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What We Learned In India
Since we’re heading to the airport in the morning, here’s a list of things that we’ve learned about India in no particular order:
Chaos rules.
Urinating in public? Completely okay.
Lanes are suggested—so is the direction of traffic.
What’s a crosswalk?
I haven’t heard of a sidewalk either.
Masala Magic is, indeed, Magic.
Traffic food chain: pedestrian, bicycle, rickshaw, motorcycle, tuk-tuk, car, [...]
Wedding Pictures – Before
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Wedding Pictures – During
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Wedding Pictures – After
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Turkey Day
Given that we’re all transplants, Sarah, Diana, Jenny and I all had Thanksgiving in Manhattan Beach. Sarah and Diana decided to be ridiculous and created a “Pilgrim and Indian” theme. This was relatively entertaining, especially going down to the beach. What was interesting is that everyone said hello to us, probably because they wondered why [...]
Dolpins!
Practically National Geographic. Check out the dolphins I saw on my sailing trip to Catalina. We counted 8 total. They stayed with us off the bow of the boat for 10-15 minutes. So cool.
Saturday In San Diego
Sarah and I haven’t been to San Diego in about four years, so when my good friend John surprised his wife with a last minute trip from Seattle to San Diego (needed to escape the rain…), we decided to drive down and hang out with them for the day. It was a fun day, and [...]
NYC – I said “Yes To A Dress”
I went to New York to spend time with friends, and go wedding dress shopping with them at Kleinfeld. Katie flew from Tucson and arrived with me on Wednesday, and Anne Marie and Andrea bussed it up from DC on Friday. We stayed at Marc and Russell’s place, which is sort of Hell’s Kitchen [...]
Mud Run
Today we did the Irvine Lake Mud Run with Diana, her roomy Daniel, and several of his friends. It was fun, ridiculous, painful at times, and obviously quite dirty. The deal is you dress up in costumes, and run/walk/slip through a 5K over, under, and through obstacles in the mud – followed and preceded [...]
Sortie Means “Exit”
“Sortie” day. Sad (although Sarah is stoked that she gets to use one of the few French words she’s learned in a sentence). We woke up, and successfully made it to the airport using nothing but our own two feet and public transportation. It was hassle free, cheap, and easy. I wish that we could [...]
Our Night In The Red Light District
We had one last brief early morning wander through Luzern, and then hopped the train to Zurich. The train station in Zurich is huge. Lots of tracks. After what seemed like an eternity, we made it to the Tourist Office to get a map. The wifi is a little spotty in some hotels. They may [...]
Luzern
We got an early start out of Bern, hiked to the train station, and got on our train to Luzern. We were early enough to get pretzels at Brezelkonig, which are delicious, and really more of what we were expecting along the lines of food in Switzerland. Also cheap, only 2 CHF a piece. That’s [...]
…And Birds!
In addition to being awed by the stunning natural scenery in Switzerland, Sarah and I have awed by just how expensive it is here, and how there seems to be not a lot of “stuff” to do in the same sense as a place like Paris. I guess that in some way that is a [...]
…And Bears!
Sarah and I woke up and wanted to make sure that we saw some of the older town in Lausanne that we hadn’t really seen in the dark. Primarily, this meant the Cathedral, which is at the top of the hill. We walked around the cathedral, and pretty much thought that it was closed. We [...]
… And Tigers…
We got up early, and hustled down to the Metro to get to the train station. Lyon’s Metro is just as good as the Metro in Paris, but the trains don’t come quite as often. Strangely, we got our tickets checked by the Metro people right after going through the gates. This didn’t happen a [...]
Lions…
We spent the day exploring Lyon, which is an ancient city. I went for a run first thing, and got quite the workout on the hills. Randomly, I ran past ruins of a Roman ampitheater. That’s always a cool way to start the morning. I love how people just pass these things by like they’re [...]
Saint-Malo
I disappointed Sarah by not going to Cancale (it would have required six different bus rides from Saint-Malo and resulted in us getting to Lyon at 11:30 at night), which she really wanted to do. I think for Brittany, it may perhaps be best to rent a car to get around as opposed to using [...]
The Abby Road Less Traveled
Today was the day that Sarah and I decided to go out to Mont-St-Michel, which is pretty far away from Saint-Malo, and well, everything else. Sarah and I took the road less traveled approach to getting there; opting to take the public bus, which costs about 6 Euro each way a person.
We started the [...]
Off To The Land Of Crepes, Shellfish and Butter
So Sarah and I were beyond glad that we scrapped our original plane of catching the 7:05 TGV late last night after getting back from Le Chateaubriand. We decided that instead, we would catch the 10:05 TGV, which ended up being a good choice.
We woke up at 8:30, and though still groggy, booked it out [...]
Sarah Ate A Duck Heart
Since this was our last day in Paris, Sarah and I had a whole list of things to see. Sarah had a docket that was about 15 items long…I guess she finally got around to looking at the guidebooks! First, I went to get coffee. Have to start the day somehow, right? Picked up Sarah [...]