Travel adventures
Now that I’m on the ground in Midtown with a big bottle of water, two little bottles of scotch, and a medium sized deli sandwich, I can tell you that it wasn’t scary at all. Really. A nuisance? Unsettling? Sure. But scary? In spite of all the safety crew and firemen around our plane, I …
Charge camera batteries Empty CF cards Check Seat Guru for bad seats Check in for outbound flight on line Print boarding pass Gather contact phone numbers including 800 numbers for airlines Update the iPod Set the alarm clock Leave itinerary with at least two people Check weather at destination Gather creature comforts for the flight: …
High on the list of don’t leave home without it? The iPod. I’m addicted to it ever since I discovered podcasting. You know what’s not so great about the iPod, though? Those crappy ear buds that Apple includes. You have to head straight out and get new ones. Through PR pitches and impulse shopping, I’ve …
Connor Layne has just graduated from high school and is getting married to his sweetheart. When he finds out that his bride to be has dallied with his best man, he makes a scene at the wedding and books the next flight out, ending up in Nicaragua. There he loses his money, his shirt (literally) …
We were delighted to host Gunther, Anna, Vanessa, and Alex from Austria at our place last month. They used the Nerd’s Eye View West Coast Headquarters as a base camp for the expedition around the Pacific Northwest and Rocky Mountain States. Today we received this this photo of them with all their gear on our …
I had a funny little moment during the introductions portion of our travel panel at the Adventures in Travel Expo. Our moderator, the articulate and well-traveled Beth Whitman of Wanderlust and Lipstick was running down the bios for the panel. These were adventurers’ histories – compact stories of women who have made travel an essential …