were set on South America. I envisioned starting in Ecuador and…
Read moreThey say getting there is half the battle. Well, if that’s the case, the ours was one hell of a battle and it better be over. First, my reliable secretary / wife let me down for the first time when it comes to booking travel. She is normally so good with the timing of flights that I am not sure what happened this time. Needless to say, I found out a week…
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