Category Travel
Put a bird on it (or how Rome does obelisks)
Rome has more Egyptian obelisks than I’ve seen anywhere else. Seems like there’s an obelisk in front of every church — and given the number of churches here, it’s a wonder there are any left in Egypt! And I just love how the church couldn’t resist adding its own little touches. Typically it’s a spike […]
Ciao Roma!
Meetings in Munich ended this afternoon and I thought, what the heck, I’m already halfway to Rome — why not spend the weekend there before going back to London? I arrive immediately post downpour and it’s as warm and humid as can be! The train station is just as scuffed I remembered from 2003 . […]
Oktoberfest II
Of course the irony that of all people I would be the one to go to one of the world’s great drinking parties twice in two weeks is not lost on me. The tent was bigger this time, and the food not quite as good. But I enjoyed myself more not being the only person […]
Munich again!
I love how the airport pavilion looks like butterfly wings. That’s all for tonight, though. Straight to bed, then early meetings and another round of Oktoberfest tomorrow. 😜
Sunday in Berlin, in three parts
Part 1 Grit decided to go for a run, so I had exactly 90 minutes after breakfast to stroll leisurely from my hotel to the Gendarmenmarkt . . . . . . past the Humboldt University law school . . . . . . across a plaza bordered by some neoclassical buildings the color, and […]
I’m in Berlin!
Meetings in Munich next week are a great excuse for a weekend in Berlin. My early-morning flight out of London was massively delayed so I spent most of the day in the airport instead of Germany, but did get here in time for what mattered most: dinner with Grit, Nikolas, and Quynh-Nhu! The four of […]
Oktoberfest!
As a reward for not quitting our jobs after the nightmare of getting ready for the new European privacy law this spring, our boss promised to “do something fun.” Next thing we knew, a team “workshop” had been scheduled in our Munich office on the third day of Oktoberfest. By virtue of our working for […]
Road trip!
Following my grandfather’s advice never to travel the same road twice, we took the long way back from Stanley to Boise. First stop: Some lake that I’ve forgotten the name of. It was gorgeous and clear and we wanted to stay there all day. If we’d had lawn chairs, we probably would have done . […]
Family and food in Stanley, Idaho
This “destination wedding” was high in the mountains, a good three hours’ drive from Boise. The nearest town was Stanley, population 63, known for having the coldest average temperature in the lower 48 states. Our hotel was, appropriately, made of logs and surrounded by giant trucks. As we checked in on Friday afternoon, we asked […]
Mark and Sarah get married
The happy reason for this trek out West was my little brother’s wedding. After his first marriage ended a few years ago, he had returned to bachelorhood and I didn’t quite know what to expect next. But then he met Sarah and her two kids and, well, after a couple of years of dating, they […]
A More Gentlemanlike Manner 